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DAILY DOUBLE!

Geology is the study of ____________.

the makeup of Earth and the processes that change and shape it. 

100

What is the meaning of the word accidentally?

in a way that is not on purpose 

100

Add proper commas:

Piney Branch is located in Takoma Park Maryland.

Piney Branch is located in Takoma Park, Maryland.

100

Spell the word that means melted.

molten
100

Turn the word gloom into a new word using the suffix 

-y and tell the part of speech.

gloomy

adjective

200

Draw a model of Earth's interior and label the following:

mantle, inner core, outer core, crust

(correct label and picture)

200

Use the word uninterrupted in a sentence. 

example sentence:

The hotel window gave an uninterrupted view of the snowy mountain. 

200

DAILY DOUBLE!

Insert commas into the sentence:

Belinda's three favorite sports are bowling volleyball and golf.

Belinda's three favorite sports are bowling, volleyball, and golf.

200

Spell the word that means the transporting of rock and soil from one place to another.

erosion
200
Is the following sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory?


I hate getting sand in my bathing suit!

exclamatory

300

What do geysers, volcanoes, and hot springs all have in common?

They all form along plate boundaries AND above hotspots or from magma. 

300

The classroom _____ in laughter as a student read a funny story.

Word bank: erupt, disrupt, abrupt, interrupted 

erupted 

300

Order the adjectives correctly:

fishing

blue

long

 long, blue fishing boat

300

Spell the word of the tool that measures, records, and detects earthquakes.

seismograph

300

Identify if the sentence is a complete sentence or fragment:

slept late on Sunday

fragment

400

What does the continental drift hypothesis explain?

all of the continents were once joined together as Pangea until the broke apart and drifted away from each other

400

My cat weighs only 7 pounds, so I can ______ pick him up and carry him around with me.

Word Bank: temporary, temporarily, easy, easily

easily

400

DAILY DOUBLE

Write the adjectives in the correct order:

We climbed up the stairs of the ____, ____ building. 


adjectives: tall, old, new, office 

We climbed up the stairs of the new office building.

OR

tall brick building 

400

Spell the word that is a synonym of the word for surge or swell.

tsunami

400

Identify the verb and adverb in the following sentence:

Matt and his goat ran happily through the fields of Brooklyn.

verb: ran

adverb: happily

500

What is the difference between a seismograph and the Richter scale?

A seismograph uses jagged up and down lines to show the energy of seismic waves. The Richter scale uses numbers to describe the intensity of an earthquake based on the largest seismic wave recorded. 

500

What is the difference between an eruption and a rupture?

An eruption is bursting outwards. A rupture is a break. 

500

Insert commas, punctuation, and quotation marks in the following sentence:


We both said Chocolate at the same time when asked what kind of ice cream we wanted

We both said, "Chocolate!" at the same time when asked what kind of ice cream we wanted.

500

Spell the word that is an antonym of beginning.

conclusion

(spelled correctly)

500

What is the meaning of the root word graph?

something written or drawn

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