Volcanoes
Da Plates
Subduction?
EarthQuakes
Colorado Heros
100
This is molten rock beneath Earth's surface.
What is magma?
100
The outer shell of the Earth is broken into large pieces, these are called the...
What are tectonic plates? (Continental Plates, Earth Plates)
100
Subduction is when one tectonic plate does this with another plate.
What is sink or go beneath?
100
The point inside Earth where an earthquake starts is called the _____.
What is the focus or hypocenter?
100
This famous Colorado geologist helped found the United States Geological Survey in the late 1800s.
Who is John Wesley Powell?
200
When magma reaches the surface it is called this.
What is lava?
200
The place where two plates move apart is called a ____ boundary. <- ->
What is a divergent boundary?
200
Subduction zones often create this deep ocean feature.
What is a deep ocean trench?
200
The location on Earth's surface directly above the focus is called the _____.
What is the epicenter?
200
This Colorado mining town(s) became famous during the silver boom and later for preserving Victorian-era buildings — name the town.
What is Leadville or Georgetown?
300
This type of volcano is steep-sided, tall, built from alternating layers of ash and lava.
What is a stratovolcano or composite volcano?
300
When two continental plates collide, they can form these large landforms.
What are mountains?
300
Name one hazard commonly associated with subduction zones other than volcanoes.
What are earthquakes / tsunamis?
300
The instrument used to record earthquake waves is called a ____.
What is a seismograph or seismometer?
300
This buck-toothed athlete became a star NFL quarterback for the Denver Broncos and led the team to multiple Super Bowl appearances, winning more than any other Denver Quarterback.
Who is John Elway? or Who was 'Number 7'?
400
Name the volcanic opening through which lava, ash, and gases erupt.
What is a vent or volcano crater?
400
The single large landmass that existed 230MYA before continents split apart is called this.
What is Pangaea?
400
Looking at the picture ... which Ocean is this formation in: The Atlantic or The Pacific.
This is the Atlantic Ocean's "Mid-Atlantic Ridge" where the Divergent Plates are making New Ocean floor. In the Pacific there isn't a ridge, the continents on either side are "squeezing" it under them - it will eventually shrink smaller than the Atlantic as it grows larger.
400
Earthquakes produce two kinds of seismic waves where one bounces up and down and this one snakes side to side?
What are S-waves?
400
This Canadian-born professional hockey player is known for starring with the Colorado Avalanche as a super high-scoring center.
Who is Nathan MacKinnon?
500
Explain why volcanic ash can disrupt air travel (brief, grade-appropriate).
What is: Ash contains tiny hard particles that can damage airplane engines and reduce visibility, so flights may be canceled or rerouted?
500
Describe one piece of evidence scientists use to show that plates have separated & moved in the past.
What is fossil matches across continents /
matching coastlines /
similar rock layers across continents /
mid-ocean ridge patterns?
500
Whenever an oceanic plate meets a Continental plate the Oceanic plate subducts because it's ______ is much less than the Continental's ______.
Density or Weight or Mass
500
Give one way communities can reduce earthquake damage (short).
What is: Enforce building codes, secure & heavy furniture, create emergency plans, or retrofit bridges/buildings?
500
This “Unsinkable” Colorado socialite survived the Titanic and later supported relief and civic causes in Denver; she is celebrated as a Colorado heroine. (Worth over $400,000,000 in the 1800's)
Who is Molly Brown?