Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Vocabulary
Citations
Wildcard
100
What type of tectonic plate boundary creates the most earthquakes?
transform boundaries
100
Where does the magma / lava in a volcano come from?
It comes from the mantle and travels up through cracks in the crust.
100
A crack or fracture in Earth's crust where rock on either side has moved past each other.
What is a fault?
100
What is the #1 reason we must cite our sources?
So people can know if we're lying or not.
100
What is the name of the boundary where two tectonic plates slide past each other?
transform boundary
200
Which type of tectonic plate boundary creates the strongest earthquakes?
convergent boundaries
200
Which type of tectonic plate boundary creates the most volcanoes?
convergent boundaries
200
A very deep, long, and narrow depression on the ocean floor, often formed at a subduction zone.
What is an ocean trench?
200
Name one of the three major citation styles.
APA, MLA, or Chicago
200
What type of energy is stored in an object because of its position above the ground?
gravitational potential energy
300
How much stronger is an 8.0 magnitude earthquake than a 7.0 magnitude earthquake?
10 times stronger
300
What is the name for the type of volcano that forms far away from tectonic plate boundaries?
hot spot volcano
300
The process where one tectonic plate is forced to move down and sink beneath another tectonic plate into the Earth's mantle.
What is subduction?
300
Which citation style should we use in science class?
APA style
300
What part of the cell contains the genetic material (DNA)?
the nucleus
400
Which two earthquakes from your projects had a magnitude at the epicenter stronger than 9.0? (you have to name BOTH)
The 2011 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
400
What are the two main types of volcano that are formed at tectonic plate boundaries? (you must name both)
stratovolcano and shield volcano
400
The process where small pieces of rock or soil are moved from one place to another by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
What is erosion?
400
What questions should you ask yourself to know if you need to cite something in your presentation?
"Did I write this?"
400
What is the name of the process in which a solid turns directly into a gas without becoming a liquid first?
sublimation
500
What is the name for the effect where an earthquakes causes the soil to behave more like water than dirt, causing buildings to collapse even the shaking wasn't strong enough to make them fall?
soil liquefaction
500
What type of volcano is Mt. Fuji?
stratovolcano
500
A major strike-slip fault that runs through Myanmar. It is the closest fault line to Thailand.
What is the Saigang fault?
500
What is the term for the type of information source that can be trusted and used as a citation?
a "credible" source
500
What is the term for the surface around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape?
Forbes. (2017, April). Black hole illustration from Starts With a Bang [Image]. Forbes. https://blogs-images.forbes.com/startswithabang/files/2017/04/maxresdefault-1200x675.jpg
the "event horizon"