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Let's talk scale
It keeps going and going and going
Humans! What are we doing!?
Can you predict it?
The plates, they're moving!
100
This giant mass of earth that slides down a steep slope is considered a local earth change
What is a landslide.
100
The MAIN energy source that drives the water cycle
What is THE SUN
100
What is one impact dams have on the environment?
Stop fish migration Cause draught to river down stream Change the ecosystem from river to lake
100
What is one warning sign before a volcanic eruption?
What is an EARTHQUAKE.
100
Name two landforms that happen at convergent boundaries
Mountains, Plateaus, Volcanos
200
What is an earthquake? Is it a local or global earth change?
An earthquake is the shaking, rolling or rumbling of Earth's surface that happens from tectonic plates shifting. It is a local change.
200
The main FORCE that drives the water cycle
What is GRAVITY
200
How many people does the CO river supply water to?
What is 30 million
200
What is the main key in predicting a volcanic eruption?
What is looking at the volcano's eruption history.
200
What plate boundary doe earthquakes happen at?
Transform boundaries
300
What is a landslide and is it a global or local earth change?
A landslide is the sliding down of a mass of earth or rock from a mountain or cliff - it is a local earth change
300
These are the two spheres involved in the water cycle
What is the hydrosphere and the atmosphere
300
What is one effect that humans have on glaciers?
Global climate change is melting glaciers and ice caps at an alarming rate.
300
What could a scientist (such as yourself) use a map of concentrated volcanic activity to predict?
What is the location of plate boundaries
300
Name three landforms that are formed from uplift?
Plateaus, Mountains, Valleys, Islands (Channel Islands)
400
Cape cod looked very different 30 years ago. What process changed the cape and was this a local or global earth change?
What is weathering and erosion - local scale change - happened in a short amount of time
400
Water that evaporates from plants is called
What is TRANSPIRATION
400
What is conservation of a resource?
The careful use of a resource - thus ensuring its availability over time
400
Mount Saint Helen's has erupted in 2011, 2013, and 2015 - when would you predict the next eruption will be?
2017
400
Describe how volcanoes are formed at divergent boundaries
Plates separate and allows magma to surface, cool, repeat
500
The Appalachian mountains used to be as big as the rockies. Please write down what processess caused them to change and if this is a local or global earth change.
What is weathering and erosion - global change -- took a LONG time.
500
What sphere are glaciers a part of
What is THE HYDROSPHERE
500
Why is water a "fixed" resource?
There is a "fixed" amount - only a certain amount of water on our planet. We can't "grow".
500
*** DOUBLE JEOPARDY*** What are three essential things volcanologists use to forecast predictions?
-know the volcano's history -install proper instrumentation -constant monitoring and collection of data
500
How were the Hawaiian Islands formed?
The Pacific Plate moving over a HOT SPOT