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the man on the $100 bill
Who is Benjamin Franklin
100
The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats.
What is the Asthenosphere
100
A type of fault where the hanging wall slides downward.
What is a normal fault
100
the study of the stars
What is astronomy
100
The actor who plays Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games
Who is Jennifer Lawrence
200
The writer of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe
200
A break in Earth’s crust where slabs of rock slip past each other.
What is a fault
200
The movement of a fluid, caused by differences in temperature, that transfers heat from one part of the fluid to another.
What is a convection current
200
A scientist who studies the forces that make and shape planet Earth.
What is a geologist
200
the study of history
What is social studies
300
The theory that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant motion, driven by convection currents in the mantle.
What are plate techtonics
300
Type of rock that forms from an existing rock that is changed by heat, pressure, or chemical reactions.
What is metamorphic rock
300
A type of rock that forms when particles from other rocks or the remains of plants and animals are pressed and cemented together.
What is sedimentary rock
300
Type of rock that forms from the cooling of molten rock at or below the surface.
What is igneous rock
300
the border between Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia
What is the mason dixson line
400
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other.
What is convergent boundary
400
The point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus.
What is the epicenter
400
A rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
What is the lithosphere
400
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary
400
Tyrod Taylor
Who is the Ravens back-up Quarterback
500
The name of the single land mass that broke apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today’s continents.
What is pangea
500
A type of fault where rocks on either side move past each other sideways with little up-or-down motion.
What is a strike-slip fault
500
A type of fault where the hanging wall slides upward.
What is a reverse fault
500
A scale ranking ten minerals from softest to hardest; used in testing the hardness of minerals.
What is the Mohs hardness scale
500
The author of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
Who is Mark Twain