Planet Earth Jeopardy Game

Planet earth and scientific theory

100

Approximate age of planet earth

4.5 billion years

200

Scientist behind continental drift theory

Alfred Wegner

300

A mathematical equation that describes or predicts a natural phenomenon

Scientific Law

400

The first step in the scientific method process

OBSERVE

500

These have passed all tests and failed none!!

Scientific theories

600

The geologic theory that continents were once part of a supercontinent that broke apart. 

Continental drift theory

700

Human activities and natural changes are responsible for the changes in global temperature. This statement is an example of a ..........

Scientific Hypothesis

800

General procedure for discovering how the universe works through systematic observations and experiments.

Scientific method

Earth's structure

100

The layer of the earth where we live

Crust

200

The largest mineral content of the inner core

Iron

300

The thinnest layer of the earth

Crust

400

The thickest layer of the earth

Mantle

500

The liquid layer of the earth

Outer core

600

The largest mineral component in the earth's crust

Silicon

700

The earth layer(s) that commonly melts at plate boundaries

Crust, mantle

800

This factor keeps the inner core solid

Pressure

Plate Tectonics and boundaries

100

The two factors that cause plate movements

Convective currents in the mantle

Gravity

200

The plate where we are right now

North American plate

300

A type of plate boundary where the oceanic plate rides under the continental plate

Convergent

400

Evidence that supports plate tectonics

Shapes of continents match or plates fit back together

Presence of similar fossils at different plates

Close match in mountain ranges

500

This is a ....................... boundary

Transform

600

The point of young oceanic crust

A

700

The principle that the processes we see in action on Earth today have worked in much the same way throughout the geologic past

Uniformitarianism.

800

The crust involved in the plate movement below

Continental crust

Effects of plate tectonics

100

One type of plate boundary

Convergent

Divergent

Transform

200

A land form along convergent continental plate boundaries

mountain

plateau

300

A feature that forms along divergent oceanic plate boundaries

Mid-ocean ridge

400

Feature A that forms along the plate boundary in the picture

Rift valley

500

It forms on the ocean side along convergent plate boundaries

Trench

600

One feature that is common along convergent oceanic plate boundaries

Island arc

Trench

700

The hazard(s) that form along convergent continental-oceanic plate boundaries

Earth quakes

Volcanos

800

This hazard doesn't occur along convergent continental-continental boundaries

Volcano

Minerals and properties

100

It is solid, inorganic, naturally occurring, and has a definite chemical composition and crystalline structure

A mineral

200

This is a mineral. True or false

True

300

A mineral that reflects light like polished metal is said to be .......... 

Metallic

400

True or false: Based on the figure below, a copper penny can scratch Quartz

False

500

Property of a mineral that determines the way it reflects light

Luster

600

Mineral property shown below

Streak

700

Property of a mineral demosntrated in the picture

Cleavage

800

The number of directions of cleavage in a mineral that fractures

zero

Minerals classification

100

Mineral group that contains only atoms of one element

Native elements

200

Pyrite with chemical formula FeS2 belongs to which mineral class

Sulfide

300

The building block for carbonate minerals is 

Carbonate ion (CO₃^2-)

400

Cuprite CU₂O belongs to the ............ class of minerals

oxide

500

Bismuth B is belongs to the .......... class of minerals

Native element

600

Barite (BaSO₄) is classified as a ......... mineral

Sulfate

700

Mineral specimen that have been cut, shaped and polished

Gems

800

Sylvite with chemical formular KCl belongs to the ..... class of minerals

Halide

Igneous Rocks

100

Molten rock that makes it to the surface 

Lava

200

A rock that forms from solidification and crystallization of molten rock

An igneous rock

300

Sill or dike?

Dike

400

What is this rock texture

Vesicular

500

A rock that forms when magma intrudes and solidifies   deep in the Earth’s crust. 

Intrusive

600

True or false: This rock is intrusive.

False

700

Rocks that have zero or no grains at all have a ......... texture

glassy

800

This rock is made of minerals including quartz, feldspar and biotite

Granite

IG rocks composition and texture composition

100

..... is the type of igneous rock high in silica mineral content

Felsic

200

True or false: Felsic rocks are dark in color

False

300

Ultramafic igneous rocks have a ............ melting point

high

400

This rock's texture is Phanaretic

False it is Porphyritic 

500

An example of an ultramafic rock

Peridotite

Komatiite

600

The first mineral to crystallize in a mafic magma melt

Olivine

700

True or false: This rock has high Magnesium content

False

800

True or False: Igneous rocks that form along convergent continental-oceanic boundaries are Felsic

True

Igneous rocks drivers and melting points

100

This causes magma to melt

Change in temperature

Change in pressure

Addition of volatiles

200

True or False: The first minerals to melt are high in Magnesium

False

300

True or False: Magma that forms from a partial melt of the earth's crust will be mafic

False

400

True or false: The last minerals to crystallize are ultramafic.

False

500

Decompression rock melting is common along ...........plate boundaries

Divergent

600

A process by which blocks of parent rock fall into and dissolve in magma.

Assimilation

700

A factor that affects magma/lava composition

Initial rock composition

Partial melting

Fractional crystallization

Assimilation and contamination

Magma mixing

800

True or false: Silica-rich magmas are thick and viscous

True

Sedimentary rocks

100

A naturally occurring solid material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion

Sediment

200

The first process in the sedimentary rock formation cycle

Weathering

300

Frost wedging is a type of ...............weathering

Physical

400

The type of weathering in the photo

What is Biological weathering

500

The process by which sediment particles settle in sink areas is called.

Deposition

600

The number one transporting agent of sediments

water

700

The process that rounds off sediment edges as they tumble and strike one another during transportation

Abrasion

800

The last stage in sedimentary rock formation

Diagenesis

Lithification

Types of Sedimentary rocks

100

General group name for sedimentary rocks formed from angular clasts 

Breccia

200

 One of the minerals in this rock

Quartz

300

This rock is formed from calcium carbonate shells of Planktons

Chalk

400

The sediments that compacted to form this rock

Sand

500

True or False: This rock was deposited closer to the origin of the sediments

True

600

True or false. This rock is clastic

True: Its Bioclastic

700

True or False: The sediments in this rock were transported for longer distances by a low energy agent 

False

800

Name the rock and the sediment it formed from

Shale, Mud