Natural Disasters
Plate Techtonics
Rocks and Minerals
Layers of the Earth
Bonus
100
The energy of an earthquake travels in these
What is waves
100
This is the name given to a super continent that existed millions of years ago
Pangea
100
This cycle is responsible for for the formation of new rocks and minerals in the earths crust
What is the rock cycle
100
Earth's plates are found in this layer of the earth
What is Earth's Crust (lithosphere)
100
This scale is used to measure the hardness of a mineral
What is Mohs Hardness Scale
200
This Chain of Volcanoes comprise 75% of the worlds volcanoes and encircle the Pacific Plate
What is The Ring of Fire
200
This theory explains the movement of continents
What is continental drift
200
This type of Rock is best described as having layers
What is sedimentary rocks
200
This is the largest layer of the Earth
What is the mantle
200
Daily Double
This is the most common element found in earth
What is oxygen
300
Earthquakes are caused by this occuring between a plate boundary
What is friction
300
This type of boundary is responsible for the destruction of old land and the formation of mountains
What is a convergent boundary
300
Minerals are best defined as this
Anything with a definite chemical composition and crystal structure that occurs naturally
300
This is the most common element in earth's core
What is Iron
300
This country was rocked by a magnitude 9.6 earthquake, the largest ever recorded
What is Chile
400
This measurement tool measures the total energy released in an earthquake
What is the moment magnitude scale
400
This type of boundary is responsible for faultlines and is commonly associated with earthquakes
What is a transform boundary
400
Intrusive igneous rocks differ from extrusive igneous rocks in this way
Intrusive rocks form slowly deep in the earth
400
The movement of magma in earths outercore produces this for the earth
What is earths magnetic field
400
Name one reason why Soil is essential for life on earth
What is provides nutrients for plants
500
While inherently destructive in nature, this positive aspect of volcanic eruptions has helped nourish past civilizations
What is creating fertile soil
500
This boundary formed the mid-atlantic ridge
What is divergent
500
Arrange the following rocks into their appropriate categories (Metamorphic, Intrusive/Extrusive Igneous, Sedimentary)
-Granite
-Obsidian
-Sandstone
-Marble
DAILY DOUBLE
Granite (Intrusive)
Obsidian (Extrusive)
Sandstone (Sedimentary)
Marble (Metamorphic)
500
Label the layers of the earth
Inner Core (center)
Outer Core
Mantle
Crust/Lithosphere
500
Soil is formed by this
What is erosion and decomposers