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GEOLOGY JEOPARDY JB Final Review Jeopardy
GEOLOGY
JEOPARDYJB Final Review Jeopardy
PLATE
TECTONICSSEAFLOOR
SPREADING
DEFORMATIONOF THECRUST
MINERALSROCKROCK
RECORDRECORD
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PLATE TECTONICS100
What term did Wegener use to describe the ancient single
landmass?
A: Pangea
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PLATE TECTONICS 200
A: continental drift
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The similarity of continental shapes was used as evidence for
what theory?
PLATE TECTONICS 300
A:Density of the plates
What determines what will happen when two lithospheric plates
converge?
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PLATE TECTONICS 400
A: Asthenosphere
Where do convection currents occur?
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PLATE TECTONICS 500
A: The transfer of heat through movement of heated fluids or gases
Describe what convection is.
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SEAFLOOR SPREADING100
A: Reversed magnetic polarities on the sea floor matched those on land.
This 1960’s discovery provided evidence for continental drift.
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SEAFLOOR SPREADING 200
A: Magma
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What replaces rock as it is moved away from the mid-ocean ridge?
SEAFLOOR SPREADING 300
A: That the rocks at the center were younger than those farther out.
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In the 1940’s, scientist compared rocks near the centers of seafloor spreading
and determined what?
SEAFLOOR SPREADING 400
A: Divergent.
At what type of boundary does seafloor spreading occur?
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SEAFLOOR SPREADING 500
A: Magnetic.
When examining rocks from both sides of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, scientists found evidence
for the phenomenon of what reversal?
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DEFORMATION100
A: Compression.
A rock will fold if it undergoes what type of stress?
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DEFORMATION 200
A: Rocks deeper in the crust are at higher temperatures and will bend and not break.
How will rocks deeper in the crust behave compared to rocks on the surface of the earth when it comes to deformation?
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DEFORMATION 300
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A:synclines and anticlines.
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What geologic feature forms valleys and ridges?
DEFORMATION 400
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A: The oceanic plate subducts because it is more dense and a volcanic mountain range forms.
Explain what happens between a continental plate
and an oceanic plate.
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DEFORMATION 500
A: Mountains
What land form usually forms along convergent plate boundaries?
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MINERALS100
A: silicon and oxygen
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What are the two most abundant elements in common minerals?
MINERALS 200
A: Density.
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The heft or relative weight of a mineral sample is directly related to it’s ________?
MINERALS 300
A: Chemical.
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1) The properties that a mineral has are directly related to it’s _____________ composition.
MINERALS 400
A: Cleavage.
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A mineral that splits evenly into sheets demonstrates what property?
MINERALS 500
A:Halite, calcite, magnetite, sphalerite, talc, mica, gypsum, corundum, apatite, feldspar, etc.
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Name 5 minerals that you performed tests on in lab.
ROCK RECORD100
A: Magma.
What is the parent rock for all rock?
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ROCK RECORD 200
A: Changing a rock by heat and pressure.
Explain metamorphism.
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ROCK RECORD 300
A: Compaction and cementation.
What two processes are necessary for sedimentary rock to be formed?
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ROCK RECORD 400
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A:By first going through metamorphism then turning into magma then cooling in to igneous rock.
How willl a sedimentary rock become igneous?
ROCK RECORD 500
A: Texture
The size and arrangement of crystalline grains is igneous rock is called ________.
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