READY-MADE CLASSROOM REVIEW
Earth Science Jeopardy
Earth Science. Project the board, share one room code, and keep the class on the same review.
Review before you host
Check the clues and answers for your group. Answers stay hidden during live play until the host reveals them.
Round 1
Tectonic Forces
$200This process occurs when one tectonic plate moves under another and sinks into the mantle.
$400This theory describes the large-scale motion of the plates making up the lithosphere.
$600These large-scale cracks in the Earth's crust are where significant seismic activity often originates.
$800This central point of an earthquake located directly above the hypocenter is known as this.
$1000This term refers to the slow, steady movement of plates relative to each other at spreading ridges.
Atmosphere Basics
$200This gas makes up approximately 78 percent of the air in Earth's atmosphere.
$400This lowest layer of the atmosphere is where most weather phenomena occur.
$600This transition zone separates the troposphere from the stratosphere.
$800This layer of the atmosphere contains the ozone layer that protects us from ultraviolet rays.
$1000This invisible force exerted by the weight of air molecules determines barometric readings.
Mineralogy
$200This is the most common mineral group found in the Earth's crust.
$400This term describes the resistance of a mineral to being scratched.
$600This property describes how a mineral reflects light from its surface.
$800This scale ranks minerals based on their scratch resistance from one to ten.
$1000This specific geometric arrangement of atoms results in a mineral's outward shape.
Hydrology
$200This process involves the conversion of liquid water into water vapor.
$400This term refers to water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
$600This land area drains all the precipitation falling on it into a common outlet.
$800This underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock is a major source of water.
$1000This process occurs when plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through leaves.
Geologic Time
$200This era is widely known as the Age of Reptiles.
$400This principle states that in undisturbed rock layers, the oldest strata are at the bottom.
$600These preserved remains or traces of ancient life provide evidence of past organisms.
$800This term refers to a significant break in the geologic record where rock layers are missing.
$1000This eon represents the earliest part of Earth's history, spanning from its formation to 4 billion years ago.
Oceanography
$200This measurement tool is used to map the seafloor using sound pulses.
$400This force, primarily from the moon, is the main driver of oceanic tides.
$600This term describes the concentration of dissolved salts in ocean water.
$800These large-scale systems of rotating ocean currents are driven by wind patterns.
$1000This deep, cold, and slow-moving global current is driven by density differences.
Double Jeopardy
Tectonic Forces
$400This specific type of stress causes rock to pull apart and lengthen.
$800This complex landform is created when blocks of crust are pushed upward by compression.
$1200This term describes the internal friction that resists movement along a fault plane.
$1600This gravitational force acts on cold, dense lithosphere at a subduction zone to pull the rest of the plate behind it.
$2000These seismic waves arrive after the P-waves and move in a side-to-side motion.
Atmosphere Basics
$400This term refers to the deflection of winds due to the rotation of the Earth.
$800This process describes how the atmosphere traps heat radiating from the Earth's surface.
$1200These high-altitude, fast-moving ribbons of air influence global weather patterns.
$1600This atmospheric layer contains the ionosphere and sees temperatures rise significantly.
$2000This boundary marks the transition between the mesosphere and the thermosphere.
Mineralogy
$400This mineral is the hardest naturally occurring substance known on Earth.
$800This property describes the tendency of a mineral to break along flat, smooth surfaces.
$1200This mineral's internal structure involves chains of silica tetrahedra.
$1600These are minerals that contain the elements silicon and oxygen as their building blocks.
$2000This phenomenon occurs when minerals emit light when exposed to ultraviolet radiation.
Hydrology
$400This refers to the percentage of open space in a rock or sediment body.
$800This measure defines the ability of a material to allow fluids to pass through it.
$1200This drop in the water table around a well is caused by excessive pumping.
$1600This zone is the area where the pores in the ground are completely filled with water.
$2000A well that taps into groundwater under natural pressure, causing water to rise without pumping, is named for the French region of Artois.
Geologic Time
$400This period ended with a massive extinction event sometimes called The Great Dying.
$800This name is given to the supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic.
$1200This epoch, following the Pliocene, saw several major glacial advances.
$1600This method uses radioactive isotopes to determine the specific age of rock samples.
$2000This is the amount of time required for exactly one-half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to decay into stable daughter isotopes.
Oceanography
$400This refers to the nutrient-rich upward movement of deep water to the surface.
$800This term describes the sharp vertical temperature gradient in a body of water.
$1200These are massive, circular deposits of sediment found at the base of the continental rise.
$1600This is a massive underwater mountain chain formed at divergent plate boundaries.
$2000This feature marks the steep transition between the continental shelf and the deep seafloor.
Final Jeopardy · Geomorphology
This bowl-shaped depression is created at the head of a glacial valley by snow accumulation and erosion.
