1. Jeopardy

2. Final Jeopardy Question
Water #1
Weathering #2
Erosion #3
Glaciers &
Wind #4
Oceans #5
History #6
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Final Jeopardy Question

3. Category 1
500 pts
What are the six processes that make up the water cycle? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
Runoff
Groundwater flow
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4. Category 1
400 pts
What is the permeable layer of rock that is saturated with water?
aquifer
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5. Category 1 300 pts Where is most of Earth’s liquid fresh water found?
groundwater
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6. Category 1
200 pts
In the water cycle, the process that changes a liquid into a gas is called _____________.
evaporation
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7. Category 1
100 pts
What is the land area that contributes to a river system called?
Watershed
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8. Category 2 500 pts Compare and contrast weathering and erosion
Weathering breaks down or chemically alters rocks, while erosion wears down and carries away rock and soil. Weathering contributes to erosion.
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9. Category 2 400 pts List at least five agents of erosion.
The answer can be any five of the following:
Wind, glaciers, gravity, groundwater, waves, streams, and weather
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10. Category 2
300 pts
1. A rapid mass movement of large amounts of rock is called ____________.
2. Tilted telephone poles and fences curving in a downward direction on a hillside are evidence of _____________.
landslide
creep
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11. Category 2
200 pts
What is wearing down and carrying away of rock and soil through the force of gravity, wind and water called?
erosion
What rock types and conditions are ideal for chemical weather?
Limestone in a hot and rainy area
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12. Category 2
100 pts
Rainwater, oxidation and carbonic acid are agents of _______________ __________,
Chemical weathering
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13. Category 3
500 pts
What are three common features of fast-moving streams in mountainous areas?
Water Falls
Rapids
V-Shaped Valleys
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14. Category 3
400 pts
What are two common features of formed by deposition that are often found in caves?
Stalactites and stalagmites
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15. Category 3
300 pts
What determines a stream’s ability to cause erosion?
Its speed
What causes meanders, V-shaped valleys, and oxbow lakes to form?
Surface water erosion
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16. Category 3
200 pts
What feature is formed by sediment deposited when a stream flows into a lake?
delta
What is the portion of a stream that flows through gently sloping flood plains?
Meanders and oxbow lakes
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17. Category 3
100 pts
Groundwater forms caves and sinkholes by the process of _______________
Chemical weathering
Caves are formed by erosion from
_____________
groundwater
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18. Category 4
500 pts
Describe three ways that wind erosion moves sediment.
Fine Particles are suspended in the air and blown by the wind.
Larger particles bounce along the ground by saltation
The largest particles are pushed along the ground by the wind.
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19. Category 4
400 pts
What is the pyramid-shaped glacial formation that is a combination of several connected ridges called?
A horn
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20. Category 4
300 pts
A mound of sediment formed at the downhill end of a glacier and along its sides is called _____________.
moraine
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21. Deflation and abrasion
Category 4
200 pts
Wind erodes the land by these two processes.
Deflation and abrasion
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22. Category 4
100 pts
Deposits formed from windblown sand are called ___________.
dunes
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23. Category 5
500 pts
Describe the changes in amount of light, temperature, and pressure as depth in the ocean increases.
Light decreases
Temperature decreases
Pressure increases
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24. Category 5
400 pts
Why do most ocean organisms live about a water depth of 500 meters?
Pressure below that depth is too great
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25. Category 5
300 pts
Deep currents in the ocean are caused by _____________________________.
Density differences of ocean water.
What type of ocean current brings cold water from the deep ocean to the surface?
upwelling
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26. Category 5 200 pts What is the process that moves sand along a shore?
Longshore drift
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27. Category 5
100 pts
What is an example of a feature caused by wave erosion?
Sea stack
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28. Category 6
500 pts
What are the four largest divisions of the geologic time scale?
Precambrian time
Paleozoic Era
Mesozoic Era
Cenozoic Era
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29. Category 6 400 pts DAILY DOUBLE
What three methods can be used to compare the age of sedimentary rock layers?
Radioactive isotopes
Index fossils
Relative dating
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30. Category 6
300 pts
By what method can the absolute age of an igneous rock be determined?
Radioactive isotopes
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31. Category 6
200 pts
From which Era are the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods?
Mesozoic Era
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32. Category 6
100 pts
During which Era did the first land plants and animals appear in the fossil record?
Paleozoic Era
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33. Final Jeopardy
This question is about the water cycle. Write down the number of points that you want to risk.
Label the six processes that correspond to the letters in the next diagram.
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34. BACK CLICK ON EACH LETTER TO REVEAL THE ANSWERS condensation
precipitation
transpiration
evaporation
Groundwater
Runoff
CLICK ON EACH LETTER TO REVEAL THE ANSWERS
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