2. Jeopardy Safety and Scientific Method Dating Fossils and Rocks Plate Tectonics Earthquakes Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

3. $100 Question from Safety and Scientific Method Which of the following is true about rocks? A. Rocks are composed of only one mineral B. Rocks do not contain mineral matter C. Coal is a sedimentary rock D. Most rocks are a mixture of minerals

4. $100 Answer from Safety and Scientific Method D. Most rocks are a mixture of minerals

5. $200 Question from Safety and Scientific Method All of the energy that drives the rock cycle comes from A. The wind B. Earth's interior and the sun C. The breakdown of organic matter D. The melting of rock

6. $200 Answer from Safety and Scientific Method B. Earth’s interior and the Sun

7. $300 Question from Safety and Scientific Method An “If___, then ___” statement is used for what part of the scientific method?

8. $300 Answer from Safety and Scientific Method Hypothesis

9. $400 Question from Safety and Scientific Method The ___ is a particular sample that is treated the same as all the rest of the samples except that it is not exposed to manipulated variables. A.Control B.Data C.Observation D.Result

10. $400 Answer from Safety and Scientific Method A. Control

11. $500 Question from Safety and Scientific Method For each experiment, how many variables should you change? A. None B. One C. Two D.As many as you need to.

12. $500 Answer from Safety and Scientific Method B. One

13. $100 Question from Dating Amy is older than Lewis. This is an example of ____ dating.

14. $100 Answer from Dating Relative

15. $200 Question from Dating Order from oldest to youngest.

16. $200 Answer from Dating B, W, E, Q, K

17. $300 Question from Dating Which type of rock(s) can radioactive dating be used in.

18. $300 Answer from Dating Igneous ONLY.

19. $400 Question from Dating The ___ of a radioactive element is the time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms to decay.

20. $400 Answer from Dating Half-life

21. $500 Question from Dating Why can radioactive dating not be used in sedimentary rocks?

22. $500 Answer from Dating Sedimentary rocks are made of smaller rocks. Radioactive dating would give you the age of the smaller rock, not the overall, large rock.

23. $100 Question from Fossils Does everything that dies become a fossil?

24. $100 Answer from Fossils No.

25. $200 Question from Fossils What is the difference between weathering and deposition?

26. $200 Answer from Fossils Weathering breaks rocks into tiny pieces called sediments. Deposition causes sediment to be deposited (or placed) somewhere else.

27. $300 Question from Fossils What type of fossil is this?

28. $300 Answer from Fossils Trace fossil

29. $400 Question from Fossils Why are fossils important? A.They tell us how old the Earth is. B.They tell us about the environment before we were alive. C.They tell us that evolution has never occurred before. D.They tell us what color dinosaurs were.

30. $400 Answer from Fossils B. They tell us about the environment before we were alive.

31. $500 Question from Fossils Fossils show us that organisms have ____ by keeping features that work and getting rid of ones that don’t.

32. $500 Answer from Fossils Adapted or evolved

33. $100 Question from Plate Tectonics Which of the following are most likely to be associated with a tectonic plate boundary? A.Fossil B.Hot spot C.Volcano D.Tsunami

34. $100 Answer from Plate Tectonics C. Volcano (Ring of Fire)

35. $200 Question from Plate Tectonics What drives tectonic plate movement? A.Gravity B.Mantle convection C.Density D.Core evaporation

36. $200 Answer from Plate Tectonics B. Mantle convection

37. $300 Question from Plate Tectonics What type of boundary is shown here?

38. $300 Answer from Plate Tectonics Convergent plate.

39. $400 Question from Plate Tectonics Which is more dense – an oceanic plate or a continental plate?

40. $400 Answer from Plate Tectonics Oceanic plate

41. $500 Question from Plate Tectonics This diagram demonstrates what?

42. $500 Answer from Plate Tectonics Hot spot (Hawaii)

43. $100 Question from Earthquakes Earthquakes are a ___ of the Earth.

44. $100 Answer from Earthquakes Vibration

45. $200 Question from Earthquakes Which type of wave travels faster – P wave or S wave?

46. $200 Answer from Earthquakes P wave

47. $300 Question from Earthquakes Which type of seismic wave is associated with the most destruction?

48. $300 Answer from Earthquakes Surface wave

49. $400 Question from Earthquakes List destructive events that are associated with earthquakes.

50. $400 Answer from Earthquakes Tsunami, Landslide, Avalanche, Fire, and

51. $500 Question from Earthquakes Draw a diagram that correctly labels the epicenter, focus, and a fault.

52. $500 Answer from Earthquakes

53. Final Jeopardy What is required to create metamorphic rocks?

54. Final Jeopardy Answer High pressure and high temperatures