1. 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 Minerals Earthquakes Earth’s Layers Rock Cycle Plate Tectonics

2. Minerals $ 100 What property of a mineral is measured on a scale from 1 to 10?

3. ANSWER: hardness

4. Minerals $200 Silicate minerals contain a combination of what two elements?

5. ANSWER: Silicon and oxygen

6. Minerals $300 What is the name of this metallic luster mineral often confused with real gold?

7. ANSWER: pyrite

8. Minerals $400 Which mineral contains lead, has a high density, is cubic and has a metallic luster?

9. ANSWER: galena

10. Minerals $500 What are the FOUR characteristics of a mineral?

11. ANSWER: 1. Natural 2. Solid 3. Non-living (inorganic) 4. Repeating chemical formula (crystal structure)

12. Earthquakes $100 What is the name of the location where an earthquake releases energy within the crust, along a fault line?

13. ANSWER focus

14. Earthquakes $200 Which seismic wave exists only at the epicenter of very powerful earthquakes?

15. ANSWER: L (surface) waves

16. Earthquakes $300 What is the method used to locate an epicenter using distances from a seismic station?

17. ANSWER: triangulation

18. Earthquakes $400 What is the name of the scale that uses eyewitness accounts to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

19. ANSWER: Mercalli Scale

20. Earthquakes $500 What TWO pieces of information from a seismogram are needed to determine the Richter scale magnitude of an earthquake?

21. ANSWER: S & P lag time AND Height of the S wave

22. Earth’s Layers $100 Which layer of the earth is solid due to tremendous pressure?

23. ANSWER: Inner core

24. Earth’s Layers $200 Which type of crust is less dense and thicker (ocean crust or continental crust)?

25. ANSWER: Continental crust

26. Earth’s Layers $300 Which layer of the earth is mostly made of liquid iron and nickel?

27. ANSWER: Outer core

28. Earth’s Layers $400 Lithospheric plates are made up of which two layers of the earth?

29. ANSWER: Crust and top of mantle

30. Earth’s Layers $500 What do we use to learn about the outer and inner core of the earth?

31. ANSWER: Earthquake (seismic) waves

32. Rock Cycle $100 What type of rock is created from the cooling of magma or lava?

33. ANSWER: Igneous rock

34. Rock Cycle $200 What type of rock is created from the compaction and cementation of particles?

35. ANSWER: Sedimentary rock

36. Rock Cycle $300 What process moves sediments from their original source to a new location?

37. ANSWER: erosion

38. Rock Cycle $400 What breaks down rock on the surface of the earth?

39. ANSWER: weathering

40. Rock Cycle $500 Name the FIVE agents of erosion.

41. ANSWER: Running water Wind Waves Glaciers Gravity

42. Plate Tectonics $ 100 What is the name of the transform boundary along the west coast of North America that causes many earthquakes?

43. ANSWER: San Andreas fault line

44. Plate Tectonics $ 200 What type of plate boundary exists when plates collide together?

45. ANSWER: Convergent

46. Plate Tectonics $ 300 What land form exists on plate boundaries at the bottom of the ocean where new ocean crust is being created?

47. ANSWER: Mid-ocean ridges

48. Plate Tectonics $ 400 What landform gets created above sea level when two oceanic plates collide?

49. ANSWER: Volcanic island arc

50. Plate Tectonics $ 500 What is the name of the circular pattern of material in the mantle that scientists think cause the plates to move?

51. ANSWER: Convection Currents