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3. Topic 1: 200 • Question: • What is the innermost layer of the earth? • Answer • The Core Back

4. Topic 1: 400 • Question: • What is the crust and the upper mantle called? • Answer: • Lithosphere Back

5. Topic 1: 600 • Question: • What is the layer beneath the lithosphere? • Answer • Asthenosphere Back

6. Topic 1: 800 • Question: • What is the process occurring in the mantle called that moves the plates? • Answer • Convection Currents Back

7. Topic 1: 1000 • Question: • What parts of the earth were created from exploding volcanic gases billions of years ago? • Answer • Atmosphere and Hydrosphere (Oceans) Back

8. Topic 2: 200 • Question: • What is the name of the theory that the earth’s crust is broken into pieces and moves along the asthenosphere? • Answer • Plate Tectonics Back

9. Topic 2: 400 • Question: • What are the broken fragments of crust called? • Answer • Plates Back

10. Topic 2: 600 • Question: • Plates that move toward each other • Answer • Convergent Back

11. Topic 2: 800 • Question: • Plates that move away from each other • Answer • Divergent Back

12. Topic 2: 1000 • Question: • Plates that move past one another AND give an example • Answer • Transform; San Andreas Fault Back

13. Topic 3: 200 • Question: • The point on the surface of the Earth directly above the focus of an earthquake • Answer • Epicenter Back

14. Topic 3: 400 • Question: • These seismic waves move the fastest • Answer • P- waves Back

15. Topic 3: 600 • Question: • These waves are most destructive • Answer • S-waves Back

16. Topic 3: 800 • Question: • Measure of the strength of an earthquake • Answer • Magnitude Back

17. Topic 3: 1000 • Question: • Plate boundary where most violent earthquakes and tsunami often occur. • Answer • Subduction boundary Back

18. Topic 4: 200 • Question: • This is a seismic ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide. • Answer • tsunami Back

19. Topic 4: 400 • Question: • Speed at which a tsunami can reach on the open ocean • Answer • 500mph Back

20. Topic 4: 600 • Question: • Height of the tsunami wall in Miyako, Japan in 2010 • Answer • 30 feet Back

21. Topic 4: 800 • Question: • Height of the tsunami that struck Miyako, Japan in 2010 • Answer • 30 ft Back

22. Topic 4: 1000 • Question: • Reason the tsunami was able to still go over the wall in Miyako, Japan in 2010. • Answer • Land had subsided (sank) by 3 ft Back

23. Topic 5: 200 • Question: • Volcano with gently sloping sides • Answer • Shield Back

24. Topic 5: 400 • Question: • Volcano with steep sides • Answer • Cinder cone Back

25. Topic 5: 600 • Question: • Measure of a fluid’s resistance to flow • Answer • Viscocity Back

26. Topic 5: 800 • Question: • Name 3 types of Lava • Answer • Pahoehoe, a’a, pillow Back

27. Topic 5: 1000 • Question: • Name 4 types of tephra • Answer • Ash, cinder, blocks, bombs Back

28. Bonus Question: 5000 pts. • Question: • What is the “Ring of Fire”? • Answer • Boundary of the pacific plate that is colliding with other continental plates resulting in violent earthquakes and destructive volcanoes. Back

29. Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!

30. Daily Double The Winner Of The Last Round Write Down How Much Money You Are Willing To Risk If You get the Question write you win that money If you get it wrong you Loss the money!