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Earth's Layers and Plate Boundaries Trivia Challenge

Test your knowledge of Earth's layers, plate boundaries, sea-floor spreading, and weathering with this fun and educational trivia game. Explore geological concepts and enhance your understanding of the dynamic processes shaping our planet.

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Earth's Layers and Plate Boundaries Trivia Challenge

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  1. Jeopardy Earth’sLayers Plate Boundaries Sea-Floor Spreading Weathering Trivia Q 6 Q 11 Q 16 Q 21 Q 1 Q 2 Q 7 Q 12 Q 17 Q 22 Q 8 Q 18 Q 13 Q 3 Q 23 Q 9 Q 14 Q 4 Q 19 Q 24 Q 15 Q 5 Q 10 Q 20 Q 25 Final Jeopardy

  2. Question 1 The outer layer of the earth .

  3. Answer 1 What is – the crust ?

  4. Question 2 The center of the earth .

  5. Answer 2 What is – the core ?

  6. Question 3 Two metals which make up the core .

  7. Answer 3 What is – nickel & iron ?

  8. Question 4 The thickest layer of the earth .

  9. Answer 4 What is – the mantle ?

  10. Question 5 The part of the core which is solid due to pressure .

  11. Answer 5 What is – the inner core ?

  12. Question 6 The boundary where two plates slide past one another.

  13. Answer 6 What is – a Transform boundary ?

  14. Question 7 Formed from the subduction lithosphere plates.

  15. Answer 7 What is – a trench?

  16. Question 8 These are features of divergent boundaries.

  17. Answer 8 What is – Rift valleys, Mid-Ocean Ridges, and Fissure volcanoes ?

  18. Question 9 Formed from the convergent of two continental plates.

  19. Answer 9 What are– folded mountains ?

  20. Question 10 The process of a more dense lithosphere plate going under a less dense plate.

  21. Answer 10 What is – Subduction ?

  22. Question 11 Where sea-floor spreading takes place.

  23. Answer 11 What are – divergent boundaries ?

  24. Question 12 These are the result of sea-floor spreading.

  25. Answer 12 What are – Mid-Ocean Ridges ?

  26. Question 13 These are the evidence for sea-floor spreading.

  27. Answer 13 What are – Rock pillows, magnetic strips, and drilling samples?

  28. Question 14 What drilling samples told about the age of the ocean floor.

  29. Answer 14 What is – the rocks closer to the ridges are younger than the rocks farther away from the ridges ?

  30. Question 15 The reason people didn’t believe Alfred Wegener.

  31. Answer 15 What is – Wegener couldn’t explain how the continents moved?

  32. Question 16 The deposit of sediment that has been weathered and eroded. .

  33. Answer 16 What is – deposition ?

  34. Question 17 Process of moving sedimentfrom one place to another .

  35. Answer 17 What is– erosion ?

  36. Question 18 The process of breaking down rocks and soil.

  37. Answer 18 What is–weathering?

  38. Question 19 Frost Wedging, animal burrows, exfoliation, and abrasions .

  39. Answer 19 What are – types of mechanical weathering ?

  40. Question 20 Water dissolving pavement to make potholes and lichens on rocks and trees.

  41. Answer 20 What are – examples of chemical weathering ?

  42. Question 21 Technology that helped discover mid-ocean ridges and sea-floor spreading.

  43. Answer 21 What is – a sonar ?

  44. Question 22 The name of the“super-continent” .

  45. Answer 22 What is – pangaea ?

  46. Question 23 Where convection currents take place.

  47. Answer 23 What is – the asthenosphere ?

  48. Question 24 The upper mantle and all of the crust.

  49. Answer 24 What is – the lithosphere ?

  50. Question 25 The power behind plate tectonics.

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