Science Jeopardy
SEA FLOOR
PULL THE CORK
SHAKE RATTLE
AND ROLL
JAPAN’S TSUNAMI
POT LUCK
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©Norman Herr, 2003
A-100
• ANSWER: This is the flattest part of the
ocean
• QUESTION: What is the Abyssal Plain
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A-200
• ANSWER: These are new volcanoes that
may break the surface of the ocean
• QUESTION: What are SEAMOUNTS
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A-300
• ANSWER: This part of the ocean floor is
closest to the coastline
• QUESTION:What is the
CONTINENTAL SHELF
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A-400
• ANSWER: Abiotic sediment is usually
composed of this material
• QUESTION: what is rock, clastic
material, sand, or silt
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A-500
• ANSWER: This is another name given to
continental crust
• QUESTION: What is GRANITIC or
PERMANENT
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B-100
• ANSWER: This is the name given to
using sonar to map the bottom of the sea
floor in a back and forth motion
• QUESTION: What is MOWING THE
LAWN
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B-200
• ANSWER: This is type of seafloor
spreading
• QUESTION: What is
divergent boundary
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B-300
• ANSWER: The Pacific rise is flatter than
the Mid-Atlantic Ridge because of this
• QUESTION: What is the Pacific rise is
moving faster than the Mid Atlantic ridge
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B-400
• ANSWER: The Great Bahama Bank was
made from these
• QUESTION: What are coral
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B-500
• ANSWER:This is the name given to the
center of a divergent boundary
• QUESTION: What is a RIFT VALLEY
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C-100
• ANSWER: During an earthquake, this
wave is felt first
• QUESTION: What is a P-wave
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C-200
• ANSWER: This is pinpointed by using
three seismograms at three different
locations
• QUESTION: What is the epicenter or
focus
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C-300
• ANSWER: This wave can travel through
solids and liquids
• QUESTION: What is a P-wave
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C-400
• ANSWER: The magnitude of an
earthquake is measured by this scale
• QUESTION: What is the Richter scale
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C-500
• ANSWER:This wave is very powerful
and usually does the most damage during
an earthquake
• QUESTION: What is an S-wave
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D-100
• ANSWER: Japan’s earthquake lasted for
this long
• QUESTION: What is 5 minutes
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D-200
• ANSWER: The Japan earthquake was
the most powerful ever recorded. It
measured this on the Richter scale
• QUESTION: What was 9.0
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D-300
• ANSWER: The Tsunami walls didn’t keep
out the rushing water because of this
• QUESTION: What is because they sank
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D-400
• ANSWER: Japan has frequent
earthquakes because of their location
next to this zone.
• QUESTION: What is a SUBDUCTION
ZONE
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D-500
• ANSWER: The speed of Japan’s
Tsunami moving across the ocean was
this
• QUESTION: What was 500 mph
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E-100
• ANSWER: The other name for a Black
Smoker is this
• QUESTION: What is a fumarole
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E-200
• ANSWER: This is the name given to the
type of rock the continental or oceanic
crust rides on
• QUESTION: What is the LITHOSPHERE
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E-300
• ANSWER: This is an
example of what
place on earth
• QUESTION: What
are the Himalayas
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E-400
• ANSWER: This is
an example of
what place on
earth
• QUESTION: The
San Andreas Fault
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E-500
• ANSWER: This wave only travels
through this solids
• QUESTION: What is S-wave
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FINAL JEOPARDY
• ANSWER: Off the coast of Oahu were
once thought to be ancient seamounts but
were actually the result of this
• QUESTION: What was an avalanche
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