Earth Science
Midterm Review
First
Round
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
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Chapter 1 $200
What is the name of a scientist
who studies rainfall trends?
Chapter 1 $400
What would we call someone
who studies a comet’s path
through the solar system?
Chapter 1 $600
What is the largest ecosystem
called?
Chapter 1 $800
What is a hypothesis?
Chapter 1 $1000
What is the first step of the
scientific method?
Chapter 1
$200-Answer
Meterologist
Chapter 1
$400-Answer
Astronomer
Chapter 1
$600-Answer
Biosphere
Chapter 1
$800-Answer
A possible explanation or solution
to a problem
Chapter 1
$1000-Answer
State the problem
Chapter 2 $200
What time is it 2 times zones
east, if it is 9am in California?
Chapter 2 $400
What season does the northern
hemisphere experience when the
South Pole tilts toward the sun?
Chapter 2 $600
Which zone of the earth is made
up of liquid iron?
Chapter 2 $800
Which part of the earth is solid
but has the ability to flow?
Chapter 2 $1000
What 2 smaller layers make up
the lithosphere?
Chapter 2
$200-Answer
11am
Chapter 2
$400-Answer
winter
Chapter 2
$600-Answer
The outer core
Chapter 2
$800-Answer
The Asthenosphere
Chapter 2
$1000-Answer
Crust and upper mantle
Chapter 3 $200
What country was the prime
meridian set up to run through?
Chapter 3 $400
What is a city’s location
compared to the prime meridian
called?
Chapter 3 $600
What is the latitude of the
equator?
Chapter 3 $800
On a map, a list of symbols and
their meanings is called a
________?
Chapter 3 $1000
What do contour maps forming a
V-shape on a topographic map
mean?
Chapter 3
$200-Answer
England
Chapter 3
$400-Answer
longitude
Chapter 3
$600-Answer
0o
Chapter 3
$800-Answer
legend
Chapter 3
$1000-Answer
Valley
Chapter 4 $200
What layer of the earth do
convection currents occur?
Chapter 4 $400
What kind of boundary is a result
of two plates colliding?
Chapter 4 $600
Seafloor spreading occurs at
what kind of plate boundary?
Chapter 4 $800
What was Wegener’s huge
ancient continent called?
Chapter 4 $1000
What is Wegener’s huge ancient
ocean called?
Chapter 4
$200-Answer
asthenosphere
Chapter 4
$400-Answer
Convergent boundary
Chapter 4
$600-Answer
Divergent Boundary
Chapter 4
$800-Answer
Pangaea
Chapter 4
$1000-Answer
Panthalassa
Second
Round
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
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Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
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Chapter 5 $1200
Mt. Everest is apart of what
mountain range?
Chapter 5 $1400
Where are rocks most likely to
break?
Chapter 5 $1600
Why are rocks deep in the earth’s
crust less likely to break than
those on the surface?
Chapter 5 $1800
Folding of rocks is most likely to
happen when rocks undergo
______?
Chapter 5 $2000
What are up and down motions
of the crust called?
Chapter 5
$1200-Answer
Himalayas
Chapter 5
$1400-Answer
Near the surface
Chapter 5
$1600-Answer
High temperatures
Chapter 5
$1800-Answer
Compression
Chapter 5
$2000-Answer
Isostatic adjustments
Chapter 6 $1200
What magnitude does a major
earthquake have?
Chapter 6 $1400
What is a giant ocean wave
called?
Chapter 6 $1600
How many separate sensing
devices make up a
seismograph?
Chapter 6 $1800
Which type of seismic waves
travel the fastest?
Chapter 6 $2000
Where did the most widely felt
series of earthquakes in the
United States occur?
Chapter 6
$1200-Answer
7 or above
Chapter 6
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Tsunami
Chapter 6
$1600-Answer
3
Chapter 6
$1800-Answer
P waves
Chapter 6
$2000-Answer
Missouri
Chapter 7 $1200
Great pressure in the
asthenosphere keeps the rock
there mostly ______?
Chapter 7 $1400
What is an opening in the earth’s
crust through which molten rock
flows?
Chapter 7 $1600
What type of magma is rich in
silica, magnesium, and iron?
Chapter 7 $1800
What kind of material do Cinder Cone
volcanoes erupt?
Chapter 7 $2000
What kind of volcano results from
quiet lava eruptions?
Chapter 7
$1200-Answer
solid
Chapter 7
$1400-Answer
vent
Chapter 7
$1600-Answer
Felsic lava
Chapter 7
$1800-Answer
Solid rocks
Chapter 7
$2000-Answer
Shield Volcano
Final Jeopardy
Branches of Earth
Science
Final Jeopardy
The study of the origin, history,
and structure of the solid earth
and the processes that shape it
is called _______?
You have 1 minute to consult…
Final Jeopardy
The study of the origin, history,
and structure of the solid earth
and the processes that shape it
is called _______?
You have 30 seconds to consult…
Final Jeopardy
The study of the origin, history,
and structure of the solid earth
and the processes that shape it
is called _______?
You have 15 seconds to consult…
Final Jeopardy
The study of the origin, history,
and structure of the solid earth
and the processes that shape it
is called _______?
Time Is Up
Final Jeopardy - Answer
Geology