Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

$500 We learn about the core of the earth by A – digging deep into the earth. B – studying earthquake waves. C – studying X-rays of the earth. D – observing volcanoes

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$1,000The earth has two kinds of crusts, they are A – sea floor and continental. B – continental and oceanic. C – ocean plates and mountain plates. D – lithospheric and oceanic

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$2,000The outer core of the earth is composed mostly of A – liquid nickel B – solid nickel C – liquid iron D – solid iron

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$5,000The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats is the A – inner core B – outer core C – crust D – asthenosphere

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$10,000When rock layers are pulled apart, the stress is called A – tension. B – compression. C – compaction. D – shearing.

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$25,000 Heat transferred by liquids and gases is called A – conduction B – convection C – radiation D – conservation

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$100,000 The inner core of the earth is A – liquid iron and nickel B – liquid nickel C – solid iron and nickel D – solid nickel

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$500,000A mountain range in the middle of the ocean is called a A – upwelling B – midocean ridge C – fringing reef D – atoll

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$1,000,000 When two continental plates collide they most often form A – volcanoes B – new continental crust C – non-volcanic mountain ranges D – ocean trenches

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$500Volcanic eruptions can sometimes be predicted by A – changes in animal behavior B – changes in area climate C – earthquake activity D – subduction zone activity

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$1,000The theory of continental drift was developed by A – Isaac Newton B – William Oort C – Charles Richter D – Alfred Wegener

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$2,000 Mid-ocean ridges are a result of A – subuction B – convergent boundaries C – divergent boundaries D – plate collisions

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$5000The tectonic plates of the earth move because of A – mountains pushing on each other B – convection currents in the mantle C – convection currents within the oceans D – gravitational pull of the sun.

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$10,000 A deep trench that runs through the center of a midocean ridge is called a A – trench B – tectonic plate C – river valley D – rift valley

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$25,000250 million years ago, all the earth’s continents formed one land mass called A – Gondwanaland B – Laurasia C – Pangaea D – Tethys

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$100,000The largest plate on Earth is the A – Cocos plate B – Pacific plate C – North American plate D – South American plate

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$500,000According to plate tectonic theory, South America was once connected to A – Australia B – India C – Eurasia D – Africa

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$1,000,000 The process of the ocean floor plunging back into the earth’s interior is called A – subduction B – earthquakes C – convection D – compression

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$500Erosion is A – the breakdown of material on the earth’s surface. B – Carrying sediment to a new location C – Leaving sediment at a new location D – All of the above

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$1,000Volcanoes often form A – in subduction zones B – around the Ring of Fire C – at hot spots D – All of the above

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$2,000Sea floor spreading is a result of A – subduction zones B – convergent boundaries C – divergent boundaries D – compression

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$5,000An example of chemical weathering is A – acid dissolving rocks B – root pry C – ice wedging D – abrasion

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$10,000If you walk on rocks and break them, this is a form of A – chemical weathering B – physical weathering C – pressure release D – All of the above

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$25,000Which of the following does not affect the rate of weathering? A – type of material that is being weathered. B – The climate of an area. C – The amount of air pollution in an area. D – Number of mountains in an area.

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