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Rock CycleEarth’s Layers

Tectonic Plates

Types of Rocks

Physical Structures

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Final Jeopardy

Rock Cycle – 100

A naturally occurring, solid mixture of one or more

minerals

What is a rock?

Rock Cycle - 200

A rock formed by heat and pressure

What is a metamorphic rock?

Rock Cycle - 300

A rock formed by the compacting and cementing of

sediment

What is a sedimentary rock?

Rock Cycle - 400

A rock formed when magma cools and hardens

What is an igneous rock?

Rock Cycle - 500

Formed by the melting of metamorphic rock

What is magma?

Earth’s Layers - 100

The thinnest layer of Earth

What is the crust?

Earth’s Layers - 200

The liquid metal layer of the Earth

What is the outer core?

Earth’s Layers - 300

The layer of the Earth which makes up 67% of Earth’s

mass

What is the mantle?

Earth’s Layers - 400

The solid layer of Earth in which heat and pressure is

the greatest

What is the inner core?

Earth’s Layers - 500

The layer of the Earth composed of solid iron and

nickel

What is the inner core?

Tectonic Plates – 100

The rate at which tectonic plates move each year

What are centimeters per year?

Tectonic Plates - 200

Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the

asthenosphere

What are tectonic plates?

Tectonic Plates - 300

Convection currents in the asthenosphere

What is the reason Earth’s major tectonic plates move?

Tectonic Plates - 400

Global positioning systems (GPS)

How do scientists track the motion of tectonic plates?

Tectonic Plates - 500

The process by which hot rock from deep within Earth rises and cooler rock near

the surface sinks

What are convection currents?

Types of Rocks - 100

Process by which layers in sedimentary rock are

formed

What is stratification?

Types of Rocks - 200

Clastic, chemical, and organic

What are the three categories of sedimentary rock?

Types of Rocks - 300

Metamorphic rock arranged in bands

What is foliated?

Types of Rocks - 400

When magma comes directly into contact with surrounding rock

What is contact metamorphism?

Types of Rocks - 500

How quickly igneous rock cools

What determines the textures/ size of crystals in

igneous rocks?

Physical Structures - 100

The outermost rigid layer of the Earth which contains the

crust and upper mantle

What is the lithosphere?

Physical Structures - 200

The strong lower part of the mantle, which extends to

the Earth’s core

What is the mesosphere?

Physical Structures - 300

The plastic layer of the mantle on which pieces of

the lithosphere move due to convection currents

What is the asthenosphere?

Physical Structures - 400

The physical structure on which tectonic plates rest

What is the lithosphere?

Physical Structures - 500

The physical structure which has only been accessed using sounding rockets

What is the mesosphere?

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Tectonic Plates

Final Jeopardy Question

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