Intro to Earth Science

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Intro to Earth Science
JEOPARDY 1
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What is Earth Science?
Vocabulary
Know Your Maps
Earth
Scientific Method
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What is Earth Science?100
What are the four main areas of Earth Science?
A What are astronomy, meteorology, geology,
oceanography?
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What is Earth Science?200
What is the study of the atmosphere and the
processes that produce weather and climate called?
A What is meteorology?
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What is Earth Science?300
The area of Earth science that examines the
physical and biological changes that have
occurred in Earths past is called?
A What is historical geologist ?
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What is Earth Science?400
Earths four major spheres are the __________.
A What are hydrosphere, atmosphere, geosphere,
and biosphere?
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What is Earth Science?500
The life forms of the biosphere are located in
the _________.
A What are the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and
geosphere?
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Vocabulary100
Name the three parts of the geosphere.
A What are crust, mantle, and core?
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Vocabulary 200
The crust and uppermost mantle make up the rigid
outer layer of the Earth called?
A What is lithosphere?
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Vocabulary 300
The distance, measured in degrees, north and
south of the equator is referred to as ________.
A What is latitude ?
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Vocabulary 400
On the global grid, the prime meridian is at
________.
A What is 00 longitude ?
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Vocabulary 500
Any size group of interacting parts that form a
complex whole is a(n) _______.
A What is system ?
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Know Your Maps100
On a topographical map, contour lines that
form a circle indicate a(n) _________.
A What is a hill?
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Know Your Maps200
Because there is only a small amount of
distortion over a local area, what type of map is
used for road maps and weather maps?
A What is conic projection?
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Know Your Maps300
A Mercator projection map shows_________.
A What is that is has accurate projection, but
has distorted sizes and distances
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Know Your Maps400
Differences in elevation are best shown Using a
_______.
A What is topographical map?
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Know Your Maps500
How could two points 35 degrees north of the
equator-one in North America and one in Asia-be
distinguished using map coordinates?
A What is by their latitudes?
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Earth100
What are the two sources of energy for the Earth
system?
A What are the sun and the Earths interior
(core)?
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Earth200
The suns energy drives which of our planets
processes?
A What is weather and ocean circulation ?
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Earth300
Which of the following is NOT caused by human
interactions? Air pollution water
pollution Mountain building deforestation
A What is mountain building?
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Earth400
Resources that can be replenished over a
relatively short time span are called_______.
A What is renewable resources?
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Earth500
Which of the following is NOT an example of a
nonrenewable resource? Solar energy copper Oil
natural gas
A What is solar energy ?
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Scientific Method100
A preliminary untested explanation that tries to
explain how or why things happen in the manner
observed is a scientific ____.
A What is a hypothesis?
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Scientific Method200
A scientific idea that is well tested and widely
accepted by the scientific community is called a
scientific _____.
A What is a theory?
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Scientific Method 300
A scientific idea that is well tested and widely
accepted by the scientific community is called a
scientific ___.
A What is theory?
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Scientific Method400
In scientific inquiry, when competing hypotheses
have been eliminated, a hypothesis may be
elevated to the status of a scientific _____.
A What is theory?
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Scientific Method500
A scientific hypothesis can become a theory if
_____.
A What is the hypothesis is tested extensively
and competing hypotheses are eliminated?
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