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Mrs. Grimm's hobby....
calculating gas mileage
multiplication tables
pruning shrubberies
taxes
2
A valley created by sub-ducting plates
Rift Valley & Trench
Trench
Rift valley
Hills
3
Where do volcanoes and earthquakes tend to occur?
Alaska
Africa
Along the edges of Tectonic Plates
Middle of North America
4
Who is this guy?
Dumbledore
Gandalf the Gray
The Giver
George Washington
5
Tendency of a mineral to break into fragments
Breakage
Fracture
Splittage
Cleavage
6
Color of powder left when scratched?
Density
Fracture
Stain
Streak
7
What kind of body is needed in order to make a good fossil?
long
soft
hard
big
8
Two plates moving sideways to each other
Transforn
Hot Spot
Converging
Diverging
9
The name of a denser plate moving under a light plate
Diverging
Hot spot
Subduction
Converging
10
How does an igneous become a sedimentary rock?
melt then cool in lava/magma
heat and pressure
Sed-->Dep --> Compact --> Cement
rock magic
11
Color of powder left when being scraped
cleavage
fluorescence
hardness
streak
12
Relatively speaking, which layer is older?
B
F
I
M
13
When earth was just getting ready for life to "explode" onto the scene.
F
B
D
14
Two plates moving away from each other
Diverging
Transformation
Subduction
Converging
15
How fast do tectonic plates moving?
1 cm/ 5 years
1 cm/ year
1 inch/ year
.001 cm/ year
16
Which fossil type is ancient animal poop and prints referred to as?
trace
carbon film
mold
cast
17
Resistance to being scratched
cleavage
hardness
fracture
luster
18
When dino's when extinct from an asteroid collision
D
F
B
19
What evidence does the sea floor give us to show that the crust is being made and destroyed?
Fossils from millions of years ago
Older rock layers farther away, younger layers closer
scientist time traveled back into time
younger layers diverging, older layers converging
20
What causes the difference in minerals - whether it cleaves/fractures, fluoresces, is brittle
pattern of repeating atoms
where its made
where its found
how its made
21
the process of laying down sediments by wind/water
sedimentation
deposition
compaction
cementation
22
When a mass extinction cased 90% death of all living things.
D
B
F
23
Two plates coming (or crashing) together
Transform
Diverging
Converging
Subducting
24
When humans became present ....
C
A
E
G
25
Layer of the Earth with toothpaste,tar-like rock right below the crust
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
Inner Core
Crust
26
Small rocks being glued together
compaction
deposition
sedimentation
cementation
27
When Pangaea was coming together
E
A
C
G
28
The way in which light reflects in a metallic/nonmetallic way
cleavage
fluorescence
glowing
luster
29
The rising and falling of rock in a circular motion due to temp. changes
Wax on, Wax off
Convection Currents
Rock doesn't move
Mantle
30
Age of Bacteria/Algae
C
A
G
E
31
Molten rock below the earth's surface
fire
hot rock
lava
magma
32
Which turtle has the jokes?
Leondardo
Raphael
Donatello
Michelangelo
33
Age of Fishes/Amphibians
G
E
C
A
34
Layer of the Earth made of liquid metals
Crust
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
Inner Core
35
Layer of Earth where convection currents move the lithosphere
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Inner Core
Outer Core
36
What do dark bands in ice cores reveal?
rainfall of region
volcanic eruptions
age of region
37
Tendency of a mineral to break along straight lines
breaking
cleavage
fracture
hardness
38
Which was NOT evidence that led Alfred Wegener to propose the theory of continental drift?
dino fossils in S. America & Africa
common rock layers in Appalacia and Scotland
tropical plants in greenland
Spreading ocean floors in the Atlantic Ocean
39
How many stripes does a zebra have?
39
it doesn't matter
60,000
3
40
Which rock layer is younger than the earthquake?
I
M
B
F
41
Whose more dense-ocean crust or continental crust?
Continental crust
None of the Above
Ocean crust
42
Molten rock above the earth's surface
hot rock
fire
lava
magma
43
What does tar and ice do a good job of preventing?
carbon dating
sun damage
loss of fossil
decay
44
Layer of the Earth with the most dense metals
Crust
Outer Core
Inner Core
Asthenosphere
45
What is Mr. Hild's favorite hobby?
checkers
badminton
cleaning
fishing
46
Where was Mrs. Faudere Tuesday and Wednesday of this week?
Branson
New Kids on the Block Concert
Disney Land
Vegas
47
the process of making sediments
sedimentation
cementation
compaction
deposition
48
What's the name of the original super-continent?
Pangea
Jurassic
Siberia
Permian
49
Resistance to being scratched?
Streak
Strenght
Toughness
Hardness
50
The different pieces of the crust that are like broken eggshells
Tectonic Plates
Mantle
Continents
Crust
51
Tendency of a mineral to break along straight lines?
Fracture
Cleavage
Breakage
Perfection
52
Layer of the Earth part crust, part mantle
Lithosphere
Mantle
Asthenosphere
Outer Core
53
Which type of fossil is made from pressing a thin organism into a rock?
mold
cast
trace
carbon film
54
What do tree rings tell you?
rainfall of region
age AND rainfall
age of tree
volcanic eruptions
55
How does an sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?
heat and pressure
Sed-->Dep --> Compact --> Cement
melt then cool in lava/magma
rock magic
56
How does an sedimentary rock become a chocolate bunny?
rock magic
melt then cool in lava/magma
Sed-->Dep --> Compact --> Cement
heat and pressure
57
What type of rock are fossils found in
igneous
metamorphic
sedimentary
all rock types
58
A spot on the Earth's mantle where magma seeps through creating a chain of islands
Hot Spot
Diverging
Converging
Archipelago
59
When earth was created....
E
A
G
C
60
Which phrase correctly describes the age of layer R compared to Layer M
R's relative age is older than M
M's absolute age is older than R
R's absolute age is older than MB
M's relative age is older than R
61
What produces amber and what gets fossilized in it?
Fossil Fuels - sabertooth tigers
Trees - sabertooth tigers
Fossil Fuels - insects
Trees - insects
62
Age of Dinosaurs
G
C
A
E
63
Layer of the Earth made of solid metals
Outer Core
Asthenosphere
Crust
Inner Core
64
What's Missouri's state mineral? Why?
Galena - its the color of Missouri
Galena - its another name for lead
Mozarkite - its another name for lead
Mozarkite - its the color of Missouri
65
The way in which light reflects off the surface in a metallic/non-metallic way
Hardness
Luster
Streak
Fluorescence
66
Age of Mammals
C
A
E
G
67
How many different hair colors did Mr. Mabrey sport in high school and college?
1
9
6
3
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The ability to glow in the presence of UV light?
Fluorescence
Gamma Ray
Microwave
Luster
