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Texas A&M University

© 2005-06 | http://peer.tamu.edu

Created by Jeremiah McNichols

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The process by which sediments settle out of water or wind and are deposited at a new location is called what?

Deposition

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The first tied team to offer the correct answer wins!

Click on the number of the tied team that correctly answers the question!

Quiz-O-Rama: Earth Processes

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Plate Tectonics

Types of Rock

DefinitionsLayers ofThe Earth

The RockCycle

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Plate Tectonics

Point Value: 100

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A divergent boundary is where the plates move ______________ from each other.

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Plate Tectonics

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A plate boundary where the plates move together or crust is destroyed as one plate dives under is called a(n) ________________ boundary.

Convergent

Plate Tectonics

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Plate boundaries that slide against each other often form faults are called a(n) _________ boundary.

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Transform

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Plate Tectonics

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When two continental plates collide or converge _____________ are formed.

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Mountains

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Plate Tectonics

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What causes the plates motion and where does this happen?

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Convection currents in the upper mantle cause the plates to move.

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Types of Rock

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What are the three types of rock?

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Igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary

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Types of Rock

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Before lava reaches the Earth’s surface it is called ________________.

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Magma

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Types of Rock

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Igneous rock that forms when lava cools on the surface is called ____________ .

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Extrusive rock(Lava exits the volcano to the surface.)

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Types of Rock

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Igneous rock that forms inside the Earth’s crust is called _____________.

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Intrusive rock

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Types of Rock

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Define rock.

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The material that forms Earth’s hard surface.

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Definitions

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What are the remains of once living organisms called?

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Fossils

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Definitions

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What is geology?

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The study of solid Earth

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Definitions

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Stress that pushes a mass of rock in opposite directions is calledwhat?

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Shearing

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Definitions

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What is erosion?

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The process by which water, wind, ice or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil.

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Definitions

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What is Pangaea?

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The name of the single land mass that broke apart 225 million years ago into what is now our continents.

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Layers of The Earth

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What is Earth’s thinnest layer?

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Lithosphere

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Layers of The Earth

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The large pieces that the Earth’s lithosphere is broken into are called _______________.

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Plates

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Layers of The Earth

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The lithosphere is made of what two layers of the Earth?

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The upper most part of the mantle and the crust

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Layers of The Earth

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What physical conditions do geologists study about the Earth?

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Temperature and pressure/forces that affect the surface of Earth.

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Layers of The Earth

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What forces shape the surface of our Earth?

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Plate movements create new land and reshape existing land with uplifting (mountains) as well as valleys and rifts.

Also weathering and erosion play a large part in the continual reshaping of Earth’s surface.

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The Rock Cycle

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How does a sedimentary rock become a metamorphic rock?

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Heat and pressure deep within earth

The Rock Cycle

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How can granite, an igneous rock, become a sedimentary rock? (4 things)

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Weathering, erosion, cementation, compaction

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The Rock Cycle

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How does igneous rock form?

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Igneous rock forms when lava or magma cools and hardens.

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The Rock Cycle

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How is metamorphic rock formed?

Heat and pressure below Earth’s surface changes other rocks into metamorphic rock.

The Rock Cycle

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What does the rock cycle represent or explain?

The rock cycle explains a series of processes on and beneath the Earth’s surface that slowly change one type of rock to a different type.

Instructions

Introduction

Quiz-O-Rama is a game show template for two to eight teams or players. It is designed to be used with questions you provide to review topics covered in your classroom. The PowerPoint slide show will record team names and track team scores throughout the game; the game can be ended at any time, has provisions for a tiebreaking question, and will declare a winner based on team scores.

Creating Your Presentation

To change the game show name, double-click on the title on Slide 1.

To change category titles, select View > Master > Slide Master in the PowerPoint menu bar. (Slide images can also be deleted or replaced in master slides.) Change category listings on the quiz board in normal mode. Type questions and answers in the boxes provided on question slides, making sure to add a question to the “Tiebreaker” slide (Slide 4). Categories or questions can be reduced by deleting question slides as well as their corresponding buttons on the quiz board, but the tiebreaking slide should be retained.

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Starting the Game

Macros must be enabled for the game to function properly. (Settings under Tools > Macros > Security should be set to “Medium” and any open files, including this one, must be closed completely and re-opened for the changes to take effect.)

Run the PowerPoint presentation from the first slide. On Slide 2, click the “Play Game” button to set the number of teams and to enter team names. Each team should have their team name and number written down, preferably in a location where the presenter can see them. You will then have the option of having scores presented in a dialog box each time a button is pushed; this optional feature can help students keep careful track of their scores, but can slow down the game slightly. Type “Y” in the box if you wish to enable this feature.

The presentation will then advance to the Quiz Board.

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Playing The Game

Select a team to choose the first category and point value and click on the text link they choose (clicking anywhere else in the box will not advance the slide). The presentation will advance to the selected question; read the question to the students, and allow the first team with an answer to answer the question. When they have stated their answer, click once on the slide to reveal the correct answer. Add or subtract points using the team number’s buttons next to the “+” and “-” symbols at the bottom of the question slide. (If you selected for scores to be continuously displayed, a dialog box will appear detailing the scores should now appear.) The presenter can award points to multiple teams for answering a question if desired. Click on the yellow arrow button to return to the Quiz Board. The team with the correct answer should choose the next category and point value. Questions that have been accessed will have gray point values, but can be accessed again if desired, with points allotted in the same manner as before.

You can display all teams’ scores at any time by clicking on the “Current Scores” button on the Quiz Board.

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Ending the Game

When all questions have been answered, or when the available time is up, the presenter can end the game by clicking on the “Declare Winner” button in the bottom righthand corner of the Quiz Board slide. The game will then compare the scores of each team and, if one team has the highest score, will advance to a screen declaring that team the winner and stating the number of points they earned. If two or more teams are tied for the high score, a dialog box will appear which asks the presenter to identify the tied teams.

A “Tiebreaker” slide will then appear. The full range of team numbers will be shown, but only those teams tied for the high score should be permitted to answer. Allow additional tied teams to attempt to answer if the first answering team’s answer is incorrect, until a team supplies the correct answer. Then click on that team’s team number to advance the presentation to the slide declaring that team the winner.

Note: To play the game again, you should escape out of presentation mode and restart the presentation to reset hyperlinks on the Quiz Board.

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Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health Texas A&M University

© 2005-06 | http://peer.tamu.edu

Created by Jeremiah McNichols