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A Geology Internet Treasure HuntThere is a link above each set of questions. Follow the link to find your answers. Remember: You may have to follow more links once you get to the web site in order to find your answer!
1. Name the layers of the earth's stucture.
2. How thick is the mantle?
3. What is the temperature of the inner core?
4. Name the major plates.
5. Name and give an example of each of the three types of plate boundaries.
6. What is the Continental Drift Theory and who introduced it?
7. What is Pangaea?
Continents on the Move -Formation of the Himalayan Mountains
8. What plates collided to form the Himalayan Mountains?
9. What was the name of the sea between them?
10. What are hydrothermal vents?
11. What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge?
12. What are "Underwater Chimneys"?
13. What area do you think is called the "Ring of Fire?"
14. Why is there so much volcanic activity there?
15. Name, illustrate, and give examples of the three kinds of volcanoes.
16. Click on A Science Odyssey to participate in an activity that lets you move the plates and see what happens!
17. Name and define three ways the plates move.
18. What are faults?
19. Where is the San Andreas Fault? What area does this fault cover?
20. What are seismic waves and what can they be compared to?
21. What are the two kinds of waves earthquakes produce?
22. How did scientist discover the three main levels of the inner earth?
23. What is the outer core made of?
24. What are three types of waves associated with earthquakes are demonstrated here?
25.What elements and what percent make up the earth's atmosphere?
26. Name the five layers of the atmosphere
27. What layer does most of our weather take place?
28. What are some factors that determine our weather?
29. Why do jet airplanes fly in the stratosphere?
30. What is the "greenhouse effect"?
31. What is weathering?
32. Compare the two types of weathering explained on this page.
33. How does vegetation affect the volume of a river?
34. What is the difference in a river flowing down a steep slope from a river flowing down a gentler gradient?
35. What affect do boulders on the river bed and banks have on river water velocity?
36. What is a watershed?
37. What makes up the Mississippi River watershed and where does it flow?
38. What are six factors that affect the rate at which river erosion takes place?
39. What are some causes of coastal erosion?
Congratulations! You've finished the scavenger hunt.