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Earth Science: Rocks, Plates & Layers

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This board helps players review Earth Science: Rocks, Plates & Layers through a Jeopardy-style game format on Kleveroo. It includes categories such as Rock Cycle, Rock Types, Minerals & Tests, Plate Boundaries, Earth's Layers. It is useful for classroom review, team trivia, family game night, test prep, and group play.

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  • Rock Cycle

    What is the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces at Earth's surface?

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    weathering

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  • Rock Types

    What rock forms when lava or magma cools?

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    igneous rock

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  • Minerals & Tests

    What scale ranks mineral hardness from 1 (talc) to 10 (diamond)?

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    Mohs scale

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  • Plate Boundaries

    What type of boundary pulls tectonic plates apart?

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    divergent boundary

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  • Earth's Layers

    What thin, solid outer layer of Earth do we live on?

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    crust

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Rock Cycle

$100 — What is the breaking of rocks into smaller pieces at Earth's surface?
weathering
$200 — What is the movement of sediments by wind, water, or ice called?
erosion
$300 — What two processes turn sediments into rock?
compaction and cementation
$400 — What rock forms when heat and pressure change any rock?
metamorphic rock
$500 — What two energy sources drive the rock cycle?
Sun and Earth's interior

Rock Types

$100 — What rock forms when lava or magma cools?
igneous rock
$200 — What rock forms from compacted and cemented sediments?
sedimentary rock
$300 — What size crystals form in slowly cooled intrusive igneous rocks?
large crystals
$400 — What term describes metamorphic rocks with mineral layers?
foliated
$500 — Which metamorphic rock forms from limestone?
marble

Minerals & Tests

$100 — What scale ranks mineral hardness from 1 (talc) to 10 (diamond)?
Mohs scale
$200 — What is the colored powder a mineral leaves on a porcelain plate called?
streak
$300 — What term describes how a mineral reflects light?
luster
$400 — What do we call minerals that break along flat planes?
cleavage
$500 — Which common mineral fizzes in acid due to calcium carbonate?
calcite

Plate Boundaries

$100 — What type of boundary pulls tectonic plates apart?
divergent boundary
$200 — What type of boundary pushes tectonic plates together?
convergent boundary
$300 — What type of boundary slides plates past each other sideways?
transform boundary
$400 — What underwater mountain chain forms at diverging ocean plates?
mid-ocean ridge
$500 — What process forces one plate beneath another at some convergent zones?
subduction

Earth's Layers

$100 — What thin, solid outer layer of Earth do we live on?
crust
$200 — What thick layer beneath the crust is mostly solid rock?
mantle
$300 — What is the rigid layer of crust and uppermost mantle called?
lithosphere
$400 — Which layer is liquid and helps create Earth's magnetic field?
outer core
$500 — What soft, flowing layer of the mantle allows plates to move?
asthenosphere

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