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SCIENCE PUZZLERS, TWISTERS & TEASERS
Plate Tectonics
Tectonic Rhyme Time
1. Professor Bankston, an inventor/architect, has made some
creations. Some sound more useful than others. Each of the clues
below indicates a two-word rhyming answer that describes one of
professor Bankston’s creations. Write the words in the blank.
a. the amount of force put on a given material, and a machine for
applying that force
b. the outermost layer of earth, and oxidation particles that cover
the iron portion of it
c. the surface along which rocks break and slide past each other,
and an impenetrable room in which to store it
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d. extends from the bottom of the mantle to the center of the
earth, and the place where you can buy parts of it
The Blame Game—Whose Fault Is It?
2. Amanda blames others for everything. Below are some questions
her teacher has asked her about faults, and the jumbled responses
she gave in return. Write the correct responses below.
Teacher: Amanda, why did the hanging wall move up relative to
the footwall?
Amanda: It was Reeser V.’s fault!
a.
Teacher: O.K. Amanda, let’s try again. Why did the hanging wall
move down relative to the footwall?
Amanda: It was Ron Lam’s fault!
b.
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Plate Tectonics, continued
Teacher: One more try, Amanda. This occurred when opposing
forces caused rock to break and move horizontally.
Amanda: It’s not my fault! Petrik Sils did it!
c.
Oceanic Plates vs. Continental Plates
3. Little Denny has always wanted to be a sports announcer. Right
now, his California neighborhood is experiencing an earthquake
and Denny needs a partner to announce the ’quake play-by-play.
Fill in the blanks to help Denny.
Continental plate and oceanic plate are lined up head to head.
Oceanic plate takes the snap. The fields rumble as the crowds go
wild. Oceanic plate drops back, away from continental plate.
Looks like a pass! Looks like oceanic plate is trying to create a
.
(a.)
Wait! Continental plate is rushing in. Continental plate has
collided with oceanic plate and they are pushing on one another.
Continental plate has definitely created a
.
(b.)
.
(c.)
Oceanic plate ducks underneath. Has oceanic plate . . . I think
Ocea . . . Yes! Oceanic plate has made it to the asthenosphere and
into the (d.)
.
Word Connections
4. The following sentence contains a hidden word from the chapter.
The word can be found by looking at part (or all) of one word and
connecting it to the beginning of the next word(s). Circle the hidden word. For example, the word undo is hidden between the
words run, dogs.
When Billy goes to the bank, he always gets his money in fives
and tens. I, on the other hand, prefer twenties and fifties.
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Oceanic plate isn’t finished yet. Oceanic plate moves to the side.
Oceanic plate slides past continental plate to create a
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Energy Resources, p. 9
1. a. bitum in US Bituminous
b. few ells Fuels
c. smoke in FOG smog
d. krypt on 91 krypton-91
e. fish on powered fission powered
f. water wheel
2. a. windmill
b. strip mines
c. fossil fuels
d. natural gas
3. conservati[on]
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4. lignite
The Rock and Fossil Record, p. 11
1. a. radiometric dating
b. geologic time
c. radioactive decay
d. trace fossil
2. a. 21, 28 (Add the number of the position in
the sequence to the previous value.)
b. O, C (geologic periods)
3. amber
4. Dinosaur: 2
Bumblebee: 1
Pigeon: 4
Sloth: 3
Elephant: 5
Plate Tectonics, p. 13
1. a. stress press
b. crust rust
c. fault vault
d. core store
2. a. reverse fault
b. normal fault
c. strike-strip fault
3. a. divergent boundary
b. convergent boundary
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c. transform boundary
d. subduction zone
4. tens. I, on tension
Earthquakes, p. 15
1. Hanshin, divergent, seismologist, Moho,
moonquake, Viking,
2. a. focus, epicenter
b. seismographs, seismograms
c. gap hypothesis
d. active tendon system
Shake, rattle, and roll!
3. a. F b. F c. T d. T e. F f. T g. F h. F i. F
j. T k. F
They are most likely to occur between g
and i.
Volcanoes, p. 17
1. a. Aa is the only term that is not thrown from
an explosive eruption.
b. Silica is the only term that is not a form of
lava.
c. Pahoehoe is the only term that is not a
pyroclastic material.
d. Crater is the only term that is not a type of
volcano.
You would hope to escape.
2. a. hot spot
b. AA
c. Ring of Fire
3. a. lava
b. crater
c. magma
d. lapilli
e. caldera
f. fallout
g. ash
4. a. T b. T c. F d. T e. T f. F g. T h. T i. T
The volcano will erupt, based on answers to
g, h, i.
Weathering and Soil Formation, p. 19
1. The words on the right all name agents of
weathering; none of the words on the left
do.
2. a. Tropical topsoil is thin.
b. Temperate soil is fertile.
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