Download Battleship - Quakes & Tectonics - New York State Regents Earth

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How to play “Earth Science Battleship”
Divide the class into two teams, Red and Purple. Choose which team goes first.
The main screen is divided into 49 boxes. The first team chooses a box by letter
and number, E4 for instance.
Each team or the team captain must be told which squares hide their ships.
(see notes below this slide)
Click on the ‘Q’ at the center of the square. Be
careful to click only on the ‘Q’. A question will appear.
IF the team answers the question correctly, click on ‘return to
board’. This will take you back to the main game board.
Now click anywhere else in the box (except the ‘Q’).
The box will disappear and you find out if you
hit and destroyed one of the enemy ships.
If the team did not answer the question correctly simply return to the main board
and allow the other team to choose a box and answer a question.
The first team to successfully “sink” all four of the other team’s ships wins.
The RED team must sink purple ships and the PURPLE team must sink red ships.
(if you’re playing at home to review, click on ‘answer’ for the correct response)
Get out your reference tables. Let’s play!
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Question A1
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
ANSWER
Choice 3
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Question A2
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
At which seismic station,
A through D, is the difference
in arrival times between P and S
waves greatest?
ANSWER
Station D (farthest from epicenter)
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Question A3
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
Explain why no S waves were
received at seismic station F.
ANSWER
S waves cannot pass through the liquid outer core
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Question A4
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
Explain why neither P nor S waves
were received at seismic station E
ANSWER
Station E is in a ‘shadow zone’
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Question A5
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
A seismic station records the arrival of P waves at 2:10 PM. S waves
from the same earthquake arrive at the station at 2:15 PM. Approximately
how far is the seismic station from the epicenter?
ANSWER
3400 km
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Question A6
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1 min. countdown.
Compared to Earth’s oceanic crust, Earth’s continental crust is......
1) thinner and composed of granite
2) thinner and composed of basalt
3) thicker and composed of granite
4) thicker and composed of basalt
ANSWER
Choice 3
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Question A7
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
What is the only thing scientists can determine by looking
at one seismogram recorded at a single seismic station?
ANSWER
The distance between that station and
the epicenter of the earthquake
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Question B1
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
Which letter represents the epicenter
of this earthquake?
ANSWER
Letter D
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Question B2
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1 min. countdown.
The sedimentary rock layers
shown here were originally
horizontal. What term describes
what happened to them
after they were deposited.
ANSWER
Folding
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Question B3
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1 min. countdown.
What term describes the kind of crustal
movement shown in the illustration?
ANSWER
Faulting
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Question B4
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Name the two kinds of crustal movements that have created
the geographic features shown in the illustration.
ANSWER
Tilting and faulting
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Question B5
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1 min. countdown.
Rock layers containing fossil shark’s teeth have been found at
elevations of over 5000 meters above sea level. Which geologic
process is responsible for the location of the fossil teeth?
ANSWER
Uplift (mountain building or orogeny)
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Question B6
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1 min. countdown.
How far do P waves travel in 9 minutes?
ANSWER
5600 km
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Question B7
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
A seismic station is located 4000 km from the epicenter
of an earthquake. How long after P waves arrive at this
station will the S waves arrive?
ANSWER
5 minutes, 40 seconds
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Question C1
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1 min. countdown.
At which location in this diagram would evidence of rising convection
currents in the mantle most likely be found?
ANSWER
Location C
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Question C2
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1 min. countdown.
At which location in this diagram would the oldest crust be found?
ANSWER
Location A
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Question C3
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1 min. countdown.
A seismic station recorded an earthquake with an epicenter distance
of 4,000 kilometers. If the origin time of the earthquake was 11:00 AM,
what time did the P-waves arrive at the seismic station?
ANSWER
11:07 AM
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Question C4
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1 min. countdown.
Which diagram below
best represents the
oceanic crust on the
west side of the midocean ridge?
ANSWER
Choice 2 (the mirror image of the east side)
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Question C5
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1 min. countdown.
About how long did it take
S-waves to travel from the
epicenter to seismic station A?
ANSWER
9 minutes 40 seconds
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Question C6
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, which zone of the Earth
has the greatest density?
ANSWER
The inner core
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Question C7
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1 min. countdown.
A seismic station records a travel time difference of 3 minutes
between P-waves and S-waves from an earthquake. Approximately
how far is the seismic station from the epicenter of the earthquake?
ANSWER
1500 km
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Question D1
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1 min. countdown.
What is the temperature of the rock located 1000
kilometers below the Earth's surface?
ANSWER
3200°C
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Question D2
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1 min. countdown.
Why do geologists infer that the Earth's outer core is a liquid?
ANSWER
Because S-waves cannot travel
through the outer core
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Question D3
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Our present understanding of the nature of the Earth's
interior is based primarily upon information obtained from
the study of
ANSWER
Seismic waves
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Question D4
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1 min. countdown.
According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, if a seismic
station records a difference in arrival times between P-waves
and S-waves of 4 minutes, how far away is the epicenter of the
Earthquake?
ANSWER
2600 km
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Question D5
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1 min. countdown.
As the distance between an observer and an earthquake
decreases, the difference in arrival times of P and S waves.......
ANSWER
Decreases
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Question D6
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1 min. countdown.
State the ‘Law of Original Horizontality”
ANSWER
All sedimentary rocks were deposited
as horizontal layers.
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Question D7
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1 min. countdown.
If an earthquake occurred at 5:00:00 AM, At what time would the
P-waves reach a seismic station that was 3000 kilometers from
the epicenter?
ANSWER
5:05:40 AM
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Question E1
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1 min. countdown.
A seismic station records a travel time difference of 7 minutes
between P-waves and S-waves of an earthquake. Approximately
how far is the seismic station from the epicenter?
ANSWER
5,500 km
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Question E2
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1 min. countdown.
What is the melting point of the rock which is found at a depth of
2000 km beneath the surface of the Earth?
ANSWER
About 6,600°C
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Question E3
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1 min. countdown.
What is the pressure at the boundary between the mantle and
the outer core?
ANSWER
1.5 million atm
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Question E4
Click timer to start
1 min. countdown.
According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, in which
region of the Earth's interior would material with a density of
10 g/cm3 most likely be found?
ANSWER
The outer core
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Question E5
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1 min. countdown.
The epicenter of an earthquake is located near Massena, New
York. According to the Earth Science Reference Tables, the
greatest difference in arrival times of P-waves and S-waves
for this earthquake would be recorded in
1) Albany, N.Y.
2) Utica, N.Y.
3) Plattsburgh, N.Y.
4) Binghamton, N.Y.
ANSWER
Choice 4, Binghamton
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Question E6
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1 min. countdown.
Following an earthquake, a seismograph station recorded the
arrival of P-waves at 3:09:30 a.m. and S-waves at 3:14:00 a.m.
According to the Earth Science Reference tables, what is the
distance from the seismic station to the epicenter of the
earthquake
ANSWER
3,000 km
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Question E7
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1 min. countdown.
A seismic station determines that its distance from the epicenter
of an earthquake is 4000 kilometers. According to the Reference
Tables, if the P-waves arrived at the station at 10:15 a.m., what
was the time of the origin of the earthquake?
ANSWER
10:08 AM
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Question F1
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1 min. countdown.
How far from the epicenter was the seismic station that
recorded the seismogram, above?
ANSWER
5400 km
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Question F2
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1 min. countdown.
How far from the epicenter was the seismic station
that recorded the seismogram, above?
ANSWER
2,000 km
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Question F3
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All the seismograms, above, are from the same earthquake but were
recorded at different seismic stations. Which seismogram was recorded
by the station that was farthest from the epicenter>
ANSWER
Choice 3
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Question F4
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1 min. countdown.
P-waves from an earthquake arrived at the seismic station
that recorded this seismogram at 10:15 PM. What was the
time of origin of the earthquake?
ANSWER
10:09 PM
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Question F5
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The increasing age of
the rock on both sides
of the Mid-Atlantic
ridge provides evidence
for..................
ANSWER
Sea floor spreading
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Question F6
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What island chain formed in the manner shown in the diagram?
ANSWER
The Hawaiian Islands
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Question F7
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The process shown here by which sea floor is pulled down into
the mantle and melted is known as...................
ANSWER
Subduction
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Question G1
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1 min. countdown.
Both volcanoes and earthquakes occur in the same
‘zones’ on the Earth shown here in yellow. These
zones are actually.....................
ANSWER
Plate boundaries
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Question G2
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What kind of plate boundary is located at 60°S, 140°W?
ANSWER
A divergent boundary
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Question G3
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What kind of fault (boundary) is the San Andreas?
ANSWER
A transform fault (boundary)
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Question G4
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Which cross-sectional diagram of a portion of the crust and
mantle best shows the pattern of mantle convection currents
that are believed to cause the formation of a mid-ocean ridge?
ANSWER
Choice 4
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Question G5
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1 min. countdown.
A seismic station recorded an earthquake with an epicenter
distance of 4,000 kilometers. If the origin time of the earthquake was 11:00 am, what time did the P-wave arrive at the
seismic station?
ANSWER
11:07 am
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Question G6
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1 min. countdown.
The p-waves generated by an earthquake took 2 minutes
and 40 seconds to reach a seismic station. How long did
it take the S-waves from the same earthquake to reach
this seismic station?
ANSWER
about 4 minutes and 50 seconds
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Question G7
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1 min. countdown.
A seismic station is located 5400 kilometers away from the
epicenter of the earthquake. If the arrival time for the S-waves
was 2:00 PM, at what time did the P-waves arrive?
ANSWER
1:53 pm
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