Scavenger Hunt!

"How many can you answer? Print this page and fill in the blanks. To review or find an answer pick a topic from below."

Floodplains | Volcanoes | Basalt Lava
Lakes | Mars Pathfinder | Canyons
Earthquakes | Sand Dunes | Dust Devils

1. Where did the Mars Pathfinder land on Mars? _____ _______________
2. Who was the robot rover named after? _______________
3. List four types of volcanoes.
   _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
4. What type of volcano are most Cascade volcanoes? _______________
5. Label the parts of a volcano on the diagram (below).
   (Ashes and Gases, Crater, Dike, Magma, Sill, Vent)
6. List three kinds of faults.
   ____________________ ____________________ ____________________
7. What 2 main scales of intensity are used to measure earthquakes?
   ____________________ ____________________
8. Label the four main parts on the diagram of the inside of the Earth (below).
9. Earthquakes and volcanoes are found mostly where the edges of
   continental plates move and push against each other. What is this theory of
   moving continents called? _______________ _______________
10. What is a coulee? ____________________
11. What is a boulder left behind by a glacier called? ____________________
12. List four types of sand dunes.
    _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________
13. Where were dust devils found on Mars? ____________________
14. The Channeled Scablands are thought to have been carved by giant Ice Age floods. Where would the water have come from? ____________________

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