End-of-Term Earth and Engineering Systems
A sourced systems board about earthquakes, volcanoes, drainage basins, and iterative design.
The board
Swipe the board sideways · 4 categories
| Earthquake Anatomy | Volcano Systems | Drainage Basins | Design Iteration |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100What event shakes Earth's surface after a sudden energy release in the lithosphere? | 100Which vent or fissure allows hot material and gases to escape through a crust? | 100What land area sends all flowing surface water toward one outlet or body of water? | 100What process describes how engineers create and validate designs? |
| 200Which waves carry the energy generated by a seismic event? | 200What hot molten material escapes onto the surface? | 200Which elevated perimeter separates one basin from adjacent basins? | 200Which word means design activities and decisions may be revisited? |
| 300What name is given to the initial point of rupture? | 300Which below-surface reservoir supplies the escaping material? | 300In a closed basin, what interior destination receives converging water? | 300What paired planning elements appear first in the source's list of fundamentals? |
| 400Which ground-level point lies directly above the initial rupture? | 400Volcanism away from plate boundaries most likely rises from which deep structures? | 400What is a large natural stream of flowing water called? | 400Which paired checking activities follow construction in the fundamentals list? |
| 500An offshore event displaces enough seabed to create which large wave? | 500Name the low landform that lies between hills or mountains. | 500Which map feature relates a map distance to its real-world distance? | 500Why should a team avoid treating one diagram as the only universal process? |
| 600What is molten rock called while it remains below Earth's surface? | 600Which force pulls objects toward Earth? | ||
| 700What layer of gases surrounds Earth? | 700Which imaginary line is positioned at zero degrees latitude? | ||
| 800Which reference line is positioned at zero degrees longitude? |
Ages 12 to 15 · 25 of 25 clues written · final round · about 20 minutes
26 of 26 answers carry the sentence they were checked against
Play time assumes about 40 seconds a clue plus three minutes for the final round. Nothing is saved to a server and no account is needed. How answers are checked.
Player sheet
End-of-Term Earth and Engineering Systems · Ages 12 to 15 · answers are on the host key
Earthquake Anatomy
- 100 What event shakes Earth's surface after a sudden energy release in the lithosphere?
- 200 Which waves carry the energy generated by a seismic event?
- 300 What name is given to the initial point of rupture?
- 400 Which ground-level point lies directly above the initial rupture?
- 500 An offshore event displaces enough seabed to create which large wave?
- 600 What is molten rock called while it remains below Earth's surface?
- 700 What layer of gases surrounds Earth?
Volcano Systems
- 100 Which vent or fissure allows hot material and gases to escape through a crust?
- 200 What hot molten material escapes onto the surface?
- 300 Which below-surface reservoir supplies the escaping material?
- 400 Volcanism away from plate boundaries most likely rises from which deep structures?
- 500 Name the low landform that lies between hills or mountains.
Drainage Basins
- 100 What land area sends all flowing surface water toward one outlet or body of water?
- 200 Which elevated perimeter separates one basin from adjacent basins?
- 300 In a closed basin, what interior destination receives converging water?
- 400 What is a large natural stream of flowing water called?
- 500 Which map feature relates a map distance to its real-world distance?
Design Iteration
- 100 What process describes how engineers create and validate designs?
- 200 Which word means design activities and decisions may be revisited?
- 300 What paired planning elements appear first in the source's list of fundamentals?
- 400 Which paired checking activities follow construction in the fundamentals list?
- 500 Why should a team avoid treating one diagram as the only universal process?
- 600 Which force pulls objects toward Earth?
- 700 Which imaginary line is positioned at zero degrees latitude?
- 800 Which reference line is positioned at zero degrees longitude?
Final round: Systems Thinking
This boundary of ridges and hills separates adjacent drainage basins.
Host key
End-of-Term Earth and Engineering Systems · keep this sheet · it carries the answers
Earthquake Anatomy
- 100 What event shakes Earth's surface after a sudden energy release in the lithosphere? Response: earthquakeChecked against:
An earthquake, also called a quake, tremor, or temblor, is the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earthquake&oldid=1365003736 - 200 Which waves carry the energy generated by a seismic event? Response: seismic wavesChecked against:
In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event that generates seismic waves.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earthquake&oldid=1365003736 - 300 What name is given to the initial point of rupture? Response: hypocenterChecked against:
The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while the ground level directly above it is the epicenter.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earthquake&oldid=1365003736 - 400 Which ground-level point lies directly above the initial rupture? Response: epicenterChecked against:
The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while the ground level directly above it is the epicenter.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earthquake&oldid=1365003736 - 500 An offshore event displaces enough seabed to create which large wave? Response: tsunamiChecked against:
When the epicenter of a large earthquake is located offshore, the seabed may be displaced sufficiently to cause a tsunami.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Earthquake&oldid=1365003736 - 600 What is molten rock called while it remains below Earth's surface? Response: MagmaChecked against:
Magma is the melted rock under the ground.
Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Magma&oldid=10359486 - 700 What layer of gases surrounds Earth? Response: The atmosphereChecked against:
An atmosphere is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Atmosphere&oldid=1361808016
Volcano Systems
- 100 Which vent or fissure allows hot material and gases to escape through a crust? Response: volcanoChecked against:
A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volcano&oldid=1359260399 - 200 What hot molten material escapes onto the surface? Response: lavaChecked against:
A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volcano&oldid=1359260399 - 300 Which below-surface reservoir supplies the escaping material? Response: magma chamberChecked against:
A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volcano&oldid=1359260399 - 400 Volcanism away from plate boundaries most likely rises from which deep structures? Response: mantle plumesChecked against:
Volcanism away from plate boundaries most likely arises from upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary called mantle plumes, 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) deep within Earth.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Volcano&oldid=1359260399 - 500 Name the low landform that lies between hills or mountains. Response: A valleyChecked against:
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Valley&oldid=1348602991
Drainage Basins
- 100 What land area sends all flowing surface water toward one outlet or body of water? Response: drainage basinChecked against:
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drainage_basin&oldid=1360002044 - 200 Which elevated perimeter separates one basin from adjacent basins? Response: drainage divideChecked against:
A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drainage_basin&oldid=1360002044 - 300 In a closed basin, what interior destination receives converging water? Response: sinkChecked against:
In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the interior of the basin, known as a sink, which may be a permanent lake, a dry lake, or a point where surface water is lost underground.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drainage_basin&oldid=1360002044 - 400 What is a large natural stream of flowing water called? Response: A riverChecked against:
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=River&oldid=1362697647 - 500 Which map feature relates a map distance to its real-world distance? Response: ScaleChecked against:
The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scale_(map)&oldid=1364316802
Design Iteration
- 100 What process describes how engineers create and validate designs? Response: engineering design processChecked against:
The engineering design process refers to how engineers create and validate designs for products, processes and systems---including their lifecycle processes such as manufacture, maintenance and end-of-life considerations such as recycling, remanufacture or disposal.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Engineering_design_process&oldid=1336083219 - 200 Which word means design activities and decisions may be revisited? Response: iterativeChecked against:
Regardless of context, the engineering design process is iterative – activities and decisions often need to be revisited several times as new information becomes available – though what gets iterated and how many times may vary.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Engineering_design_process&oldid=1336083219 - 300 What paired planning elements appear first in the source's list of fundamentals? Response: objectives and criteriaChecked against:
Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing and evaluation.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Engineering_design_process&oldid=1336083219 - 400 Which paired checking activities follow construction in the fundamentals list? Response: testing and evaluationChecked against:
Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing and evaluation.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Engineering_design_process&oldid=1336083219 - 500 Why should a team avoid treating one diagram as the only universal process? Response: there is no single standard formChecked against:
A range of descriptions of the process are available; there is no single standard form, although many aspects are recognisable across individual engineers' practices and companies' processes.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Engineering_design_process&oldid=1336083219 - 600 Which force pulls objects toward Earth? Response: GravityChecked against:
In everyday talk, we say things fall because the Earth's gravity pulls on them.
Source: https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gravity&oldid=10910648 - 700 Which imaginary line is positioned at zero degrees latitude? Response: The EquatorChecked against:
In spatial (3D) geometry, as applied in astronomy, the equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is the parallel (circle of latitude) at which latitude is defined to be 0°.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equator&oldid=1364542125 - 800 Which reference line is positioned at zero degrees longitude? Response: The Prime MeridianChecked against:
A prime meridian is a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prime_meridian&oldid=1361215580
Final round: Systems Thinking
This boundary of ridges and hills separates adjacent drainage basins. Response: drainage divideChecked against: A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drainage_basin&oldid=1360002044
Every clue, every answer, and what it was checked against
This is what prints on the host key.
Earthquake Anatomy
What event shakes Earth's surface after a sudden energy release in the lithosphere? 100
earthquakeChecked against:
An earthquake, also called a quake, tremor, or temblor, is the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves.
Source, pinned revisionWhich waves carry the energy generated by a seismic event? 200
seismic wavesChecked against:
In its most general sense, the word earthquake is used to describe any seismic event that generates seismic waves.
Source, pinned revisionWhat name is given to the initial point of rupture? 300
hypocenterChecked against:
The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while the ground level directly above it is the epicenter.
Source, pinned revisionWhich ground-level point lies directly above the initial rupture? 400
epicenterChecked against:
The initial point of rupture is called the hypocenter or focus, while the ground level directly above it is the epicenter.
Source, pinned revisionAn offshore event displaces enough seabed to create which large wave? 500
tsunamiChecked against:
When the epicenter of a large earthquake is located offshore, the seabed may be displaced sufficiently to cause a tsunami.
Source, pinned revisionWhat is molten rock called while it remains below Earth's surface? 600
MagmaChecked against:
Magma is the melted rock under the ground.
Source, pinned revisionWhat layer of gases surrounds Earth? 700
The atmosphereChecked against:
An atmosphere is a layer of gases that envelop an astronomical object, held in place by the gravity of the object.
Source, pinned revision
Volcano Systems
Which vent or fissure allows hot material and gases to escape through a crust? 100
volcanoChecked against:
A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Source, pinned revisionWhat hot molten material escapes onto the surface? 200
lavaChecked against:
A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Source, pinned revisionWhich below-surface reservoir supplies the escaping material? 300
magma chamberChecked against:
A volcano is a vent or fissure in the crust of a planetary-mass object that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface.
Source, pinned revisionVolcanism away from plate boundaries most likely rises from which deep structures? 400
mantle plumesChecked against:
Volcanism away from plate boundaries most likely arises from upwelling diapirs from the core–mantle boundary called mantle plumes, 3,000 kilometres (1,900 mi) deep within Earth.
Source, pinned revisionName the low landform that lies between hills or mountains. 500
A valleyChecked against:
A valley is an elongated low area often running between hills or mountains and typically containing a river or stream running from one end to the other.
Source, pinned revision
Drainage Basins
What land area sends all flowing surface water toward one outlet or body of water? 100
drainage basinChecked against:
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.
Source, pinned revisionWhich elevated perimeter separates one basin from adjacent basins? 200
drainage divideChecked against:
A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills.
Source, pinned revisionIn a closed basin, what interior destination receives converging water? 300
sinkChecked against:
In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the interior of the basin, known as a sink, which may be a permanent lake, a dry lake, or a point where surface water is lost underground.
Source, pinned revisionWhat is a large natural stream of flowing water called? 400
A riverChecked against:
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.
Source, pinned revisionWhich map feature relates a map distance to its real-world distance? 500
ScaleChecked against:
The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground.
Source, pinned revision
Design Iteration
What process describes how engineers create and validate designs? 100
engineering design processChecked against:
The engineering design process refers to how engineers create and validate designs for products, processes and systems---including their lifecycle processes such as manufacture, maintenance and end-of-life considerations such as recycling, remanufacture or disposal.
Source, pinned revisionWhich word means design activities and decisions may be revisited? 200
iterativeChecked against:
Regardless of context, the engineering design process is iterative – activities and decisions often need to be revisited several times as new information becomes available – though what gets iterated and how many times may vary.
Source, pinned revisionWhat paired planning elements appear first in the source's list of fundamentals? 300
objectives and criteriaChecked against:
Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing and evaluation.
Source, pinned revisionWhich paired checking activities follow construction in the fundamentals list? 400
testing and evaluationChecked against:
Among the fundamental elements of the design process are the establishment of objectives and criteria, synthesis, analysis, construction, testing and evaluation.
Source, pinned revisionWhy should a team avoid treating one diagram as the only universal process? 500
there is no single standard formChecked against:
A range of descriptions of the process are available; there is no single standard form, although many aspects are recognisable across individual engineers' practices and companies' processes.
Source, pinned revisionWhich force pulls objects toward Earth? 600
GravityChecked against:
In everyday talk, we say things fall because the Earth's gravity pulls on them.
Source, pinned revisionWhich imaginary line is positioned at zero degrees latitude? 700
The EquatorChecked against:
In spatial (3D) geometry, as applied in astronomy, the equator of a rotating spheroid (such as a planet) is the parallel (circle of latitude) at which latitude is defined to be 0°.
Source, pinned revisionWhich reference line is positioned at zero degrees longitude? 800
The Prime MeridianChecked against:
A prime meridian is a meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
Source, pinned revision
Final round
This boundary of ridges and hills separates adjacent drainage basins.
drainage divideChecked against:
A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills.
Source, pinned revision
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