GeoJeopardy! Fridays

Time for GeoJeopardy! Fridays, because why not.

- The Earth -

The modified Mercalli scale ranks these 1-12: 1 - not felt except by few, 12 - total destruction

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We're in the holocene epoch of the quaternary period of the Cenozoic one of these

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Basalt is an igneous rock & rock salt is this type

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William Smith was the 1st to date rocks using these found within them

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The stratosphere includes this layer of the atmosphere that absorbs ultraviolet light

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All the answers as well as any other previous GeoJeopardy! questions can be found over at my website by clicking this link.