landforms/ weather
planetary systems
scientists
energy
rocks
100
This is created when a river sweeps dirt and debris to its mouth.
What is a delta?
100
Other than Earth, this is the only planet where we know water exists.
What is Mars?
100
This scientist's most famous equation was E=MC².
Who is Albert Einstein?
100
All life on Earth is dependent on this source of energy for survival.
What is the Sun?
100
This type of rock is created by cooling magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
200
This type of landform is similar to a mountain except for that magma also escapes from it after a great build-up of pressure.
What is a volcano?
200
Once water condenses in the sky (a cloud), the water will fall as rain. This process is called the following.
What is precipitation?
200
Confined to a wheelchair due to Lou Gehrig's disease, this scientist is an authority on black holes.
Who is Stephen Hawking?
200
This alternative energy source is dangerous due to its waste. This waste is so radioactive that it must be kept away from population centers.
What is nuclear energy?
200
This type of rock can be made of different materials.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
What part of the Earth does we live?
What is the crust?
300
True or False: Both the Sun and the Earth have a core at its center.
What is "true"?
300
So the story goes, this person "discovered" gravity after an apple fell on his head.
Who is Sir Isaac Newton?
300
Fuel sources such as coal and natural gas are collectively known as......
What are "fossil fuels"?
300
This rock is created by enormous heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
400
This is a long-lasting, slowly-moving river of ice on land.
What is a glacier?
400
Complete the following sequence: new moon, waxing moon, full moon, _________.
What is a "waning moon"?
400
This scientist was born in Germany but later moved to the United States.
Who is Albert Einsten?
400
Confined to places such as Iceland, this energy sources is harnessed by using the trapped heat of the Earth.
What is geothermal energy?
400
Humans have used these "rocks" as energy sources for hundreds of years.
What is coal?
500
It is a deep valley with very steep sides - often carved from the Earth by a river. There's a grand one in Arizona.
What is a canyon?
500
This is how weather behaves in an area over a long period of time.
What is climate?
500
Albert Einstein suffered from this learning disability/
What is dyslexia (or dysgraphia)?
500
Using fuels from corn or algae, humans now have the ability to use this resource of power machines.
What are biofuels?
500
This is the hardest substance known to mankind.
What is a diamond?
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