Intro to Earth Science
Which discipline of Earth Science is described as the study of the blanket of air surrounding Earth?
Meteorology
What is the imaginary line that is 0 degrees latitude?
The Equator
What property uses Moh's scale?
Hardness
Which type of rock can be either extrusive (fast cooling and fine-grained) or intrusive (slow cooling and coarse-grained)
Igneous
Copper is commonly used for what?
What is the study of things beyond Earth's atmosphere?
Astronomy
What is the imaginary line that is 0 degrees longitude?
The Prime Meridian
What property is the least reliable, but most easily observed?
Color
Which type of rock is made when sediments compact and cement together?
Sedimentary
Who snapped his fingers and made 1/2 of all living things cease to exist in Avengers: Infinity War?
Thanos
What is the study of identifying rocks, studying glacial movements, and Earth's history called?
Geology
The International Date Line or IDL
If something were described as metallic, you would be talking about this property
Luster
Which type of rock is made from existing rock that undergoes heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
The real name for the "lead" in your pencil is
Graphite
If a tree is taking up water from the soil, name two spheres involved.
Biosphere (tree), Geosphere (soil), Hydrosphere (water)
Why do time zones not always line up perfectly with lines of longitude?
political boundaries
If a mineral can scratch glass (5.5), but does leave a streak on a ceramic plate (6.5), what must its hardness be on Moh's scale?
6
This glassy rock was commonly used for tools and weapons.
Obsidian
Who built C-3PO in Star Wars?
Anakin Skywalker
____________ study creatures that inhabit salty water, measure physical and chemical properties of the oceans, and examine the effects of human activities on the oceans
Oceanographers
Which of these is closer to the Equator?
A: 68 degrees N
B: 43 degrees N
C: 38 degrees S
C: 38 degrees S
In order to be a mineral, it must not be living, or made from living things. The word for this is ________
inorganic
Fossils are made of only this type of rock
Sedimentary
Marble, with its ability to be carved, is commonly used for
Name each of the 4 spheres, and give an example of each.
Geosphere: All the solid land, rocks, minerals, and soils on Earth, from the surface down to the inner core.
Hydrosphere: All the water on Earth in liquid, solid, and gas forms.
Biosphere: All living organisms on the planet, including plants, animals, and bacteria.
Atmosphere: The thin layer of gases that surrounds and protects Earth.
How far away in degrees are these two towns, and by longitude or latitude?
Town A, 65 degrees N, 35 degrees W
Town B, 15 degrees S, 35 degrees W
80 degrees apart, latitude
What mineral property is described as a ratio comparing something's density to the density of pure water?
Specific Gravity
The type of rock formed by the cooling of magma
Igneous
When is the final day of quarter 1
November 5th