Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Rocks and Minerals
Oceanography
Meteorology
Astronomy
100
Who established the Theory of Continental Drift?
Who is Alfred Wegener?
100
Explains how energy is stored in rocks. Theory
What is Elastic Rebound Theory
100
What are the three major oceans? What are the two minor oceans?
What is Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans. What is Artic and Southern Oceans.
100
What are the four layers of the atmosphere from top to bottom?
What is Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposhpere
100
What are the Inner planets called? What are the Outer Planets called?
What is Terrestrial Planets. What is Jovian Planets.
200
What was the Supercontinent called?
What is Pangea?
200
How are earthquakes measured?
What is Seismograph
200
What is the SONAR equation?
What is Distance Traveled=1/2 Time(Sec.)xVelocity
200
What is the difference between Global Warming and Climate Change?
What is Global Warming is man-made CO2 and Climate Change is natural-made CO2
200
What is the correct theory that the planets rotate around the sun?
What is Heliocentric Model
300
Found in the MidOcean Ridges, new crust is formed and old crust is moved away from the center. Mostly found in Atlantic Ocean
What is Seafloor Spreading
300
What are the two types of lava?
What is Mafic and Pyroclastics(Felsic) Lava
300
What are the two major Divisions of the Ocean Floor?
What is Continental Margin and Deep Ocean Basin
300
What is the process by which the atmosphere traps infrared rays over the Earth's surface
What is Greenhouse Effect.
300
What is the theory that 14 billion years ago the universe was condensed into one small volume and then exploded?
What is Big Bang theory
400
Three different types of plate boundaries
What is Divergent, Transform, and Convergent Boundaries
400
What are the three types of volcanoes?
What is Cinder Cone, Composite, and Shield Volcanoes
400
What are the six parts of a Deep Ocean Basin?
What is Trench, Abyssal Plain, Mid-Ocean Ridge, Seamounts, Volcanic Island, Guyouts
400
What are the three parts to the water cycle?
What is Evaporation, Condensation, and Precipitation.
400
How long is the sunspot cycle?
What is 11 years.
500
What are the three different types of Convergences?
What is Continental-Continental, Continental-Oceanic, Oceanic-Oceanic Convergences
500
What are the two main types of rocks?
What is Silicate and Non-Silicate
500
Drilling into sediment layers is known as?
What is Core Samples
500
What scale are Tornadoes based on? What scale are Hurricanes based on?
What is Fujita Scale. What is Saphire Simpson Scale
500
Currently how big do scientists believe the universe is?
What is 156 billion light years across?
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