Earth & Space
The month in which Earth is closest to the Sun.
What is January?
Common expression used to refer to the horseshoe shaped zone found along the Pacific rim where approximately 90% of the world’s earthquakes occur?
What is the Ring of Fire?
Second most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere.
What is oxygen?
The world’s largest river by volume?
What is the Amazon River?
The world’s most populous country?
What is India?
Causes Earth’s magnetic field.
What are movements within the molten outer core?
The world’s longest mountain range?
What are the Andes (in South America)?
The most abundant greenhouse gas in the Earth’s atmosphere?
What is water vapor?
The largest coral reef.
The world’s largest land mammal.
What is the African Elephant?
The average distance between the Earth and the Sun.
What is 93 million miles?
The most abundant element in Earth's crust.
Phenomenon when the magnetosphere in the Northern Hemisphere is disturbed by the solar wind resulting in a natural light display?
What is the Aurora Borealis?
The percentage of Earth that is covered by water. (+/- 5%).
What is 71%?
Animal has the longest migration.
What is the Arctic Tern?
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Three of the four main layers of Earth’s atmosphere.
What are the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere?
The world's largest island.
What is Greenland? (836,300mi2)
What is the name of the phenomenon when the magnetosphere in the Southern Hemisphere is disturbed by the solar wind resulting in a natural light display?
What is the Aurora Australis?
The world’s largest natural harbor.
What is Sydney Harbour, Australia?
The Earth's largest oil-producing country.
What is the United States?
Name three dwarf planets in our solar system.
Earth's highest point above sea level.
What is Mount Everest (8,848 meters)?
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Earth's three main climate zones.
What are polar, temperate and tropical.
The world’s largest fish.
What is the Whale Shark?
The Earth's equatorial circumference.
What is 40,075 kilometers (24,901 miles)?