STARS & RAINBOWS
PLANETS
GEOLOGIC HISTORY
INSIDE THE EARTH
ROCKS & MINERALS
WEATHER & CLIMATE
100
ATOMS OF HYDROGEN COMBINE TO CREATE ENERGY AND THIS ELEMENT WHICH IS NUMBER 2 ON THE PERIODIC TABLE
WHAT IS HELIUM?
100
THE PLANET WITH THE HIGHEST ORBITAL VELOCITY
WHAT IS MERCURY?
100
THE EARTH IS THIS MANY YEARS OLD
WHAT IS 4.6 BILLION?
100
THESE SEISMIC WAVES CANNOT TRAVEL THROUGH THE OUTER CORE WHICH IS A LIQUID
WHAT ARE S-WAVES (SHEAR WAVES)?
100
THIS ROCK COMPOSED OF THE MINERAL CALCITE REACTS TO ACIDIC RAIN WATER
WHAT IS LIMESTONE?
100
THESE PLANETARY WINDS BLOW OVER NEW YORK STATE
WHAT ARE THE WESTERLIES?
200
THIS COLOR HAS THE LONGEST WAVELENGTH OF THE VISIBLE PORTION OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM
WHAT IS RED?
200
THE PLANET WHO'S PERIOD OF ROTATION IS MOST SIMILAR TO EARTH'S
WHAT IS MARS?
200
THE END OF THIS GEOLOGIC TIME PERIOD SAW THE APPEARANCE OF EARTH'S EARLIEST BIRDS
WHAT IS THE JURASSIC?
200
THIS DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARY IS FOUND BETWEEN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA
WHAT IS THE MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE?
200
THIS MAFIC IGNEOUS ROCK IS WHAT OCEANIC CRUST IS MADE OF
WHAT IS BASALT?
200
THIS ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENON IS AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHOSE SUSTAINED WIND SPEED IS GREATER THAN 74 MPH
WHAT IS A HURRICANE?
300
A RED SUPERGIANT STAR WILL EVENTUALLY EXPLODE IN THIS HUGE EVENT
WHAT IS A SUPERNOVA?
300
CERES IS AN ASTEROID/DWARF PLANET THAT FINDS ITSELF IN BETWEEN THE ORBITS OF THESE TWO PLANETS
WHAT ARE MARS AND JUPITER?
300
THE GROUP OF ANIMALS KNOWN AS THE TRILOBITES WERE ABUNDANT DURING THIS GEOLOGIC ERA?
WHAT IS THE PALEOZOIC?
300
THIS TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF OCEAN TRENCHES AND VOLCANIC ISLAND CHAINS
WHAT IS A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY?
300
THIS MINERAL FROM MOH'S HARDNESS SCALE CAN SCRATCH A COPPER PENNY BUT CANNOT SCRATCH A STEEL NAIL
WHAT IS FLUORITE?
300
THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE SEEN ON THIS STATION MODEL
WHAT IS 1013.8 mb?
400
A STAR SUCH AS THE SUN WILL LIVE OUT MOST OF ITS RETIREMENT AS THIS TYPE OF STAR
WHAT IS A WHITE DWARF?
400
MOSTLY MADE OF GAS, THIS PLANET IS THE SECOND LARGEST IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
WHAT IS SATURN?
400
THE BREAK-UP OF PANGAEA BEGAN THIS MANY MILLIONS OF YEARS AGO
WHAT IS 201 MILLION?
400
CONTINENTAL CRUST SITS HIGHER UP THAN OCEANIC CRUST DUE TO DIFFERENCES IN THIS PHYSICAL PROPERTY
WHAT IS DENSITY?
400
WHOOPS! I MADE A MISTAKE ON MY TEST! GOOD THING I USED THIS SOFT METALLIC DARK GRAY MINERAL THAT IS EASILY ERASABLE
WHAT IS GRAPHITE?
400
LOOKS LIKE IT MAY RAIN. I GUESS THIS TYPE OF PRESSURE SYSTEM IS MOVING IN
WHAT IS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM?
500
THIS WHITE STAR HAS THE HIGHEST LUMINOSITY ON THE H-R DIAGRAM
WHAT IS DENEB?
500
IF A PLANET EXISTED IN BETWEEN THE ORBITS OF MERCURY AND VENUS, ITS PERIOD OF REVOLUTION COULD BE THIS MANY DAYS LONG
WHAT IS (ANY NUMBER FROM 89 TO 224)?
500
RELATIVELY YOUNG ORGANIC REMAINS CAN BE DATED USING THIS RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPE
WHAT IS CARBON-14?
500
CONVECTION CURRENTS IN THIS LAYER IS THE ENGINE BEHIND SEA-FLOOR SPREADING
WHAT IS THE UPPER MANTLE? (ASTHENOSPHERE)
500
"THIS FOOD IS BLAND...I SHOULD ADD SOME OF THIS CUBIC NON-METALLIC MINERAL TO GIVE IT MORE TASTE."
WHAT IS HALITE?
500
THIS WARM OCEAN CURRENT FLOWS ALONG NORTH AMERICA'S EAST COAST
WHAT IS THE GULF STREAM?