Earth and Space

Earth's Location

100

Third planet from the sun

What is earth

200

The name of the galaxy containing our solar system

What is the Milky Way galaxy

300

The smaller group of galaxies containing the Milky Way

What is the Local group

400

The group of galaxies containing the Local group

What is the supercluster of galaxies (Virgo)

500

The thousands of superclusters and everything within them form this.

what is the universe (visible universe)

AU and ly

100

This unit describes the average distance of sun to earth

What is an astronomical unit

200

Distances measured outside of our solar system are presented using this unit of measure.

What is light year

300

Convert the distance of neptune to uranus,1.6 x 10⁹ km into the appropriate unit.

What is 10.7 AU

400

Convert the distance from our sun to the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy 25,000 light years into kilometers.

What is 2.4x10¹⁷ km

500

Convert the distance of earth to the furthest galaxy (Mom-z14) which is 1.35x10¹⁰ light years into kilometers.

What is 1.28x10²³ km

Conditions for Life

100

The scientific term for a solid (rocky) surface

What is a lithosphere

200

Water is needed for survival of all species and also to help form these

What are molecules

300

The ideal mass of a planet will help to have the ideal amount of this

What is gravity (gravitational pull)

400

If the gravitational pull is sufficient this will form around a planet to protect from U.V rays and X rays

What is an atmosphere

500

The zone where water is in a liquid state, temperatures are stable and we receive enough energy from the sun.

What is the habitable zone.

Eras

100

This era is when the extinction of the dinosaurs occurred.

What is the mesozoic

200

This era had 3 mass extinctions

Paleozoic

300

This is the oldest era

Pre-Cambrian

400

This era saw the rise of mammals and homosapiens

Cenozoic

500

The three important events that occurred during the Pre-Cambrian Era

Formation of Earth

First Life Forms

Oxygenation 

Stratigraphic Layers and Fossils

100

The oldest fossil featured in this photo is

What is a trilobite.

200

Traces of ancient organisms (plant or animal) typically found in sedimentary rock, preserved for a long period of time.

Fossils

300

These layers are characterized by the same colour and pattern, rock size and type

Stratigraphic Layers (Strata)

400

The type of fossil formed by sediment that encases soft tissue and eventually tiny pieces of rock fill the space.

Mold and cast

500

This principle describes the phenomenon of fossil succession whereby the oldest fossils are found at the bottom of stratigraphic layers and the newest are found at the top.

Principle of Superposition