Earth Facts!
Earth is what number planet from the sun?
What is the number 3?
What is the largest country in the World?
What is Russia?
How fast can the cheetah run?
What is 50-80 mph?
How many oceans/seas are there?
What is 7?
What seasonal storm is caused by a difference in temperatures between a land mass and the adjacent ocean
What is a monsoon?
How old is our Earth?
What is 4.54 billion years?
What are the two continents that border 3 oceans?
What are Asia and North America?
How many species of insects are there?
What is 5.5 million?
What is 6.5 million? (If they count the 1 mil. that still need to be discovered)
What are the most biodiverse habitats in the ocean?
What are coral reefs?
What are the three fossil fuels?
What is coal, oil, and natural gas?
Why do we have leap years?
Every year, the Earth goes around the sun in 365.25 days. Every four years, another day is added to February to account for the extra "built up" day.
What country has the most active volcanoes?
What is Indonesia?
What is the largest mammal in the world?
What is the Blue Whale?
400,000 lbs (33 elephants)
What ocean has the most volcanoes?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Ring of Fire
What produces the most oxygen in the world?
What is:
-The ocean (More general)
-Oceanic plankton/algae (More specific)
What about Earth creates its magnetic field?
What is an iron core?
What is Earth's longest mountain range?
What is the Mid-Ocean Ridge? 90% is below water!
Where were the two last white rhinos living?
What is Kenya?
Name one danger facing our oceans
-ocean acidification
-overfishing
-climate change
-plastic pollution
Where was the hottest recorded temperature?
(134 deg)
What is Death Valley in Southern California?
How fast does the Earth move around the Sun?
What is 67,000 mi/hr?
What is the diameter of Earth?
What is 7,917.5 mi or 12741.9811 km?
What is 10 feet?
How many species live in the ocean?
What is one million?
Which of these rocks are igneous?
-Shale
-Limestone
-Granite
-Schist
What is granite?