Geography
Geology
The Solar System
Global Circulation
Challenge
100
The Equator is one of these lines.
What is a latitude line?
100
This type of boundary creates explosive volcanoes.
What is a convergent boundary or subduction zone?
100
This planet is closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
100
This cell creates the Tradewinds.
What the Hadley Cell?
100
This is the belt of asteroids and dwarf planets at the edge of the solar system.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
200
The Prime Meridian is one of these lines.
What is a longitude line?
200
In order to make one of these, an animal must die near water, get covered with fine sediment, and be left undisturbed for millions of years.
What is a fossil?
200
This planet has rings.
What is Saturn?
200
This convection cell creates the Westerlies.
What is the Ferrel Cell?
200
This is the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt.
What is Ceres?
300
This is one continent that is totally in the southern hemisphere.
What are Australia or Antarctica?
300
This is the amount of time it takes for half of a radioactive element to decay.
What is a half life?
300
This planet has prevailing winds like Earth does.
What is Jupiter?
300
This convection cell creates the Polar Easterlies.
What is the Polar Cell?
300
This rock is made of the minerals: quartz, feldspar, hornblende, and mica.
What is granite.
400
This ocean is between Africa and South America.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
400
This type of rock formed when minerals were left behind when water evaporates.
What is a chemical sedimentary rock?
400
This is the planet farthest from the sun.
What is Neptune?
400
All of the currents of the ocean combine to create this huge convection cell.
What is the Ocean Conveyor Belt?
400
This rock was once limestone before it became a metamorphic rock.
What is marble?
500
This ocean is the largest on the planet.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
Coal is an example of this type of rock.
What is an organic sedimentary rock.
500
This is the belt of rocks between Jupiter and Mars.
What is the asteroid belt?
500
This is the warm current that moves along the east coast of North America.
What is the Gulf Stream?
500
This is what causes differences in density in the atmosphere, oceans, and Earth's interior.
What is uneven heating?
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