Astronomy
Water and Glaciers
The Ocean
Rocks!
Just For Fun
100
The largest known volcano in the solar system is on this planet.
MARS
100
Which one of the following is not true of glaciers?
A) originate on land
B) exist only in the Northern Hemisphere
C) show evidence of past or present flow
D) form from the recrystallization of snow
B) exist only in the Northern Hemisphere
100
The oceans cover approximately ________ percent of Earth's surface.
70%
100
The name of this igneous rock
Obsidan
100
GHOST BUSTERS
200
Most well-known English band during the 1960's and 70's?
The Beatles
200
Approximately how much of the Earth's water supply is saline?
A) 20%
B) 43%
C) 67%
D) 98%
D) 98%
200
The ________ Ocean is largest.
Pacific
200
When sand lithifies it forms this sedimentary rock
Sandstone
200
NAME THAT MOVIE
ABOMINABLE
300
| Why were planets called "wanderers" by early Astronomers? |  |
They move relative to the stars.
300
Who is this?
Elon Musk
300
An echo sounder operates by measuring the time required for a ________.
Sound pulse travels from a ship to the seafloor and back
300
This type of rock can be found on the local streets during the winter.
What is rock salt?
300
NOT ROCKET SCIENCE
400
The first modern astronomer to propose a Sun-centered universe was ________.
A) Sir Isaac Newton
B) Galileo
C) Tycho Brahe
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
| D) Nicolaus Copernicus |  |
400
A(n) ________ is likely to host a waterfall or steep rapids today.
A) outwash plain
B) hanging valley
C) striated drumlin
D) horn peak
B) hanging valley
400
Which one of the following is not part of the continental margin?
A) continental shelf
B) continental slope
C) continental rise
D) continental trench
D) continental trench
400
Igneous rock that can float in water
Pumice
400
Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have? |  |
Five, each daughter has the same brother.
500
This scientist was the first to use the telescope in astronomy.
A) Sir Isaac Newton
B) Galileo
C) Tycho Brahe
D) Nicolaus Copernicus
 | B) Galileo |
500
Missouri caves most commonly form in what rock?
A) limestone
B) sandstone
C) quartzite
D) shale
Limestone
500
San Francisco
500
The 3 major groups of rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
500
DON'T COUNT YOUR CHICKENS BEFORE THEY HATCH
600
| Three laws of planetary motion were discovered by ________. A) Johannes Kepler B) Galileo C) Tycho Brahe D) Nicolaus Copernicus /td> |  |
A) Johannes Kepler
600
What goes up |  |
Your Age!
600
Riddle: What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
A RIVER
600
Type of rock formed from lava ON the earth's surface.
Extrusive Rock
600
4 SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO
700
Most of the mass in the solar system is contained ________.
The Sun
700
What condition is most necessary to build a glacier?
A) The elevation of the area must be high enough to allow snow to fall regularly.
B) The temperature must be cold enough to cause snow to fall regularly.
C) The snow must be able to move downhill slowly.
D) More snow must fall in the winter than melts in the summer.
More snow must fall in the winter than melts in the summer.
700
Where are the deepest parts of the oceans?
A) along the base of the continental slope
B) in rift valleys at sea floor spreading center
C) in the abyssal plain
D) in trenches
D) in trenches
700
Texture of this metamorphic rock
Foliated
700
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
800
RIDDLE: I CAN BE DRIVEN, BUT I HAVE NO WHEELS. I CAN BE SLICED, BUT I REMAIN WHOLE.
WHAT AM I?
Hint: Think Sports
800
The release of water vapor to the atmosphere by plants is called ________.
A) evaporation
B) degassing
C) transpiration
D) infiltration
C) transpiration
800
What are seamounts?
Volcanoes that form on the ocean floor
800
Under extreme temperature or pressure limestone becomes this metamorphic rock.
What is marble?
800
I am heavy forwards but backwards I'm NOT. What am I?
A TON
900
The high surface temperatures of ________ have been attributed to the greenhouse effect.
Venus
900
900
Lake Michigan
900
| Two forces required to create metamorphic rock |  |
What is heat and pressure
900
COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG
1000
In the Ptolemaic (Greek) model of the universe, the stars are attached to the ________.
celestial sphere
1000
Over time as erosion lowers the landscape a river valley will typically ________.
A) deepen into a bigger and bigger canyon, like the Grand Canyon
B) become steeper and discharge increases in the streams
C) become narrower but with a lower gradient, entrenching meanders
D) become broader and lower gradient
D) become broader and lower gradient
1000
Which of the following generally has the lowest surface slope?
A) continental slope
B) continental rise
C) continental shelf
C) continental shelf
1000
Primary agent of contact metamorphism
What is heat?
1000
SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS