This is the shaking or rapid movement of Earth's solid or outer layers.
What is an earthquake?
100
Celestial objects appear to move in this direction.
What is counterclockwise?
100
There are this many phases of the moon.
What is eight?
100
Name all three sports teams that Mr. Stagnitta coaches.
What is
1. Girl's Tennis
2. Boy's Tennis
3. JH Boy's Basketball
200
You can determine the ___________ _______ ___ ________ by finding the gradient between two points.
What is the average rate of change?
200
These are the three categories of waves.
What are:
1. P waves
2. S waves
3. Surface waves
200
The moon revolves around the Earth in this many days.
What is 27 days?
200
Name at least 3 out of the 8 phases of the moon.
What are:
1. New Moon
2. New Crescent
3. First Quarter
4. New Gibbous
5. Full Moon
6. Old Gibbous
7. Last Quarter
8. Old Crescent
200
This is Mr. Stagnitta's favorite type of animal.
What are dinosaurs?
300
This layer is most of the mass of Earth's atmosphere.
What is the troposphere?
300
This instrument is used to record ground vibrations.
What is a seismograph?
300
This is an essential feature of the Foucault pendulum.
What is it able to move in any direction?
300
Since 1930, Pluto has been considered the ninth planet. Now, it is considered this.
What is a dwarf planet?
300
This is the date of Mr. Stagnitta's birth?
What is March 19?
400
The slope (gradient) is ________ where contour lines are the closest.
What is steepest?
400
A major earthquake occurs in California. It is recorded by a seismograph in Buffalo, NY. Which kind of seismic waves arrive first in Buffalo, NY?
What are P waves?
400
This is the date of the autumnal equinox.
What is September 22nd?
400
These are the highest high tides and the lowest low tides that occur about twice a month near the full and new moon phases.
What are the spring tides?
400
True or False:
Mr. Stagnitta is older than Dunkin Donuts.
What is TRUE?
500
The top of a hill is 1000 meters above a point at the bottom of a hill that is 3000 meters away in horizontal distance. What is the average gradient between these two points?
What is 0.33333 m/m?
500
The epicenter of an earthquake is 2000 km from your location. If you feel the first P waves at exactly 2:00 PM, when did the earthquake occur at the epicenter?
What is 2:04 PM?
500
As Earth orbits the sun, the Earth revolves approximately this many degrees.
What is 15 degrees?
500
This is the difference between a lunar eclipse and a solar eclipse.
What is:
1. In a lunar eclipse, the full moon moves into Earth's shadow.
2. In a solar eclipse, new moon briefly moves between the Earth and the sun.