Volcanoes & Storms
Earthquakes
Miscellaneous
Earth's Layers
Rocks & Minerals
100
When a volcano erupts it spits out lava, when lava is still underground what is it called?
Magma
100
Earthquakes are caused by movement in what layer of the earth?
The Mantle.
100
When you take a plane flight you are flying in what layer of the atmosphere?
Troposphere.
100
What 2 metals is Earth's core made of?
Iron and Nickel.
100
On what planets does it rain Diamonds?
Uranus and Neptune.
200
Tornadoes are measured on the Fujita scale. Is F5 a smaller tornado, or a larger tornado?
Larger (F5 is the strongest type of tornado)
200
Name 2 types of Earthquakes.
Normal, Strike-Slip, and Thrust.
200
Falling stars are really what?
Meteors that have caught fire.
200
What would happen if scientists sent a probe into the center of the Earth?
It would melt.
200
In what type of rock do you usually find fossils?
Sedimentary Rock.
300
The mud in a hotspot is so hot that it can do what to your skin?
Peel it off.
300
Earthquakes are measured using what scientific scale?
The Richer Scale.
300
What is an Estuary?
A place where Saltwater and Freshwater meet.
300
Name all of the Earth's layers.
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, & the Inner Core.
300
In the rock cycle Metamorphic Rock becomes what type of Rock?
Igneous Rock.
400
True or False. The winds in the center of a hurricane (the eye) are the strongest.
False (They are at their calmest point)
400
What are Earthquake scientists called?
Seismologists.
400
True or False. A river in Canada once flowed Red.
True.
400
What keeps the Earth's core (which is hot enough to melt iron) in a solid state.
Extreme Pressure.
400
Is copper considered to be a Mineral or a Metal?
Both.
500
True or False. A tornado can be over a mile wide.
True (There have been tornados in the US over 2 miles wide)
500
What are Aftershocks?
Smaller quakes which follow the Earthquake itself.
500
What causes the tide?
The moon's gravitational pull.
500
What do scientists use to see determine the Earth's inside layers?
Earthquake Waves.
500
What is the melting point of Diamonds?
6,416 Degrees F.
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