Identify It!
Nazca, Pacific, Australian, North American
Tectonic plates
The most common rock on earth
What is basalt?
This software is used to create maps. We have a class dedicated to it here at Mount Holyoke!
What is GIS?
Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont
States in New England
This mineral makes up ~90% of the mantle
What is olivine?
These are the only two states in the US where more than half of the population lives on islands
What are Hawaii and New York
Diamond, quartz, fluorite, apatite
Minerals on the Mohs hardness scale
The Massachusetts state dinosaur, discovered by Dr. Mignon Talbot, a Mount Holyoke professor.
What is the Podokesaurus Holyokensis
Name at least 3 countries with territorial claims on Antarctica
What are Australia, New Zealand, France, Argentina, the UK, Chile, and Norway
Georgia, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkmenistan
Former Soviet states
This paleoclimate archive traps air and water allowing for an annual analysis of past climate conditions. The longest one that has been studied has 800,000 years of yearly climate data.
What is an ice core?
This US state is the only one with more forest cover now than it had 100 years ago
What is Maine?
Orthoclase, microcline, sanidine, plagioclase
Types of feldspar
This woman mapped the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, leading to the discovery of the mid ocean ridge which largely contributed to the theory of plate tectonics
Who was Marie Tharp
This country shares the France's longest land border
What is Brazil?