What is the smallest ocean in the world?
The Artic Ocean, with a total area of about 14 million square kilometres
Which planet has the shortest year in the solar system, taking only 88 Earth days to complete one orbit around the sun?
Mercury
Which planet was discovered first?
Mercury
Mentioned by the Sumerians as early as the second millennium BC. The Babylonians called Mercury Nabu.
What are the three types of rocks found on earth?
igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic
Which gas is the main contributor to global warming?
Carbon Dioxide
Which is the most populated country in the world?
In 2022, India overtook China as the world's most populous country and now has almost 1.46 billion people.
What’s the oldest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
Name the era in the Earths history in which the "Age of Dinosaurs" took place?
Mesozoic comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.
What layers are between the inner core and the crust?
Outer core > Mantle > Upper Mantle
What is the name of the change of state where a solid changes straight into a gas?
Sublimation
How many countries in the EU?
The European Union is a group of 27 countries
What planet in our solar system has the longest day?
Venus (243 Earth days)
When was the Roman empire founded?
625 BC
How many major tectonic plates are there on the planet earth?
7 major plates
* African
* Antarctic
* Eurasian
* Indo-Australian
* North American
* Pacific
* South American
What results in a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Photosynthesis
What is the capital city of Costa Rica?
Titan, Enceladus, Mimas & Iapetus are just some of the moons orbiting which planet?
Saturn
What was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone
Whats the difference between Magma and Lava?
Magma is molten rock below the surface, and Lava is molten rock that breaks through the earth's surface.
What is the main gas in today’s atmosphere?
Nitrogen
To the nearest thousand, what is the population of Liechtenstein?
40,000 - 39,558 people to be exact
Who discovered the planet Jupiter?
Galileo Galilei
In what order were the planets discovered?
Mercury > Venus > Mars > Jupiter > Saturn > Uranus > Neptune > Pluto (whomp whomp)
Travertine, tufa, coquina, and chalk are all forms of what type of sedimentary rock?
Limestone
Name two human activities that contribute to global warming
* Burning Fossil fuels
* Deforestation