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What is the smallest ocean in the world? 

The Artic Ocean, with a total area of about 14 million square kilometres

100

Which planet has the shortest year in the solar system, taking only 88 Earth days to complete one orbit around the sun?

Mercury

100

Which planet was discovered first?

Mercury 

Mentioned by the Sumerians as early as the second millennium BC. The Babylonians called Mercury Nabu.

100

What are the three types of rocks found on earth?

igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic

100

Which gas is the main contributor to global warming?

Carbon Dioxide

200

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.

200

What’s the oldest planet in our solar system?

Jupiter

200

Name the era in the Earths history in which the "Age of Dinosaurs" took place?

Mesozoic comprising the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods.

200

What layers are between the inner core and the crust?

Outer core > Mantle > Upper Mantle


200

What is the name of the change of state where a solid changes straight into a gas?

Sublimation

300

How many countries in the EU?

The European Union is a group of 27 countries

300

What planet in our solar system has the longest day?

Venus (243 Earth days)

300

When was the Roman empire founded?

625 BC

300

How many major tectonic plates are there on the planet earth? 

7 major plates

* African

* Antarctic

* Eurasian

* Indo-Australian

* North American

* Pacific

* South American


300

What results in a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

Photosynthesis

400

What is the capital city of Costa Rica?

San Jose
400

Titan, Enceladus, Mimas & Iapetus are just some of the moons orbiting which planet?

Saturn

400

What was the key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics? 

The Rosetta Stone

400

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. 

400

What is the main gas in today’s atmosphere?

Nitrogen

500

To the nearest thousand, what is the population of Liechtenstein?

40,000 - 39,558 people to be exact

500

Who discovered the planet Jupiter?

Galileo Galilei

500

In what order were the planets discovered?

Mercury > Venus > Mars > Jupiter > Saturn > Uranus > Neptune > Pluto (whomp whomp)

500

Travertine, tufa, coquina, and chalk are all forms of what type of sedimentary rock?

Limestone

500

Name two human activities that contribute to global warming

* Burning Fossil fuels

* Deforestation

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