3rd Rock & Roll
Gem & The Holograms
Terra Firma
Our Little Blue Dot
I Crave the Mineral
100
The Great Lakes, combined, contain more than 20% of the world's available _____ water. (Doesn't count underground aquafers or polar ice)
What is Fresh Water?
100
This stone is an organic gem that is created from hardened and fossilized ancient tree sap.
What is Amber?
100
This metal is liquid at room temperature, and has the lowest boiling point of any other metal. It can also be used to dissolve other metals, such as gold or silver.
What is mercury?
100
Earth belongs to this galaxy, not to be confused with this tasty chocolate treat.
What is the Milky Way Galaxy?
100
This is the lightest common rock. It's so light because it's full of air bubbles thanks to its volcanic origins. It can even float on water!
What is pumice?
200
The most earthquake-prone state in the United States.
What is Alaska?
200
The name of this gemstone is derived of the Latin word “garanatus“, meaning “seedlike“, in reference to the seeds of a pomegranate.
What is Garnet?
200
True or False:
There are more organisms in 1 tablespoon of soil than there are people on Earth.
What is True?
200
The Earth is separated by these 3 distinct layers. Imagine Earth as a chocolate-covered cherry.
What are the Core, Mantle, and Crust?
200
This blue stone was ground into powder, for use as eyeshadow by the ancient Egyptians?
What is Lapis Luzuli?
300
The name of this dark igneous rock, nicknamed “nature's glass,” that forms when molten lava cools at a rapid speed.
What is Obsidian?
300
These gems are the only jewel created by a living animal.
What are Pearls?
300
If the Sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of this common currency.
What is a nickel?
300
True or False: A full day on Earth is technically less than 24 hours.
What is True (23 hours, 56 minutes, 4 seconds) ?
300
An ounce of this pure mineral (roughly the size of a matchbox) can be flattened into a sheet the size of a tennis court, or stretched to create a wire 50 miles long.
What is Gold?
400
This B-word describes a hill with steep sides and a flat top? They are particularly known to U.S. residents for being in Montana.
What is a Butte?
400
Prior to the 18th century, most diamonds were found in this Asian country.
What is India?
400
In what place would you find all of the following officially named rocks? Adirondack, Barnacle Bill, Bathurst Inlet, Big Joe.
What is Mars?
400
There wasn’t always a breath of fresh air on Earth. Methane and this Periodic element choked any potential life in Earth’s early atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen?
400
Corundum, a crystalline form of aluminum oxide, is the base for these two brightly colored minerals.
What are Rubies and Sapphires?
500
What P-word to a geologist means the movement of water through rock and to a barista means the movement of water through coffee grounds.
What is Percolation?
500
This Gemstone shines red in lamplight and green in sunlight; hence, the saying “emerald by day, ruby by night”.
What is Alexandrite?
500
This layer of Earth protects us from incoming meteoroids, most of which break up within it before they can strike the surface.
What is the Atmosphere?
500
If you look at Earth’s geological timeline, complex life did not exist for more than 88% of it, meaning this archeological find been around for just 12% of Earth's lifetime.
What are Fossils?
500
This stone is not just beautiful & precious– it is also extremely strong, which made it ideal for it’s most common historical use: creating tools such as knives, hooks, axes, and hammers.
What is Jade?
