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Earth Processes
100
This national park was the first one, established in 1872
Yellowstone National Park
100
This is the name of the Grinch's dog
Max
100
This mineral is the hardest on the Mohs Hardness scale
Diamond
100
A large brown bear named Blades is the mascot of this Boston professional sports team
The Bruins
100
This is the name for the supercontinent that is believed to have once contained all of the Earth's continents, and broke up due to plate tectonics
Pangea
200
This park features the tallest peak in North America
Denali National Park
200
In the film Elf, this is the main character Buddy's favorite type of pasta
Spaghetti
200
This rock type is formed when an existing rock is altered by high pressure and temperature
Metamorphic rock
200
The Boston Tea party occurred on this date
December 16th, 1773
200
This is the term for the breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces by natural forces
Weathering
300
Located off the coast of Miami, what National Park is 95% underwater
Biscayne National Park is mostly water, and protects the fragile reefs, open water, mangroves and other ecosystems of Biscayne Bay
300
This number of lights were on the Griswold's house in Christmas Vacation
25,000
300
This rock type are where fossils are most commonly found in
Sedimentary rock
300
The largest art heist in the city of Boston's history occurred at this museum in 1990
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
300
This is the process that transfers heat from the lower to the upper mantle
Convection
400
Located in Kentucky, this national park is home to the world’s longest known cave system.
Mammoth Cave National Park
400
This is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time
Home Alone ($475 million)
400
This metamorphic rock, also known as "Christmas rock", is made of pyroxenes and garnet in subduction zones
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400
This religious group banned Christmas in Boston from 1659 to 1681
The Puritans
400
Glaciers typically move at this rate (hint: range in units per day)
A few centimeters per day to the fastest at 50 meters per day
500
This National Park is home to what is believed to be the oldest trees on earth
Great Basin National Park. Some bristlecone pines, located at the park’s higher elevations, have been estimated to live almost 5,000 years old
500
In Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, what does Hermey wish he could be instead of an elf?
A dentist
500
This mineral is found in rhyolitic magmas, is a member of the amphibole family, and is named after a town in Massachusetts
Cummingtonite
500
This Nabisco-produced snack cookie with mostly yellow packaging was named for a town near Boston
Fig Newton
500
This is the name for the process of sediment being compacted and cemented together to form sedimentary rock
Lithification