Earthly Extremes
World's longest river?
The Nile, Africa
what powered early clocks in china
water
Cannot be broken down into simpler substances?
element
What union at the turn of the century fought against Pulitzer?
The Newsies
This element coats astronaut's visors?
gold
Which continent has the world's dryest place?
Atacama desert, Asia
This famous explorer and inventor of the Aqua Lung?
Jacques Cousteau
The number of protons, electrons, and what else are always the same?
atomic number
This sport was invented in Holyoke,Ma?
Volleyball (1895)
What is working out of spacecraft called?
Extravehicular activity
The world's largest city by population?
Tokyo, 37.4 million
What is the name of the deepest part of the ocean?
The Mariana Trench
Anything that has mass or takes up space?
matter
The author of the War of the Worlds?
H.G. Wells. (1898)
This used to be a planet in our solar system?
Pluto
The world's highest waterfall?
Angel Falls Venezuela
The boiling point of water?
212F (100C)
Common tablesalt has what chemical formula?
NaCl (sodium choride)
This state first became a US territory?
Hawaii (1900)
This planet shares a name with a metal?
Mercury
The snowiest place on earth with more than 52 feet per year?
Mount Rainier,WA
The largest bay in North America?
Hudson Bay, Canada
Hydrated ferric oxide is the scientific name for?
rust
This region of the Yukon had a gold rush?
Klondike (1896-1899)
This astronomer created the first model of our solar system with the earth revolving around the sun?
Copernicus