This is a violently rotating column of air that touches the ground
What is a tornado?
100
This term describes the way a mineral reflects light
What is luster?
100
These are the source of most of Earth’s available carbon needed create new plants and animals.
What are dead bodies of plants and animals?
100
This is the most abundant element in Earth's crust
What is oxygen?
100
This is a large, low-pressure system that forms over the warm Atlantic Ocean and has winds of at least 119 km/h
What is a hurricane?
200
These currents circulate hot and cold air on the earth’s surface to make weather
What are convection currents?
200
These break apart, melt, and recycle themselves
What are rocks?
200
Within the water cycle, solar energy causes water to evaporate. Evaporated water becomes this as it cools
What is precipitation?
200
Of the following, this is the best way to help identify an unknown mineral:
1. Look at it under a microscope
2. Measure its temperature
3. Rub it against a known mineral
What is "rub it against a known mineral"?
200
This “sphere” is the aqueous envelope of the Earth including bodies of water and aqueous vapor in the atmosphere.
What is the hydrosphere?
300
A stationary front could result in this lasting for several days.
What is light wind and precipitation?
300
The Mohs scale is used to test this
What is the hardness of a mineral?
300
This cycle is responsible for providing the a major element needed to build proteins and nucleic acids.
What is the nitrogen cycle?
300
Precipitation, condensation, evaporation and transpiration are all part of this cycle
What is the water cycle?
300
This is the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness
What is weather?
400
These storms with heavy rainfall occur in warm, moist air masses along fronts.
What are thunderstorms?
400
These are classified by how they form
What are rocks?
400
Combustion contributes to this cycle
What is the carbon cycle?
400
Look at the given picture. This is the oldest rock layer
What is layer 4?
400
This is the conversion of a substance (such as water) from the vapor state to a liquid state
What is condensation?
500
The rapid heating of air following a lighting strike usually results in this
What is thunder?
500
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a mineral?
1. All are formed by natural processes
2. They are inorganic (not living)
3. They are made up of one or more elements.
4. They are all liquids.
What is "they are all liquids"?
500
Decomposition of the bodies of dead plants and animals contributes to these TWO cycles.
What are the carbon and nitrogen cycles?
500
This high speed wind pattern is created when cold air masses near the poles meet warm air masses near the equator. It moves in a snake-like pattern from west to east over North America.
What is the jet stream.
500
This instrument is used for determining the pressure of the atmosphere