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Which continent is home to the Sahara Desert?
Africa
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Which ocean is the largest and deepest, and is next to California/USA and also next to Asia? (number 1)
Pacific Ocean
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What type of boundary is this?
Convergent boundary
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What do we call the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth's outer layer?
Plates
100
What comes from something passed away,
Which we never saw but can be sure to say,
Lived at a certain time in a certain place,
"Rediscovered" they claim, after millions of years and billions of days.
Fossils
200
Which continent is home to the largest rainforest in the world, the Amazon Rainforest?
South America
200
Which ocean is in between South America, North America, and Africa? (number 2)
Atlantic Ocean
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What type of boundary is this?
Divergent boundary
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What do we call the places where two plates meet?
Plate boundary
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At which type of boundary can we find the OLDEST rock?
Convergent boundary
300
On which continent did the first humans most likely live?
Africa
300
Which ocean is in between Australia, Asia, and Africa? (number 4)
Indian Ocean
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What do we call a long deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together?
Trench
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What are TWO geologic events that are commonly experienced at plate boundaries?
Earthquakes and Volcanic Activity (Tsunami also accepted)
300
At which type of boundary can we find the NEWEST/YOUNGEST rock?
Divergent boundary
400
Which continent is the largest and has the most humans?
Asia
400
Which ocean borders Antarctica? (number 5)
Southern Ocean
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What do we call an underwater mountain range that is formed when two plates move apart?
Mid Ocean Ridge
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What do we call the layer of Earth that we can see and that we live on, AND what is this layer made out of? (Layer A)
Outer layer/crust, which is made out of hard solid rock
400
How old is planet Earth?
Roughly 4.5 billion years old!
500
What is the name of the super continent that existed millions of years ago, when all the continents were one piece of land?
Pangaea
500
Which ocean is at the North Pole, has icebergs all over it, and borders Canada, Greenland, and Russia? (number 3)
Arctic Ocean
500
What is a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like?
Cross section
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What do we call the layer of Earth that is underneath the crust, AND what is this layer made out of? (Layer B)
Mantle, which is made of lava (soft, solid rock)
500
Who was the scientist that first publicly claimed the continents had moved apart? (Hint: He is German and his ideas were not initially accepted)
Alfred Wegener