Earth Facts
What is the name of the highest mountain on earth?
Mount Everest
What Usually starts wild fires?
Humans
What temp does water freeze at?
32F
_______ ____ are used to indicate wind direction.
Weather Vanes
metal are usually ____.
Solid
What do you call molten rock before it has erupted?
Magma
How does a wildfire get oxygen it needs?
Through wind and air
__% of the earth's surface is water.
80
Short bursts of wind moving at high speeds are known as ______.
gusts of wind
is shiny and doesn’t corrode, this means it is a great metal for making jewelry
Gold
Do stalactites rise from the floor or hang from the ceiling of limestone caves?
Hang
what elements does it take to start a fire
heat, fuel, oxygen
The Great Barrier Reef is found off the coast of which country?
Australia
Air rushes from _____ _____ areas to _____ ____.
High to Low
is a good conductor of electricity and is often used for making wires.
Copper
Someone who studies earthquakes is known as a what
Seismologist
What is a positive result from a wildfire?
Allows for new growth
3% of the water comes from where?
Glaciers
Wind is the flow of ___.
gases
At room temperature, _____ is the only metal that is in liquid form.
Mercury
What is the name of the layer of earth’s atmosphere that absorbs the majority of the potentially damaging ultraviolet light from the sun?
Ozone Layer
What is Smokey the Bear's ABC's
Always Be Careful with fire
What is the name of the deepest location in the world’s oceans? |
Mariana Trench
is a unit often used to measure wind speed while sailing
a knot
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Iron and Nickel