Plate Tectonics & Continental Drift
They are the 3(4) main layers of Earth.
What are crust, mantle, and core (outer and inner)?
Known oil pockets kept underground with petroleum not ready to be used yet. (2)
What are oil reserves and crude oil?
This city can be found on the deposit-rich soil at the end of river. (City and landform)
What is Dhaka, Bangladesh, on a river delta?
This is the former Soviet state where the Chernobyl reactor was located.
Where is Ukraine?
A river system.
He was the first to propose the idea of continental drift.
Who was Alfred Wegener?
This country was invaded by Saddam Hussein, leading to this war in which year. (3)
What is Kuwait, the Persian Gulf War, in 1991?
They are the 2 types of atmospheric pressure and what they bring.
What is high pressure, with clear, sunny skies, and low pressure with rain clouds and humidity?
The Black Triangle in Europe is proof of this transboundary pollution, caused by this.
What is acid rain, caused by factories burning coal and polluting rain clouds?
They are looking to expand their control by expanding into the ocean. (Who, what, where?)
Why is China building islands in the South China Sea?
They are the three forms of evidence that support continental drift theory.
What are similar fossils, rock formations, and climate (glacial striations/tropical plants)?
It's called OPEC and this is their main goal.
What is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and to keep the flow of oil steady?
Because of Pune's location in this climate setting, it sometimes has to resort to this for rainfall.
What is in the rain shadow and cloud-seeding?
One example of transboundary pollution in waterways is this accident, featuring this deadly chemical.
What is the Tisza-Danube River spill, and cyanide?
They were the first two people to successfully climb Mount Everest.
Who are Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary?
It's how we can prove the seafloor is spreading along mid-ocean ridges.
What is by proving the rock nearer to the ridge is younger than the rock far from it?
It's the Earth's process of making oil, and how long it takes.
What is dead micro-organisms sink to the bottom of the ocean, where they are turned into kerogen by heat from the Earth's core and pressure from tectonic plates, taking a million years?
In this city where a 1/3 of the population lives in slums, blockage of these can lead to people getting sick because of this. (3)
What is Kolkata, blocked sewers/canals, and the outbreak of mosquito-borne malaria?
Nuclear radiation.
They are the three main causes of tsunamis.
What are underwater earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides?
Convection.
What is the continuous flow of molten rock, rising and falling, that drives plate movement?
This small country doesn't have much oil, but it invests in education and healthcare, leading to a high quality of living measurement. (2)
What is Bahrain, and HDI (Human Development Index)?
The orographic effect.
What is when moisture rises up a mountain, cools, and drops most of its moisture as precipitation?
These are the two types of pollution, and their unique differences.
What is accidental (result of a bad accident) and general (caused by everyday activities)?
This is the year and location of the deadliest tsunami in history.
What is 2004, in the Indian Ocean?