Earth’s Extremes
This location in Libya holds the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth.
El Azizia
This Hawaiian volcano rises more than 50,000 feet above its base.
Mauna Loa
The weight of a 100-pound person on Mars.
38 pounds
The phenomenon that causes thunder.
the rapid expansion of air heated by lightning
Geography and Earth Science
Mt. Everest?
This Antarctic research station recorded the coldest temperature on Earth in 1983.
Vostok
The largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars.
Olympus Mons
The length of a year on Mars
687 Earth days
This type of volcanic rock can float due to its gas-filled structure
pumice
This river is the longest in the world.
Nile river
The world’s highest waterfall, located in Venezuela.
Angel Falls
The deadliest known earthquake, which occurred in 1557 and killed 830,000 people.
Shaanxi earthquake in China
The length of a typical Martian day
24 hours and 37 minutes
Rocks called iron-manganese crusts are unique because they do this over time.
Grow
These two U.S. cities are slowly moving toward each other due to the San Andreas Fault.
Los Angeles and San Francisco
The lowest dry point on Earth's surface.
shore of the Dead Sea
This 1960 event in Chile was the strongest earthquake ever recorded
1960 Valdivia earthquake
The Moon used to be much closer and orbited Earth in this number of days.
20 days
Every year, roughly 1,000 tons of this falls to Earth from space.
space dust
This state is slowly sinking due to over-pumping groundwater.
California
The driest place on Earth, receiving just 0.03 inches of rain per year.
Arica, Chile
This U.S. state experiences the most frequent and strongest earthquakes.
Alaska
The distance from Earth's surface to its center.
3,700 miles (5,955 kilometers)
This dust travels across the Atlantic from Africa to Florida.
African dust
Earth is not a perfect sphere but this shape due to its rotation
an oblate spheroid or pumpkin shape