Cascade Volcanoes
What U.S. states contain major the Cascade volcanoes?
What is the most abundant greenhouse gas in Earth’s atmosphere?
water vapor
Which rapper did Kendrick Lamar take aim at in his 2024 single, “Not Like Us”?
Drake
An intrusive igneous rock made mostly of quartz, feldspar, and mica
What is the estimated age of planet earth?
4.6 billion years
Name as many major Cascade Volcanoes as you can!
Mount Rainier, Mount Shasta, Mount Adams, Mount Hood, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Jefferson, Lassen Peak, and Mount St. Helens, Newberry, Three Sisters, etc.
The infamous hole in the ozone layer, nearly nine million square miles in size, lies mostly over what continent?
Antarctica
What annual celebrity event known for its glamourous fashion and extravagant themes took place this week?
The Met Gala
Made of calcium carbonate and fizzes when in contact with hydrochloric acid
Calcite
What is the name of the supercontinent that existed around 300 million years ago?
Pangaea
Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the U.S., formed from the collapse of which Cascade volcano?
Mount Mazama
At 15 years old, what Swedish environmentalist said, "You are never too small to make a difference," in her 2019 speech "Climate Justice Now" at an international conference in Poland?
Greta Thunberg
What popular sports playoffs are currently going on in the US?
The NBA playoffs
A pink to white feldspar mineral commonly found in granite
Orthoclase
During which geologic period did dinosaurs first appear on Earth?
Triassic
Which Cascade volcano is considered the most glaciated peak in the contiguous United States, containing more glacier ice than all other Cascade volcanoes combined?
Mount Rainier
A major area of study in line with efforts to engineer environmental sustainability are attempts to breed bacteria that can eat what polymer-based material that is difficult to recycle?
plastic
Selena Gomez, Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevigne, and Hailee Steinfeld all appeared in the 2014 music video for which song?
Bad Blood by Taylor Swift (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
A foliated metamorphic rock formed from shale, with fine grains and a shiny surface
slate
How many mass extinctions have occurred over Earth's history?
5
2 Parts:
What geophysical monitoring technique is commonly used to detect magma movement beneath Cascade volcanoes, and what specific signal does it typically measure?
InSAR (Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar)
measures ground deformation
What is the synthetic insecticide widely used for agricultural pest control whose persistence in the environment and potential health effects led to restrictions and bans in many countries, including the United States?
DDT
What infamous female celebrity recently traveled to "space" on an 11 minute mission funded by Jeff Bezos
Katy Perry
Also attending: Lauren Sánchez (Jeff Bezos's fiancée), Gayle King (CBS Mornings co-host), Amanda Nguyen (civil rights activist), Aisha Bowe (former NASA rocket scientist), and Kerianne Flynn (film producer).
A dense, iron-rich mineral with a metallic luster and a reddish-brown streak. Also the main ore of iron.
Hematite
Name the geologic periods of Earth's History in order (lol)
Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian), Permian, Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, Paleogene, Neogene, Quaternary.