Geology
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This kind of rock forms from lava or magma.
What is igneous rock?
This movement of air is caused by the temperature difference between sea and shore.
What are land and water breezes?
This giant wave is not caused by the wind, but by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
Groupings of stars, named for shapes the resemble.
What are constellations?
This second layer of the Earth's interior is the thickest layer and is made dense rock.
What is the mantle?
The process of water vapors rising in the atmosphere
What is evaporation?
DAILY DOUBLE This enormous animal has the largest eyes of any living creatures and is thought to prey on whales in deep waters.
What is a giant squid?
Two kinds of energy produces by stars
What are light, heat, ultraviolet rays, x-rays, radio waves, or cosmic rays?
Three causes for erosion.
What are wind, water and ice?
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Extremely tall puffy storm clouds
What are thunderheads or cumulonibus?
Underwater rivers.
What are ocean currents?
This "arctic" star seems not to move as the rest of the stars seem to rotate.
What is Polaris or the northern star?
These mineral rich underground waters are heated by magma or volcanic gases.
What are hot springs and/or geysers?
This area is where a warm air mass makes contact with a cold air mass. It usually brings gentle, steady rain.
What is a warm front?
What are spring and neap tides?
DAILY DOUBLE This is sometimes called a falling star, but it actually is rock and gases burning up in the atmosphere
What is a meteor?
Limestone caves are carved out by this.
What is ground water or acid in the ground water?
An area where winds blow outward, air pressure is highest at the center, and it usually brings clear skies and fair weather.
What is high pressure area?
Hadal zone or Midnight zone
What is the deepest zone of the ocean?
Two chemicals typically invovled in nuclear fusion in stars.
What are hydrogen and helium?