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Environment
Atmosphere
Rocks
Tectonics
Hydrosphere
100
Ladybugs may be used to rid gardens of many destructive pests
What is True
100
Name of the thin layer of gases surrounding planet Earth
What is Atmosphere
100
What offshore drilling accidents are harmful to marine organisms and sea birds?
What are Oil Spills
100
Snow is commonly found on volcanic peaks located near the equator
What is True
100
Utah's Great Salt Lake is Earth's saltiest sea.
What is False Dead Sea
200
T/F Aluminum is the most commonly recycled metal in the U.S.
What is False
200
Which is the youngest and most studied of the Cascade volcanoes?
What is Mt. St. Helens
200
What river has added 15,000 square miles of land to what is now the state of Louisiana?
What is Mississippi
300
What is added to water during aeration for sparkle and better taste?
What is Oxygen
300
What results as air heated by lightning slams into cooler air?
What is Thunder
300
Are sheep raised mainly for wool or meat?
What is Meat
300
A volcano defined as one that has not erupted within the recorded history of mankind
What is Extinct
300
What energy source is responsible for heating underground water to form hot springs?
What is Magma
400
What pesticide was used very effectively during WWII to combat typhus and malaria?
What is DDT
400
Are altostratus and altocumulus clouds located at low, middle, or high altitudes
What is Middle
400
T/F Plastics are produced from exotic plants native to rainforests
What is False
400
How many volcanoes formed the Big Island of Hawaii?
What is Five
400
From where did most of the dissolved minerals in sea water originally come?
What is The land
500
What is the zone of light, unsteady wind around Earth's equator called?
What are Doldrums
500
Are nuclear power plants driven by fission or fusion of atomic nuclei?
What is Fission
500
What term refers to the point within the earth at which an earthquake actually occurs?
What is Focus
500
What provides the energy for life to exist in the mineral rich waters surrounding hydrothermal vents? Hydrogen Sulfide Oxygen Carbon Dioxide
What is Hygrogen Sulfide