Astronomy Easy
Astronomy Hard
Plate Tectonics Easy
Plate Tectonics Hard
Not Rocket Science
100
What is the estimated age of the planet Uranus?
4.6 Billion Years
100
Name the star classification of a star that has a Solar Radius of 6 and a surface temperature of around 16,500 K?
Main Sequence
100
Is Rhyolite formed from Lava or Magma?
Lava because it Extrusive
100
Is location Y a constructive or destructive zone?
destructive
crust is being destroyed at a subduction boundary
100
Name this game
Duck Hunt
200
Trashketball:
Other than Cosmic Background Radiation, list another form of evidence to prove the Universe is expanding due to the Big Bang?
Red Shift of light of distant galaxies.
200
Compared to a low mass star, what is the RELATIVE lifespan of a High Mass star?
Less, Smaller, Lower
200
These currents which spread heat within the asthenosphere of the mantle are known as?
Convection Currents
200
If a magnitude 9.1 earthquake occurs in the northern section of the Philippines plate and Pacific Plate Boundary, list one natural disaster other than a powerful earthquake, residents of nearby Japan may experience and describe one action the residents should take to help protect themselves from the natural disaster you stated.
Natural Disaster: Tsunami
Action: Run to Higher Ground
200
Name the presidents on Mt. Rushmore
Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln
300
During the nucleosynthesis process of a Super Massive star, what is the final element that is burned right before the star collapses and bursts into a Supernova?
Fe or Iron
300
List one piece of evidence about the characteristics of celestial objects in our solar system, that proves that Venus orbits the sun faster than the Asteroid Ceres.
Venus is closer to the sun.
300
Along which plate boundary type do Trenches form?
Convergent
300
Compared to Felsic Igneous rocks, name two elements are found in Mafic Igneous rocks, and describe the RELATIVE temperature at which the mafic rocks crystalize compared to felsic.
Fe, Mg, Ca
Higher temperature
300
Trashketball:
Name this City
Dallas, Texas
400
Describe what formed this surface feature in Arizona?
Asteroid Impact
400
Provide evidence to why the same side of the moon always faces earth.
The period of rotation and period of revolution of the moon are both 27.3 days.
400
Trashketball:
When a large body of magma is located near the earth's surface but away from a plate boundary this is known as?
Hotspot
400
A geologist was studying a sample of Andesite composed of about 20% Pyroxene.
Provide numerical evidence of what percentage of Amphibole and Plagioclase Feldspar this sample would be composed of.
Amphibole% _______ & Plagioclase Feldspar% ____
Amphibole: 25% - 29%
Plagioclase Feldspar: 51% - 55%
400
Name this Body of Water
Gulf of America (USA only)
Gulf of Mexico (everywhere else)
500
What is the average number of years between cycles of high Sunspot activity?
11 years
500
Identify the name and motion of the celestial object shown in the model that is responsible for the pattern of different constellations that are visible to an observer in the northern hemisphere. Then, identify the name of one constellation that would most likely be highest in the night sky at the same time that the Andromeda constellation would also be visible in the night sky at midnight in January in New York State
Motion: Earths Revolution
Constellation: Gemini
500
List the boundary type where new crust is formed, and list a landform feature that is associated with this boundary type.
Divergent; mid ocean ridge, underwater volcano
Convergent / Subduction: Volcano, Volcanic mountains
500
A student makes a claim that the motion of the Pacific Plate can be used to determine the pattern of ages of the Hawaiian Islands. Use evidence from the maps to describe the relationship between the pattern in the ages of the islands and the compass direction that the Pacific Plate is moving.
Ages: Island are getting older away from the Magma Source
Direction: The plate is moving to the North West
500
Name this artist:
Weird Al Yankovic