Rivers of the World
A temporary body of water located in a meandering cutoff is what type of lake?
Oxbow lake
Name of the first dog sent to space.
Laika
A geologist from the animated television show South Park.
Randy Marsh
Located within Death Valley National Park, this is the lowest point in the United States.
Badwater Basin
An open source GIS platform similar to ArcGIS Pro
QGIS
What river did they clean up for the summer 2024 Olympics?
The Seine
Which Earth Science professor at UO is known for planetary and space physics?
Carol Paty
The animated series featuring characters named Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl.
Steven Universe
A tectonic process present throughout the Southwest, what tectonic activity led to the formation of Death Valley?
Crustal Extension / Basin & Range Formation
Launched in 1972, this satellite imaging program is the oldest the world.
Landsat
Which state contains the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
Minnesota
Where in real life was Millers planet from Interstellar primarily filmed?
Alberta
Lorde’s 2013 hit "Royals" contains the lyric "Dripping like _____."
Diamonds
Known as the “People of the Rock Paintings,” this tribe has lived in what is now Death Valley for over 1,000 years.
Timbisha Shoshone/Shoshone Tribe
What does DEM stand for?
Digital Elevation Model
Ganges River
In the early 1990s, a JPL mission created the first complete topographic map of any planet in our solar system. Which planet?
Venus
On average Death Valley receives less than _ inch(es) of rain per year.
2
Rasters are made up of pixels, commonly known as _____.
Cells
The Huang He river is the deadliest and 8th widest river in the world, what is its common name?
The Yellow River
What method is commonly used to determine the composition of atmospheres on exoplanets?
How many fish species are native to Death Valley?
6
Oregon's State Plane Coordinate System projection, commonly used in east-west oriented states.
Lambert Conformal Conic / Conic