Green
What is the main cause of erosion on the Earth's surface?
Water
Which of the following landforms was formed as a result of plate movement at a convergent (oceanic vs. continental) plate boundary?
Hawaii
Mt. St Helens
Mid Atlantic Ridge
Mt. St Helens
What 3 things are needed for a cloud to form?
Water
Temperature Change
Particulates
This is the name of the process where one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle at a convergent boundary.
Subduction
These high-altitude clouds are thin and wispy, made almost entirely of ice crystals.
Cirrus
What type of rock are fossils typically found in?
Sedimentary
At which type of plate boundary would you notice no recycling or creation of lithosphere?
Transform
How many hurricane categories are there?
5
These fast-moving global winds blow from west to east and heavily influence weather patterns in the United States.
Prevailing Westerlies
What is the primary cause of the Coriolis Effect, which deflects winds to the right in the Northern Hemisphere?
Earths rotation
a warm and dry air mass is called
Continental Tropical
Wind speed is measured with a
Anemometer
If the Earth were the size of this common crunchy fruit, the crust—where all life exists—would be no thicker than its skin.
Apple
On the Fujita Scale (EF Scale), what primary factor is used to determine the intensity of a tornado?
Wind Speed
Funnel Width
Rainfall amount
Duration
Wind Speed
What is the fuel source that gives a hurricane its energy and strength?
Warm Water
what percentage of water on Earth is salt water?
97%
The correct order of the following words (from smallest to largest) is: star, universe, solar system, galaxy
What is star, solar system, galaxy, and universe?
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Mt Washington is known to have some of the worlds most extreme weather. The summit is 6,288 above sea level. The warmest temperature ever recorded at the summit was _____ F.
62
72
82
72
The Atmosphere. In which layer of the atmosphere does almost all of Earth's weather occur?
Troposphere
This is the most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere, making up about 78% of the air we breathe
Nitrogen
On April 12, 1934, the observatory on the summit of this mountain recorded a wind gust of 231 mph which is the world record for the highest surface wind speed.
Mt Washington
This animal kills nearly 1 million people a year and is by far the deadliest animal on Earth
Mosquito
What is the largest know animal to ever live on Earth?
Blue Whale
Which US state has the most earthquakes?
Alaska
In the 1970s, scientists drilled the "Kola Superdeep Borehole" in Russia; it remains the deepest hole ever made by humans, reaching about 7.5 miles, which is only about 0.2% of the way to this central point.
Center of the Earth