National Parks/Preserves
Where astronauts trained for geology and also where continental plates were proven
What is the Valles Caldera?
Definition for sedimentary rock
What is type of rock formed by the accumulation, compaction, and cementation of sediments—particles of pre-existing rocks, minerals, or organic matter—at or near the Earth's surface?
air expands forcefully, sending out a waves of sound
What is thunder?
what a pulsing star is called
What is a pulsar?
The two candies Ryland ate while working on the project
What is the Teton Range?
Type of glacial flow that is like pancake batter spilling out of bowl
What is piedmont?
Safest thing to do if you are driving in a severe rain storm and can't see
What is squat and what is drive off of the shoulder and place blinkers on?
pressure is balanced by gravity of the huge mass of a star
What is a stable star?
The stream of infrared light from the sun to Venus
What is the Petrova Line?
Geological National Parks and Preserves in New Mexico (not monuments or historical parks)
Geological area in North America unqiue to there and no where else in the world
What is The Great Plain Grasslands?
Length of time a typical storm cloud lasts (except in the Midwest)
What is 90min?
the speed needed to be released from the gravitational pull of a planet or star
What is escape velocity?
Rocky's home planet
Mountain ranges in North America (name at least three)
Geological region of North America that New Mexico is in
What is the Basin and Range region?
The three stages of a storm cloud
What are growing, mature, and dissapating?
The spatial boundary at which a black hole's gravitational power is so great that nothing can escape the field
What is event horizon?
Length of time it took Ryland Grace to get to his destination and length it would take to get home?
What is eleven year and four year?
What is three?
This is under Yellowstone National Park and its size
What is a supervolcano 12mi below the surface, 12mi wide and 50 miles long?
What is anabatic?
The electrical buzz caused by ionization of a flud, typcially air, surrounding a condcutor carrying high voltage
What is corona discharge?
Reason Rocky's fuel ran out
What is that the Tauamba evolved to able to permeate xenonite?