Earth science trivia

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• Which phenomenon did Aristotle cite as evidence that the Earth is round?Earth and coordinates
• In the 19th century, what was the main driver for replacing each town's local time with standard time?Earth and coordinates
• Roughly how long is the Earth's circumference at the equator?Earth and coordinates
• When it is 12 noon in Seoul, roughly what time is it in New York?Earth and coordinates
• Which parallel circling the Earth is the longest?Earth and coordinates
• Which neighbouring country uses the same standard time as South Korea?Earth and coordinates
• Which ocean does the International Date Line mostly run through?Earth and coordinates
• Which country does the equator pass through?Earth and coordinates
• What is the minimum number of satellite signals a GPS receiver needs to find its 3D position and the time?Earth and coordinates
• Which city lies at the most similar latitude to Seoul?Earth and coordinates
• At the equator, day and night each last about 12 hours whatever the season.Earth and coordinates
• China spans a great distance from east to west but uses just one official standard time.Earth and coordinates
• In Sydney, Australia, the midday sun stands in the southern part of the sky.Earth and coordinates
• A ship approaching from far away comes into view mast-top first, which is evidence that the Earth is round.Earth and coordinates
• The contiguous United States uses a single standard time from its east coast to its west coast.Earth and coordinates
• New Year's Day begins earlier in South Korea than in the United Kingdom.Earth and coordinates
• World maps commonly used in South Korea are drawn with the Pacific Ocean in the middle.Earth and coordinates
• Travelling east from South Korea across the date line to Hawaii, you add one day to the calendar date.Earth and coordinates
• The surface of the round Earth can be transferred to a flat map with both its areas and its shapes kept intact.Earth and coordinates
• Standing at the North Pole, whichever way you face is south.Earth and coordinates
• In a forecast, what decides whether the sky is called clear, partly cloudy or overcast?Atmosphere and weather
• At what point in the day is the air temperature usually at its lowest?Atmosphere and weather
• Which temperature scale do Korean weather forecasts use for air temperature?Atmosphere and weather
• What is a tropical cyclone called when it forms over the Atlantic or the north-east Pacific?Atmosphere and weather
• Which air pollutants dissolve into rain and make it acidic?Atmosphere and weather
• Which air mass brings cold, dry weather to Korea in winter?Atmosphere and weather
• What is it called when a city centre runs hotter than the countryside around it?Atmosphere and weather
• On a weather chart, what happens where the isobars are drawn close together?Atmosphere and weather
• Deserts show a large swing between daytime and night-time temperature.Atmosphere and weather
• What is a downpour called that suddenly bursts in summer and stops soon after?Atmosphere and weather
• On a clear, still winter dawn, what forms as white ice crystals on objects left outdoors?Atmosphere and weather
• Wind blows from where the air pressure is higher toward where it is lower.Atmosphere and weather
• Typhoons reach Korea most often in the middle of winter.Atmosphere and weather
• In Korea, summer is generally more humid than winter.Atmosphere and weather
• Thick fog shortens the distance you can see ahead.Atmosphere and weather
• Near the centre of a high-pressure system the air sinks.Atmosphere and weather
• The higher the humidity, the faster laundry dries.Atmosphere and weather
• Hail can fall in the middle of summer.Atmosphere and weather
• A 60 percent chance of rain means rain will fall over 60 percent of the area.Atmosphere and weather
• A cloud is invisible water vapour simply gathered in one place.Atmosphere and weather
• In which region does the white bear that hunts seals from the sea ice live?Polar and ocean science
• Which landform is the vent where underground magma and gas burst out to the surface, along with the ground around it?Geology and landforms
• Which does not count as an element of weather?Atmosphere and weather
• What is the most important reason climate differs with latitude?Atmosphere and weather
• Which unit is chiefly used for air pressure on a weather map?Atmosphere and weather
• Which instrument measures air temperature?Atmosphere and weather
• Which precipitation falls as clustered ice crystals?Atmosphere and weather
• What do we call cloud that forms close to the ground?Atmosphere and weather
• What do we call a very strong storm that develops over tropical seas?Atmosphere and weather
• What weather is generally most likely near the center of a low-pressure system?Atmosphere and weather
• Which front forms when a mass of cold air pushes in beneath warm air as it moves?Atmosphere and weather
• As a rule, air pressure falls as altitude rises.Atmosphere and weather
• A front is the boundary where two air masses of different character meet.Atmosphere and weather
• Typhoons develop over warm tropical seas.Atmosphere and weather
• The ozone layer is most developed in the troposphere.Atmosphere and weather
• Carbon dioxide is a gas with nothing to do with the greenhouse effect.Atmosphere and weather
• Which is one of the greenhouse gases that contribute most to global warming?Atmosphere and weather
• The gas that makes up the largest share of the Earth's atmosphere is oxygen.Atmosphere and weather
• Rain is precipitation that falls from cloud in solid form.Atmosphere and weather
• Air temperature is measured with a thermometer.Atmosphere and weather