Earth science trivia

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• 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
• What do we call cloud that forms close to the ground?Atmosphere and weather
• Which precipitation falls as clustered ice crystals?Atmosphere and weather
• What do we call a very strong storm that develops over tropical seas?Atmosphere and weather
• Which of the following is not an element of weather?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
• A rainbow can appear when sunlight is refracted and reflected in water droplets in the air.Atmosphere and weather
• Weather means the average state of the atmosphere over a long period in one place.Atmosphere and weather
• Which ice-covered continent lies at the southern end of the Earth?Polar and ocean science
• Which is one of the most direct causes that set surface ocean currents moving?Polar and ocean science
• At a spring tide, when the tidal range is greatest, what shape is the Moon?Polar and ocean science
• Which is the leading warm current affecting the seas south of the Korean Peninsula?Polar and ocean science
• In waters where evaporation is very vigorous, what generally happens to the salinity?Polar and ocean science
• Which is one of the main causes of coral bleaching?Polar and ocean science
• In which region does the polar bear live in the wild?Polar and ocean science
• Which is the widest ocean on Earth?Polar and ocean science
• What do we call the ice that forms on the ocean surface when seawater freezes?Polar and ocean science
• Which instrument measures the depth of the ocean using sound waves?Polar and ocean science
• Salinity gives the degree to which salts are dissolved in seawater.Polar and ocean science
• Wild penguins live mainly around the North Pole.Polar and ocean science
• The Gulf Stream is a cold current that carries cold seawater toward the equator.Polar and ocean science
• The tides are caused mainly by the strength of the wind.Polar and ocean science
• Coral reefs generally grow in warm, shallow seas with plenty of sunlight.Polar and ocean science
• In the ocean, water pressure rises as the depth increases.Polar and ocean science
• Antarctica is bitterly cold, but its precipitation is so low that it is sometimes classed as a desert.Polar and ocean science
• Sea ice, formed when seawater freezes, is heavy and sinks to the bottom of the ocean.Polar and ocean science
• The Pacific is the widest ocean on Earth.Polar and ocean science
• Where the South Pole lies there is no continent, only ice floating on the sea.Polar and ocean science
• What do we call the point underground where an earthquake first occurs?Geology and landforms
• Which rock is made when existing rock changes in character under high heat and pressure?Geology and landforms
• Which action wears away material at the surface and carries it off, by water, wind, or ice?Geology and landforms
• What do we call magma that has flowed out onto the surface?Geology and landforms
• Which instrument records the shaking of an earthquake?Geology and landforms
• What do we call the body or the trace of a past organism left in a rock layer?Geology and landforms
• Which is the hard layer that forms the outermost part of the Earth?Geology and landforms
• Which landform is where magma, gas, and ash erupt?Geology and landforms
• Which rock is made when sediment piles up and then hardens?Geology and landforms
• Which landform mainly forms when two continental plates collide?Geology and landforms
• Rocks are divided by color into three kinds: white rock, black rock, and red rock.Geology and landforms
• The Earth's plates are moving all the time, though very slowly.Geology and landforms
• Weathering is the process by which broken rock and soil are carried elsewhere by water or wind.Geology and landforms
• When an undersea earthquake moves the seafloor sharply, a tsunami can result.Geology and landforms
• In rock layers that have not been overturned, the lower layer was as a rule formed before the upper one.Geology and landforms
• Granite is a sedimentary rock formed as sand and mud piled up and hardened.Geology and landforms
• A fossil means a sculpture a person has carved out of stone.Geology and landforms
• When magma erupts onto the surface it is called lava.Geology and landforms
• When an earthquake occurs, seismic waves spread out in all directions.Geology and landforms
• Volcanoes occur only on land.Geology and landforms