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Earth Science
Scholastic Bowl
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Landforms including the adjective form of this country’s name include the [blank] Shield that covers the eastern area of its landmass and the [blank] Arctic Archipelago that includes its territory of Nunavut [NOON-a-voot]. Name this country | Canada |
| 3 letters: any rock or mineral with enough metal in it to be worth mining | ore |
| 5 letters: Slow movement of sediment and pebbles down a hill, due to gravity | creep |
| 5 letters: One section of the earth’s lithosphere | plate |
| 8 letters, beginning with S: A depression that is created when the roof of a cave, or the middle of a street, collapses. | sinkhole |
| Its reddish color can be seen during a total solar eclipse. Name this thin and “colorful” layer of the sun’s atmosphere, located just above the photosphere. | chromosphere |
| What type of rock is sandstone? | sedimentary |
| What type of rock is granite? | metamorphic |
| What type of rock is obsidian? | igneous |
| What type of rock is limestone? | sedimentary |
| How many of the planets in our solar system are classified as “inferior” planets because they’re closer to the Sun than Earth is ? | 2: Mercury and Venus |
| This first stage in coal development is a soft substance made of decayed plant fibers and burned for fuel in Ireland. | peat |
| This second stage of coal is also called “brown coal.” | lignite |
| This most abundant type of coal is also called “soft coal.” | bituminous |
| This extremely hard and brittle coal is almost pure carbon. | anthracite |
| What astronomy term beginning with the last letter of the alphabet names the point of the sky directly above you at any moment ? | zenith |
| With its name taken from the Latin name of the largest mountain in Greece, what volcano on the planet Mars is the largest in our solar system? | Olympus Mons |
| What color is basalt? | black |
| What color is azurite? | blue |
| What color is amethyst? | purple or violet |
| What color is pyrite? | gold |
| Scientists think that a mineral called “majorite” in this area of the Earth allows Earth to store the huge quantities of oxygen that make it possible for humans to live here. Name this region of the Earth between its crust and its core. | mantle |
| What type of natural disaster occurred in the U.S. at Oct. 17, 1989, in San Francisco | earthquake |
| What type of natural disaster occurred May 18, 1980, in Washington State? | volcanic eruption |
| What type of natural disaster occurred August 29, 2005, in New Orleans? | hurricane |
| What type of natural disaster occurred May 31, 1889 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania? | flood |
| Slate, marble and quartzite are examples of this kind of rock that is seriously affected by temperature and pressure. Name this kind of rock, different from igneous or sedimentary. | metamorphic |
| A crack in the earth’s surface whose movement may cause an earthquake | fault |
| A hard mineral that sparks when struck against steel and can thus be used to start a fire | flint |
| A weather boundary between two air masses | front |
| A huge flat slab of ice, smaller than an iceberg | floe |
| The abyssal [a-BISS-ul] zone of the ocean is too deep to allow sunlight to reach it. Thus, nothing living in the abyssal zone is able to perform--what process by which plants usually generate their own food with the help of sunlight ? | photosynthesis |
| This type of scientist specializes in the study of oceans. | oceanographer |
| These deep valleys are found at the bottoms of oceans. | trenches |
| This underwater mountain range helps to separate the Americas from Asia. | Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
| This tern describes the extended area off each continent that has a gradual downward slope until it abruptly ends. | continental shelf |
| This object can be made simply from a flat plate and an object called a “gnomon” shadow on the plate. Name this clock that estimates the time of day by the position of the gnomon’s shadow with respect to lines on the plate that mark hours. | Sundial |
| Used by Mormon pioneers to minimize the water needed to grow crops, what agricultural system from ancient times allows crops to grow by using canals to direct available water and lets farmers “take turns” using the same water ? | irrigation |
| Its varieties include ”rose”, “smoky” and “milky.” Tough enough to scratch a piece of glass but not be scratched by a steel knife, this mineral’s types include agate, amethyst [AM-a-thust] and jasper. Identify this mineral, made of silicon dioxide. | quartz |
| A shallow pool of water at the center of an atoll | lagoon |
| A frequently windless area near the equator | doldrums |
| Tropical African grassland | savanna |
| A steep cliff or slope connecting a higher and lower land surface | escarpment |
| He pioneered the use of the weather balloon and died on an expedition in Greenland. Name this German meteorologist, best known today for his theory of “continental drift.” | Alfred Wegener |
| This black mineral is found in granite. | mica or hornblende |
| This soft rock, sometimes made into powder, is classified as a 1 on the Mohs scale of hardness. | talc |
| Silicon joins with this element to create quartz. | oxygen |
| Into which rock family is granite classified? | igneous |
| Name this instrument that detects and records earthquakes. | seismograph or seismometer |
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