Question 1. The Challenger Deep is the deepest part of any of the oceans. It is 36,204 feet deep, or 6.89 miles. Mount Everest, 5.53 miles high, could fit inside with room to spare!
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 2. The San Andreas Fault in California will NOT cause California to break off into the ocean.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 3.The Hale-Bopp comet was first discovered in July of 1995 and is probably the most observed comet.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 4. The oceans of the Earth contain about 97% of all the water on Earth.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 5. Earth is unique because water exists in 3 forms: Solid, Liquid, and Gas.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 6. The Law of Superposition states that the rock layer on the bottom is older than the rock layer above it.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 7. The lower the barometric (air) pressure is, the worse the weather will be.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 8. The Horse Latitudes are named this because ships would get stranded from lack of wind and would throw the horses overboard to conserve food and water for the crew
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 9. In 2006 Pluto was demoted from planet to dwarf planet.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 10. Pangaea is the name for the supercontinent that existed 250 million years ago and later broke apart to form the 7 continents we have today.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 11. 78% of the atmosphere is Nitrogen. Only 21% is Oxygen!
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 12. The Great Barrier Reef, measuring 2,300 km in length, is the largest living structure on Earth and can be seen from space!
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 13. The coldest temperature ever recorded in the U.S was-79.8°F (rounded off to -80°F) that was observed at Prospect Creek Camp in northern Alaska on Jan. 23, 1971.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 14. The Sun is the largest object in the solar system, and constitutes over 99 percent of the solar system's mass.
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy
Question 15. Earth's longest mountain range is the Mid-Ocean Ridge which is underwater and more than 50,000 km in length!
a) Geology
b) Oceanography
c) Meteorology
d) Astronomy