Random Earth Science Trivia

Question 1

What is the Beaufort scale is used to measure?

Accepted Answer

wind force

Question 2

Which small plate is subducting under the North American plate off the Western Canadian coast?

Accepted Answer

Juan de Fuca

Question 3

Molten rock that has erupted is lava. What is it when it is still within the Earth's crust?

Accepted Answer

magma

Question 4

A natural hot spring that intermittently ejects a column of water and steam into the air is:

Accepted Answer

a geyser

Question 5

Which stone, a form of calcium carbonate, are the White Cliffs of Dover made of?

Accepted Answer

limestone

Question 6

What shapes are attached to a line of a weather map to denote a warm front?

Accepted Answer

semicircles

Question 7

Thin, wispy clouds often formed at altitudes of 20 000 ft or higher are:

Accepted Answer

cirrus

Question 8

Bauxite is a mineral ore that is the most important source of which metal?

Accepted Answer

aluminum

Question 9

What is created when the loop of a river is cut off and the river diverted?

Accepted Answer

an oxbow lake

Question 10

Permafrost is soil or rock that has been frozen for at least:

Accepted Answer

2 years

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