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What is the name of Jupiter’s largest icy moon?
Callisto
Titan
Europa
Ganymede
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What is the supercontinent that existed ~250 million years ago, before it broke apart into the continents today?
Pangaea
Laurasia
Gondwana
3
What is the name of the scale that measures the hardness of minerals, ranging from 1 (softest) to 10 (hardest)?
Jerry Rig Scale
Mohs scale
Beaufort scale
Richter scale
4
What is the name of the largest volcano in the solar system, located on Mars?
Tharsis Montes
Olympus Mons
Elysium Mons
Olympus Cons
5
What is the name of the process by which water vapor changes into liquid water, releasing heat and forming clouds?
Sublimation
Accretion
Evaporation
Condensation
6
What is the name of the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer?
Troposphere
Exosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
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What is the name of the force that causes objects to fall to the ground on Earth?
Magnetism
Gravity
Friction
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What is the name of the largest and deepest ocean on Earth?
Mariana Trench
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
9
What is the name of the branch of Earth Science that studies the stars, planets, and other celestial bodies?
Cosmopolitan
Cosmology
Astronomy
Astrology
10
What is the name of the theory that explains how the continents move and change shape over time?
Plate tectonics
Seafloor spreading
Continental drift
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What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into two equal halves, also known as 0 degrees latitude?
Western Hemisphere
Prime meridian
Equator
Artificial Horizon
12
What is the name of the natural phenomenon that causes flashes of light in the sky, usually accompanied by thunder?
Thunder
Fireworks
Aurora
Lightning
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What is the name of the apparent star shift caused by Earth’s motion around the sun?
Nutation
Interstellar Rotation
Gyroscopic Precession
Parallax
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What is the name of the branch of Earth Science that studies the physical and biological aspects of the oceans?
Oceanography
Hydrology
Limnology
Aqua-Science
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What is the name of the type of rock that forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies?
Sedimentary rock
Igneous rock
Metamorphic rock