Round 5: World of Science

Which term explains the shifting positions and ongoing movements of the continents?

What is the term for the disintegration of rock by wind, water, or climate?

Which type of rock is made up of compacted remains of plants?

What do we call a forest that has trees with needlelike leaves that stay green all year round?

What simple marine animals secrete calcium carbonate to produce a hard external skeleton?

What does a light-year measure?

What is the term for the measure of how much matter an object has?

What is the term for land that is capable of being used to grow crops?

What do you call the plant life that is native to a region?

Which is the term for the amount of water vapor content in the air?

What is the term for a large mass of ice and dust that orbits a star?

What is the term for molten rock in earth's interior?

Seismology is a branch of science focused on the study of which phenomenon?

A dude is a mound of sand that is formed by which force?

Which material is used in pencils?

What do we call a cone shaped feature on the floor of the cave formed by slow dripping water?

How do you describe a substance that has a pH of less than seven?

What is the term for a sub particle of an atom that contains a negative charge?

The science and art of creating maps is called what?

What is the term for a fracture in rock caused by stress?

What is the term for an environment where evaporation usually exceeds precipitation?

Sometimes called thunderheads, which type of clouds bring thunderstorm weather?

Which kind of waves are used to make and receive cell phone calls?

What is severe weather called that has strong wind, blowing snow, and cold temperatures?

What do you call abroad inlet of the sea?

What is the term for the moment when the suns edge completely disappears below earths horizon?

Which is the term for a cloud layer at ground level that makes visibility less than a mile?

What is the term for the crater that is formed by the collapse of a volcano after an Eruption?

Which type of animal has a backbone?

What is the term for an underground layer of rock that holds ground water?

What is the term for a mass of material moving rapidly down a slope?

What is the term for the physical location where a plant or animal lives?

What is the term for the animal life of a particular region?

What is the term for the vertical distance above sea level?

What is the term for a smaller stream channel that flows into a main stream channel?