Ultimate Earth Science Champion Quiz

Patterns in the night sky of stars depicting images or things:

Convert: 200cm to _______ km

This is the gradual heating of our Earth year after year from Greenhouse gases:

Type of plate boundary that move toward each other are called:

This eruption in 1980 is considered the worst volcano disaster in US history:

Where did Mr. Hellman attend college?

Earth's longest periods of time are called:

This is a useful substance that can be mined for profit and used in everyday items:

This summer I will be doing:

These are the hottest stars:

Au is the label on the periodic table for the element of:

List the layers of the Earth in the correct order from densest to least dense:

This is a rule that describes a pattern in nature, it has been heavily tested, and uses math equations to prove it:

The area where one plate slides under another plate:

7th from the sun and it is the third largest. It rotates on its side and was the first planet discovered by telescope:

Idea that our universe came from a single giant explosion:

Are the vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in Earth's lithosphere:

German scientist who proposed continental drift and the supercontinent:

Where did Mr. Hellman go to elementary school?

It is Earth's twin in size. Its day is longer than its year, and it rotates clockwise. Hottest planet because of CO2.

Project name and missions aimed at putting a man on the moon:

The act of rock being broken down into smaller pieces:

The transportation of broken down rock to places farther than its origin:

Inner planets are also known as the:

In 1969 who were the first two astronauts to walk on the moon and what was their space shuttle called?

Vehicle that propels itself by expelling hot exhaust gases from one end:

This is a famous volcano that wiped out the Roman city of Pompeii:

Air moving from high to low pressure causes:

Parts of an atom include:

What are the two main gases in our atmosphere?

What is ozone or why is O3 Important?

We have produced more plastic in the past 10 years than the past century.

Step in the scientific method where you make an educated guess:

The idea that some day the Earth may run out of available land for the human population:

This type of energy uses biological material as fuel like corn (ethanol) and algae:

This is a process in which minerals dissolved in water crystallize between sediment grains. Water evaporates away:

The phase where the moon gradually gains more light or becomes more lit:

The three R’s of pollution control and environmentalism are:

What are the base metric units for measurement?

The path an object follows as it moves around another object:

Thickest layer of Earth:

How old is Earth?

Type of rock that is formed from heat and pressure:

Used by geologists to fill in the missing gaps in an area's rock record by matching rocks/fossils from separate places:

This is the thinnest layer of Earth:

Who was your favorite Stanford teacher this year?

The worst part of this school year was........

This is the most littered item on Earth:

Nuclear energy is formed by: