Fact or Fiction: Earth Science Trivia

Question 1

The United States has drilled the world's deepest hole into the earth's crust

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Fiction

Question 2

There's a type of rock that forms after a volcanic eruption which can actually float on water

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Fact

Question 3

More meteorites have been found in Antarctica than any other place on Earth

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Fact

Question 4

Earth's mantle is mostly composed of molten rock

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Fiction

Question 5

If the earth did not have a moon, our day would last about six times longer than it does today

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Fiction

Question 6

The blue whale is not just the largest animal on Earth now, but also the heaviest to ever live

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Fact

Question 7

A day on Earth gets longer by 1.2 seconds every century

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Fiction

Question 8

Rock found at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is around 2 million years old

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Fiction

Question 9

One-fifth of the earth's surface is partially or completely classified as desert

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Fiction

Question 10

Earth is slightly smaller than Venus

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Fiction

Question 11

The deepest natural cave on Earth goes down to a depth of over 10,000 feet

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Fiction

Question 12

If you jumped into a tunnel going through earth it would take 42 mins to get to the other side

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Fact

Question 13

Earth's inner core is about the same temperature as the sun's surface

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Fact

Question 14

It takes the earth 365.2425 days to complete one revolution around the sun

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Fact

Question 15

There's multiple places in the solar system, besides earth, where water exists in three states

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Fiction

Question 16

There are more living organisms in a teaspoonful of soil than there are people on earth

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Fact

Question 17

The farthest distance anyone has traveled from Earth was during the Apollo 13 mission emergency

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Fact

Question 18

Antarctica does not have any active volcanoes anymore

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Fiction

Question 19

There are more grains of sand on the earth than stars in the universe

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Fiction

Question 20

Natural gas, which is used in your home for heating, is odorless when extracted from the earth

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Fact

Question 21

The highest point in New Jersey is called "High Point"

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Fact

Question 22

Earth used to be virtually covered completely by ocean water

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Fact

Question 23

Metamorphic rocks are formed by extreme pressure and heat caused by asteroids hitting the earth

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Fiction

Question 24

Catatumbo River in Venezuela can have lighting storms 260 nights per year for 10 hrs at a time

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Fact

Question 25

The world’s largest desert is the Sahara in Africa

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Fiction

Question 26

The world's longest mountain range is the Andes Mountains in South America

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Fiction

Question 27

The earth orbits the sun at over 107,000 km/hr

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Fact

Question 28

Abrasion on riverbeds is an example of chemical weathering

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Fiction

Question 29

The windiest place in North America is in the state of New Hampshire

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Fact

Question 30

Earth's closest point to space is not Mt. Everest, but rather Mt. Chimborazo in South America

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Fact

Question 31

We are living during the only age in earth's history when a total solar eclipse can occur

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Fact

Question 32

On average, about one volcano erupts per month somewhere on Earth

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Fiction

Question 33

The atmosphere has more oxygen in it than any other gas

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Fiction

Question 34

The outer core is mostly liquid iron

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Fact

Question 35

The length of a day was shortened by 1.8 microseconds as a result of the 2011 Japan earthquake

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Fact

Question 36

North America's highest mountain is called Mount Vancouver

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Fiction

Question 37

There are only two continents that ants have yet to colonize

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Fiction

Question 38

To this date, the oldest rocks on found on Earth were discovered in Connecticut

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Fiction

Question 39

The world's highest mountain is located in India

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Fiction

Question 40

Earth's magnetic field has been weakening over the past 180 years

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Fact

Question 41

It is thought that 80% of Earth's creatures have six legs

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Fact

Question 42

Saudi Arabia holds the record for hottest temperature ever recorded on Earth's surface

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Fiction

Question 43

You can stack up 50 Empire State Buildings inside the deepest oceanic trench

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Fiction

Question 44

It takes the Earth 24 hours, four minutes and 2 seconds to complete a full rotation on its axis

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Fiction

Question 45

1.3 million earths could fit inside Jupiter & Saturn combined

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Fiction

Question 46

The Nile River is agreed upon by everyone to be the longest river in the world

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Fiction

Question 47

Earth’s circumference from North Pole to South Pole is 67 km longer than around the equator

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Fiction

Question 48

If you were standing on the moon, you would always see the nighttime side of the earth

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Fiction

Question 49

Between 1 to 3 tons of cosmic dust enters the earth's atmosphere each day

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Fiction

Question 50

There are some places on Earth on some days where the sun is still in the sky at 3:00 AM

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Fact

Question 51

Earth is the only place in the solar system where a total solar eclipse can happen

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Fact

Question 52

Hawaii is moving towards Japan at the speed of 10 cm per year

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Fact

Question 53

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean is larger than the US & is made of garbage

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Fact

Question 54

Earth is the most dense planet in the solar system

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Fact

Question 55

Earth's rotation is gradually slowing down

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Fact

Question 56

The Great Barrier Reef in Australia is the largest living structure in the world

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Fact

Question 57

On average, the Atlantic Ocean is the saltiest of all Earth’s major oceans

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Fact

Question 58

The tallest tree in the world is about two times taller than the Statue of Liberty

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Fact

Question 59

There is enough gold inside the earth to coat the entire surface to a depth of 1.5 feet

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Fact

Question 60

Earth is larger than Mars

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Fact

Question 61

The Earth is not a perfect sphere

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Fact

Question 62

The King of England is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth's land surface

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Fact

Question 63

If the USA was located on the moon, it would wrap around about half the moon

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Fact

Question 64

A person weighs slightly more at the equator than at the poles

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Fiction

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