2. What type of rock does chalk come from? Metamorphic Sedimentary Igneous
3. Approximately how old is the Earth? 4,600 Million years 2,000 Million years 9,400 Million years
4. What sea is ten times saltier than ususal and mean that swimmers cannot sink? Red Sea Mediterranean Sea Dead Sea
5. Cirrus, Stratus and Cumulus are all types of what? Cloud Rock Soil
6. When air is heated by a flash of lighting, it expands. What happens next? We get Rain We hear Thunder It starts snowing
7. When minerals from the land wash into the sea, the water becomes? Salty Fizzy Polluted
8. Which is the oldest Earth time period? Triassic Jurassic Cretaceous
9. What is the hardest mineral? Quartz Topaz Diamond
10. What is a Cirque? Lateral movement in a glacier A circular hollow at the head of a valley Round glacial debris
11. Air is composed chiefly of what? Oxygen Nitrogen Carbon Dioxide
12. What layer of atmosphere sits closest to the surface? Stratosphere Ionosphere Troposphere
13. Old Faithful is the name of a famous geyser in which park? Yellowstone National Park Yosemite National Park Sedona National Park
14. In which time period did the Stegosaurus live? Jurassic Triassic Cretaceous
15. Which volcano repudedly made the loudest known natural noise ever heard? Mount Etna Krakatoa Vesuvius
16. What is the name of the mountain chain formed in the Atlantic Ocean? Mid-Atlantic Ridge Atlantis Mountains The Channel Hills
17. Which country's Capital city is Gabarone? Greenland Botswana Estonia
18. Edinburgh Castle is built on what? A glacier A collapsed rift valley An old volcano
19. At what rate are Britain and America parting due to continental drift? 2 mm per year 2.5 cm per year 2.8 m per year
20. What is Europe's longest river? Danube Rhine Volga
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