The Planet Earth

Question 1

Most widely accepted theory of the Universe’s creation

Answer 1

The Big Bang Theory

Question 2

Terrestrial Planets

Answer 2

Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

Question 3

Jovian planets/Gas giants

Answer 3

Jupiter and Saturn

Question 4

Ice giants

Answer 4

Uranus and Neptune

Question 5

A _________ is made up from clouds of gas and dust, and formed our solar system with our sun in the center.

Answer 5

Nebula

Question 6

A ____________ disk accreted to form planetary masses. Eg. The Earth

Answer 6

Protoplanetary

Question 7

2 classification of the Earth’s innermost part

Answer 7

Inner and Outer Core

Question 8

The cool and hard surface of the mantle

Answer 8

Crust

Question 9

Compressed Waves

Answer 9

P-Waves

Question 10

Waves that shakes slowly

Answer 10

S-Waves

Question 11

TRUE or FALSE: Silicon, Aluminum, Magnesium, and Iron form above the Earth’s core because they are lighter minerals.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The largest layer, includes the lithosphere and the asthenosphere, and is made up of flexible viscous liquid.

Answer 12

Mantle

Question 13

______ currents are the ones causing the crust to split in plate tectonics

Answer 13

Convection

Question 14

Geological phenomena in which a plume of molten rock rises from the mantle to the crust.

Answer 14

Mantle Plumes

Question 15

Consist of the crust and upper mantle, also referred to as “hard brittle rock”.

Answer 15

Lithosphere

Question 16

Layer of molten rock underneath the lithosphere, and is part of the mantle that moves.

Answer 16

Asthenosphere

Question 17

Innermost part, and is made up of mostly iron and other metals

Answer 17

Core

Question 18

Solid part of the core

Answer 18

Inner core

Question 19

Liquid part of the core

Answer 19

Outer core

Question 20

Earth-centered model of the universe

Answer 20

Geocentric

Question 21

Sun-centered model of the universe

Answer 21

Heliocentric

Question 22

Layer of gasses that surrounds and protects life on Earth

Answer 22

The Atmosphere

Question 23

Made up of the living things, and is also called the “Life Zone”

Answer 23

Biosphere

Question 24

Mass of water on, under, and above Earth’s surface, helps moderate the Earth’s climate

Answer 24

Hydrosphere

Question 25

Outermost solid rocky part of the Earth

Answer 25

Lithosphere

Question 26

Water rises up to the atmosphere, condenses, then forms clouds

Answer 26

Water Cycle

Question 27

Circulation of nitrogen in various forms of nature

Answer 27

Nitrogen Cycle

Question 28

Land Biomass and Fossil Fuels emits carbon which travels the atmosphere

Answer 28

Carbon Cycle

Question 29

A phenomena wherein gasses and ash is sent to the air, as well as lava and ash to the ground

Answer 29

Volcanic Eruption

Question 30

State of gravitational equilibrium between the Earth's lithosphere and asthenosphere wherein plates float at an elevation depending on the thickness and density.

Answer 30

Isostasy

Question 31

Different topographic heights are accommodated by lateral changes in rock density.

Answer 31

Pratt Model

Question 32

Different topographic heights are accommodated by changes in crustal thickness in which the crust has a constant density.

Answer 32

Airy Model

Question 33

The lithosphere acts as an elastic plate and its inherent rigidity distributes local topographic loads over a broad region by bending

Answer 33

Flexural

Question 34

Who are the people(4) that first proposed the Nebular Hypothesis?

Answer 34

Emanuel SWEDENBORG, Immanuel KANT, PIERRE-SIMON, and Marquis de LAPLACE

Question 35

How long ago was the universe started to form?

Answer 35

13.7 Billion Years Ago

Question 36

When did the Earth start to form

Answer 36

4.6 Billion Years Ago

Question 37

When did the milky way start to form.

Answer 37

4.8 Million Years Ago