74+ Earth Trivia Questions with Answers

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Which age is known as the "Age of Fish"?

  • Paleozoic Era
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Where is the deepest land gorge on Earth?

  • Grand Canyon
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When a meander is cut off, what is formed?

  • Oxbow Lake
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What word means "the shakes that come after the earthquakes"?

  • Aftershocks
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What type of scientist studies microscopic plants and animals?

  • Microbiologist
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What type of satellites are always in the same spot in Earth's orbit?

  • Geostationary Satellites
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What type of rock is coal?

  • Sedimentary Rock
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What type of clouds surround the eye of a hurricane?

  • Wall Clouds
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What type of clouds are thick and puffy and can sometimes turn into thunderstorms?

  • Cumulus
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What substance, added to fog, makes smog?

  • Smoke
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What sort of storm is shaped like a funnel and is very destructive when it touches down?

  • Tornado
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What season is between winter and summer?

  • Spring
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What scientist purposed the theory of continental drift?

  • Alfred Wegener
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What process helps to break down rocks by wind, air or rain?

  • Physical Weathering
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What ongoing process allows water to be constantly recycled?

  • Water Cycle
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What name was given to the west wind by the Greeks?

  • Zephyrus
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What name is given to 23.5 degrees north latitude?

  • Tropic Of Cancer
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What layer of the Earth is right below the crust?

  • Mantle
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What layer in the atmosphere is responsible for filtering out solar radiation?

  • Ozone Layer
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What is the wearing away of parts of the Earth by water or wind called?

  • Erosion
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What is the very bottom soil horizon called?

  • Bedrock
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What is the trapping of the sun's solar energy and radiation called?

  • Greenhouse Effect
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What is the tendency of Earth's rotation to turn winds called?

  • Coriolis Effect
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What is the study of plant life called?

  • Botany
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What is the science of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth called?

  • Geology
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What is the release of water vapor from plants called?

  • Transpiration
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What is the process that removes salt from sea water?

  • Desalination
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What is the name of the submerged fringe of a continent?

  • Continental Shelf
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What is the name of an instrument that records vibrations in the Earth's crust?

  • Seismograph
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What is the name given to a fossil that best defines a rock layer's age?

  • Index Fossil
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What is the imaginary line that runs from the North to the South Pole called?

  • Axis
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What is the height of the sea's surface generally called?

  • Sea Level
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What is the hardest mineral known on Earth called?

  • Diamond
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What is the full name for CFCs?

  • Chlorofluorocarbons
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What is the formal name for climate studies?

  • Climatology
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What is the energy released from the sun called?

  • Solar Radiation
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What is the current era in the geologic time scale?

  • Cenozoic Era
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What is the calm center part of a hurricane called?

  • Eye
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What is molten rock beneath the surface of the earth called?

  • Magma
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What is magma, which has surfaced through a volcanic eruption?

  • Lava
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What is energy from the internal heat of the Earth called?

  • Geothermal
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What is condensed water falling from the atmosphere called?

  • Precipitation
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What is another name for fossilized resin?

  • Amber
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What is a sudden collapse and downward motion of ice and rocks down a mountainside?

  • Avalanche
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What is a scientist who specializes in soil and crops called?

  • Agronomist
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What is a plant with no internal system of tube like structures called?

  • Nonvascular Plant
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What is a person called who specializes in the physical structure and process of the earth?

  • Geologist
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What instrument do you use to measure wind speed?

  • Anemometer
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What happens to the pressure of water as depth under the water increases?

  • It Increases
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What fuels were formed from the decayed remains of plants and animals?

  • Fossil Fuels
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