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What is water that flows over the ground rather than seeping into it called?
Flood
Water Table
Zone Of Saturation
Runoff
When did Panama move from South America to North America?
1903
1907
1912
1914
The Magellan Space Probe completed mapping 95 percent of which planet in 1992?
Mars
Mercury
Pluto
Venus
In which desert would the highest sand dunes be found?
Gobi
Sahara
Great Australian
Sonora
Which one of these is a cause?
A Match Is Struck
The Paper Catches On Fire
The Wood Starts Burning
The House Burns Down
Which of the following minerals is most susceptible to damage caused by water?
Topaz
Opal
Fluorite
Corundum
What instrument uses sound waves to help get a picture of the ocean's bottom?
Seismographs
Sonar
Dolphin Clicks
Whale Song
Which of the following is a natural resource?
Wood
Pencils
Books
Computers
Launched in 1995, what was the SOHO spacecraft designed to study?
The Earth
The Milky Way
The Sun
Saturn's Rings
In October 1997, Thrust SSC, was the first car to exceed the speed of sound. How fast was he going?
285 Mph
586 Mph
290 Mph
763 Mph
What are the huge storms that the sun produces called?
Thunderstorms
Lightning
Solar Storms
Lunar Storms
What part of the microscope do you look through to see specimens?
Nosepiece
Eyepiece
Light Source
Slides
What does the astronomical object called Charon orbit?
Pluto
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
What kind of waves does an earthquake produce?
Seismic Waves
Earth Waves
Light Waves
Sound Waves
A low-oxygen area of the ocean is often referred to as what?
Nitrogen Saturated
Hypoxic Zone
Oxygen Starved
Dead Zone
What is the fastest speed at which a falling raindrop can hit you?
800 Mph
1 Mph
18 Mph
180 Mph
Solving an apparently impossible problem by multiplying a series of estimates is an example of what?
Born-Oppenheimer Approximation
Fermi Method
Newton's Method Of Approximation
Quantum Fluctuation
Who was the commander of the first U.S. Space Shuttle mission?
Robert Crippen
Ron McNairy
John Young
Thomas Mattingly
What product of burning fossil fuels can cause death by preventing oxygen from getting to cells?
Sulfur
Water
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Monoxide
What color describes the second full moon in a month?
Pink
Green
Red
Blue
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