Amazing Earth Facts

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Begin Game #2
EXTREME
EARTH
QUAKES AND
ERUPTIONS
SOLAR SYSTEM
SUPERLATIVES
STORMY
WEATHER
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What is Lake Superior?
This lake is the largest
in North America.
What is San Francisco?
A large 1906 earthquake
destroyed this U.S. city.
What is the sun? (Earth is generally thought
to be 4.5 billion years old; the sun 4.6 billion.)
Of the earth or sun,
the one that is oldest.
What is lightning?
Of lightning or thunder,
the one that happens first.
What is one-third?
Of 1/3 or 1/4, this amount
of Earth’s land is desert.
Where is Venezuela?
The world’s highest
waterfall is in this country.
Where is Hawaii?
Earth’s largest volcano,
Mauna Loa, is located here.
What is Venus?
Of Venus or Jupiter, this
planet is nearest Earth’s size.
What is Colombia?
This South American country
is the wettest on Earth.
What is the melting of Earth's glaciers?
Scientists say this is causing
Earth’s equator to bulge.
What is the Caspian Sea?
This lake is the largest
in the world.
Where is Alaska?
This U.S. state gets
the most earthquakes.
What is Mars?
Of Mars or Earth, this one
takes longer to circle the sun.
What is five times hotter?
Air around lightning is this
much hotter than the Sun.
What is Pangaea (pan-JEE-uh)?
This landmass covered Earth
before the continents did.
What is Oregon? or What is Idaho?
The deepest U.S. canyon is
on the border of this state.
Where is Indonesia?
This country has the largest
number of active volcanoes.
What is Jupiter? or What is Neptune?
Saturn isn’t the only ringed
planet. So is this one.
Where is Oklahoma?
A tornado wind in this state
once measured 318 mph.
What is Ecuador?
A glacier can be found along
the equator in this country.
What is the creosote bush?
This North American plant
lives thousands of years.
Where is China?
This country was the
location of the most
deadly earthquake ever.
What is Earth?
Of Earth, the Moon, and
Mars, this one is largest.
What is 100 times?
On Earth, lightning strikes
this many times per second.
What is 3,700 miles? (Accept answers that
are close.)
From Earth’s surface to its
center is this many miles.
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