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Middle round (ages 9–11): 🌋 Planet Earth. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.
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The ten, for a host reading aloud
- 1.About how much of Earth's land is desert?
- A about one-third
- B about one-tenth
- C about two-thirds
- 2.Which became the world's first national park, in 1872?
- A Yellowstone
- B Yosemite
- C the Grand Canyon
- 3.Rock that forms when melted rock cools and hardens is called what?
- A igneous rock
- B metamorphic rock
- C sedimentary rock
- 4.Near Grand Canyon Village, about how deep is the canyon from rim to river?
- A about 100 feet
- B about 10 miles
- C about one mile
- 5.What was the giant supercontinent that broke apart into today's continents?
- A Atlantis
- B Pangaea
- C Antarctica
- 6.What are the three main layers of the Earth?
- A rock, water and air
- B crust, lava and ash
- C crust, mantle and core
- 7.What instrument records the shaking of an earthquake?
- A a seismograph
- B a thermometer
- C a barometer
- 8.The Ring of Fire, a belt of volcanoes and earthquakes, circles which ocean?
- A the Pacific Ocean
- B the Atlantic Ocean
- C the Indian Ocean
🔑 Show the answers
- A: about one-third. Deserts can be hot or cold, but they are always dry. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- A: Yellowstone. Its geysers and hot springs were a big reason it was protected. Source: National Park Service
- A: igneous rock. Granite, basalt and obsidian are all igneous rocks. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- C: about one mile. That is about 5,000 feet straight down from the South Rim. Source: National Park Service
- B: Pangaea. Its name means all lands, and it began breaking up about 225 to 200 million years ago. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- C: crust, mantle and core. The core in the very middle is made mostly of the metals iron and nickel. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- A: a seismograph. It draws a zig-zag line called a seismogram. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
- A: the Pacific Ocean. Deep ocean trenches run along the Ring of Fire, next to chains of volcanoes. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
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