How well do you know the Earth? Earth Day Quiz!
2008-04-21 19:26:16
Take this Quiz and find out! 1. What is the hottest place on earth?
A. Death Valley, United States 138 F
B. Dallol Depression, Africa 136 F
C. El Azizia, Libya 134 F
2. What was the coldest temperature ever measured on Earth?
A. -132 F
B. -129 F
C. -122 F
3. How much space dust falls to Earth each year roughly?
A. 8, 000 tons of material enters the atmosphere every year
B. 4,000 tons of material enters the atmosphere every year
C. 1,000 tons of material enters the atmosphere every year
4. Where is the world’s highest waterfall?
A. Angel Falls in Venezuela
B. Tugela River in South Africa
C. Utigord in Norway
5. Scientist forecast that two great American cities are destined to merge in about 15 million years?
True
False
6. How far is it to the center of the Earth?
A. 4,754 miles
B. 3,963 miles
C. 2,824 miles
7. What is the longest river on Earth?
A. Amazon River, South America
B. Chang Jiang, Eurasia
C. Nile, Africa
8. Earth is the largest rocky planet in the solar system
True
False
9. What percentage of the world’s water is in the oceans?
A. 97 %
B. 92%
C 89%
10. How much surface area does Earth contain?
A. 204,864,058 square miles
B. 196,950,711 square miles
C. 189,579,453 square miles
11. Earth's atmosphere is about 80 percent nitrogen. Most of the rest is oxygen, with tiny amounts of other stuff thrown in
True
False
12. How old is Earth estimated to be?
A. 6.2 billion years old
B. 5.3 billion years old
C. 4.5 billion years old
Answers
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. True
6. B
7. C
8. True
9. A
10. B
11. True
12. C
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Comments
By Stephanie on 2008-04-22:
I really enjoyed this quiz, I actually learned some new facts. Our earth's capability to withstand all that we do to it is pretty amazing.