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How are 99 percent of the buildings heated in Reykjavik, the capital of Iceland?

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With geothermal power – from natural hot (140 deg. F) water from an underground reservoir. The water (from Ice Age glaciers trapped by hardened lava from volcanic eruptions) is piped to radiators and hot=-water tanks throughout the city.

Who first proposed that the geological processes occurring now can be used to understand the changes of the past?

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James Hutton.

Bauxite is the ore of which element?

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Aluminum.

What name is given to calcite deposits suspended from cave roofs?

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Stalactites.

What abrasive rock is produced by gases frothing in lava?

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Pumice.

What name is given to a deep crack in a glacier?

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Crevasse

Global warming be damned. The 19th century biologist Louis Agassiz who studied Alpine glaciers was the first to propose that the Earth had been subject what phenomena in the past?

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Ice ages

MARBLE IS A FORM OF WHICH TYPE OF ROCK?

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LIMESTONE

What type of rock is formed by the rapid cooling of molten lava?

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Obsidian

WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE LAYER OF GROUND THAT REMAINS PERMANENTLY FROZEN DESPITE SEASONAL CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE?

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PERMAFROST

What is the scientific scale for measuring the hardness of rocks?

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Mohs’ scale

WHAT ‘L’ COMES OUT OF VOLCANOES?

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LAVA

Which planet is the densest?

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Earth

OF STALACTITES AND STALAGMITES, WHICH GROW UPWARDS?

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STALAGMITES

Which quarry in the Italian region of Tuscany is renowned for the quality of its marble?

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Carrara

What name is given to a deposit of carbonate of lime rising from the floor of a cave?

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Stalagmite

What is a meteorite made of?

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Most meteorites contain at least some iron metal (actually an alloy of iron and nickel). You can see the metal shining on a broken surface. Iron meteorites are all metal, stony iron meteorites are about half metal, half stone, and stone meteorites contain small flecks of metal

What A word is a circular coral reef growing on top of a submerged mountain?

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Atoll

The volcano, Laki, in Iceland that erupted in 1783, killed around 6 million people around the world and a quarter of Iceland’s population of 40,000. True or False?

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TRUE

What M word is the layer of rock that lies immediately under the crust of the Earth?

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Mantle

The Fabulous Cullinan diamond was cut into how many separate gems?

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105

What eight-letter C word is defined as a crack in a glacier?

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Crevasse

What is the Star of India?

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World’s largest sapphire

WHAT NAME IS GIVEN TO THE ROCK FORMATIONS USED AS A SOURCE OF WATER?

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AQUIFERS

What S word is a class of rocks that is formed from the wastage of other rocks?

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Sedimentary

What is mined at Kimberley, Australia?

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Gold

WHAT ‘N’ HAS THE LARGEST GLACIER FIELD IN EUROPE?

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NORWAY

In nature, the earth is composed of 3 main parts, the Crust, the mantle and what?

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The Core

Is an icicle a stalagmite or a stalactite?

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Satactite

WHAT IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE EARTH?

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CRUST

How old is the universe?

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The Universe is at least 15 billion years old, but probably not more than 20 billion years old

What gem was once considered a charm against drunkenness?

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The amethyst – which gets its name from the Greek amethysto9s – which means “remedy for drunkenness.”

WHAT ‘E’ IS A SEISMIC DISTURBANCE?

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EARTHQUAKE

What is the name given to the geological time period of 363-290 million years ago during which coal measures were formed?

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Carboniferous

What is the diameter of the earth?

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The diameter of the earth at the equator is 7,926.41 miles (12,756.32 kilometers)

WHAT TYPE OF ROCK IS GRANITE?

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IGNEOUS

What is the only rock that floats in water?

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Pumice. An igneous (produced by volcanic action) rock having a spongy or frothy texture, and composed largely of glass. It is still sometimes used, as ‘pumice stone’, to scrape the skin when bathing

A person’s ashes these days can be made into what precious gem?

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Diamonds

WHAT IS THE EARTH’S MOST ABUNDANT METAL?

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ALUMINIUM

Amethyst is a type of which mineral?

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Quartz

Marble is formed by the metamorphosis of which rock?

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Limestone

WHAT ‘F’ CAUSES AN EARTHQUAKE?

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FAULT

What mineral accounts for 35 percent of the Earth’s composition?

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Iron

What type of rock is basalt?

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Igneous

WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE ENERGY OBTAINED FROM HOT, UNDERGROUND ROCKS?

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GEOTHERMAL

What is the term for nutrient enrichment of lakes?

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Eutrophication

What’s molten magma called when it is forced onto the Earth’s surface?

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Lava.

What is the earth’s core made of?

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Molten iron and nickel.

How do igneous rocks form?

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From cooling volcanic lava.

Which planet is composed of an inner core, a mantle, and an outer crust?

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Earth.
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