FEBRUARY 6, 2002

GOTTESMAN HALL OF PLANET EARTH

1.  Name the sulfide chimneys recovered from the Juan de Fuca ridge:

i. _______________________  ii. ____________________  iii. _____________________

2.  What type of plate boundary were these sulfur chimneys located on? ___________________

3.  How tall was GODZILLA? (the chimney, not in the movie!) __________________

4.  List the 3 pieces of evidence that suggest life began at these deep-sea vents:

i.                    _____________________________________________________________________

ii.                  _____________________________________________________________________

iii.                _____________________________________________________________________

5.  How do ORES form from hot liquids? ___________________________________________

6.  What is El Niño? ____________________________________________________________

7.  Look at the ice core exhibit.  Identify how long ago the following occurred:

          i.  The last COLD period: ______________          ii. The last WARM period: _____________

          iii.  The Younger Dryas: _______________ iv. The highest CO₂ concentration: _______

8. What is the BIGGEST source of freshwater on Earth? _____________________________

9.  What is trapped in the ice core? ______________________________________________

10.  By how much would sea level rise by if the Antarctic ice sheet melted? ________________

11.  List 4 ways that climate data is recorded naturally:

i. ____________________________________  ii. ________________________________

iii. __________________________________    iv. ________________________________

12.  Why is the sea salty? _______________________________________________________

13.  What is weather? __________________________________________________________

        What is climate? __________________________________________________________

14.  List 3 recent (in the last week) EARTH EVENTS:

i. ________________________  ii. ______________________ iii. _____________________

15.  Identify 1 IGNEOUS, 1 METAMORPHIC and 1 SEDIMENTARY rock displayed:

16.  Who is considered to be the FATHER OF GEOLOGY? __________________________

17.  How old is the Grand Canyon? ______________________________________________

18.  Where is the OLD RED SANDSTONE found? __________________________________

19.  How LARGE can garnets get? _________________________________

20.  Why is 1816 known as “THE YEAR WITHOUT SUMMER”? ____________________

questions from the HAYDEN PLANETARIUM & ROSE HALL

1.  On your way down from the Space Show, you will see a series of scale models showing you the relative size of objects in our universe (magnitude scale or powers of 10).

This scale ranges from 10 to the _____ power (universe) to 10 to the _____ power (proton).

2.  Explain the RED SHIFT: _____________________________________________________

3.  The oldest rock on Earth is _____ billion years old, and is the rock called ______________ .