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Dainsie 05-21-2005 11:45 PM

Astronomy Lesson of Records #2
 
Due to the outstanding success of the first Lesson of Records, we are going to have another one! The first was based on space and the universe, so this one is all about the earth.

The questions are formatted like "What is the biggest..." or "what is the smallest", and each will be a known World record. There are 20 questions, 10 points a question (though I do raise it if noone guesses) so this lesson will provide a MINIMUM of 200 points! The first to guess correctly gets the points, and there will be no arguing over answers, as they come from a very reliable source.

So yeah, get in and have some fun earning big points for your house!

Dainsie 05-22-2005 12:38 AM

Okay, question 1...

What is the largest active volcano on earth?

Arkee Maldemer 05-22-2005 12:40 AM

Mauna Loa?

Roma 05-22-2005 12:41 AM

Roma raised her hand. "Is it the Muana Loa in Hawaii?"

Unidentified101 05-22-2005 12:42 AM

Jamie raised her hand and said, "Mauna Loa (Hawaii) is the world's largest active volcano."

dirtydancer 05-22-2005 12:44 AM

Leah raised her hand and said, "The largest active Volcano is Muana Loa located in Hawaii."

TomFeltonLuver 05-22-2005 01:07 AM

Lauren raised her hand, "The Mauna Loa?"

Dainsie 05-22-2005 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arkee Maldemer
Mauna Loa?

Yes!

2. Highest natural arch?

Unidentified101 05-22-2005 01:22 AM

World's Highest Natural Arch The New Mexico Convention

Dainsie 05-22-2005 01:29 AM

Nope...

aiangel327 05-22-2005 01:31 AM

The Rainbow Bridge

Unidentified101 05-22-2005 01:31 AM

Tushuk Tash ("Shipton's Arch")

dirtydancer 05-22-2005 02:15 AM

Leah began to raise her hand, but Jamie beat her with the answer. "oh well, I'll try again" she thought to herself.

moi_janel 05-22-2005 03:31 AM

Rainbow Bridge found in Lake Powell National Monument, Utah, USA.

NannyMcPhee 05-22-2005 03:36 AM

"Is it Kolob Arch?"

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-22-2005 05:49 AM

(ooc: man, I was late...)
 
Tushuk Tash (Shipton's Arch) in China, measured at 1200 feet high, making it the tallest natural arch in the world.

Dainsie 05-22-2005 08:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aiangel327
The Rainbow Bridge

Yes!

3. The worlds highest mountain?

Harmonizer 05-22-2005 08:03 AM

Harmony raised her hand reluctanly "Is it mount Everest?" she said, and blushed, coz she thought she got the answer wrong (which she will).

Dainsie 05-22-2005 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by spell_caster18
Harmony raised her hand reluctanly "Is it mount Everest?" she said, and blushed, coz she thought she got the answer wrong (which she will).

That's it!

4. Deepest valley?

PHLphlyest 05-22-2005 08:26 AM

Selena raised her hand "is it Arun Valley?"

BIG_red 05-22-2005 08:35 AM

Laura puts up her hand, and "Uh.. the Arun valley?"

Dainsie 05-22-2005 08:36 AM

Nope, thats not it...

PHLphlyest 05-22-2005 08:38 AM

Uhhh "owens valley?"

Leeness 05-22-2005 08:51 AM

"i was also sure it was Aurn Valley" Lee blurted out "however it could be the colca valley, is that correct professor?" Lee asked slightly confused.

TomFeltonLuver 05-22-2005 10:30 AM

"Hmm, I could have sworn it was Arun" She thought to herself, Then raising her hand again, Lauren said "Yarlung Zangbo Valley in Tibet" She wasnt sure if she got it right at all.

cherabela 05-22-2005 12:07 PM

Cherry put up her hand as well. "The Kali Gandaki Valley perhaps?" She wasn't sure if it was right or not, but there was nothing wrong with trying.

Unidentified101 05-22-2005 12:41 PM

Colca Canyon

moi_janel 05-22-2005 01:33 PM

Yarlung Zangbo in Tibet?

pippin 05-22-2005 02:15 PM

Jenna raised her hand reluctantly. "I thought it was Arun as well...how about Death Valley then?" She had been sure it was Arun but she thought she might as well give this other answer a try.

aiangel327 05-22-2005 04:27 PM

Jen raised her hand. "The Yarlung Zangbo Valley in Tibet?"

night_star 05-22-2005 06:06 PM

Pokhara valley?

william.cook1990 05-22-2005 06:22 PM

"Death Valley?" Xavier asks.

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-22-2005 06:23 PM

"The Great Rift Valley runs north to south for some 5,000 km, from northern Syria to central Mozambique. The valley varies in width from 30-100 km and in depth from a few hundred to several thousand metres.


"If not, my second option is the Copper Canyon, a canyon system in the Sierra Tarahumara in the southwestern part of the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. This canyon system is larger and deeper than the Grand Canyon."

Dainsie 05-23-2005 09:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TomFeltonLuver
Then raising her hand again, Lauren said "Yarlung Zangbo Valley in Tibet" She wasnt sure if she got it right at all.

Yeppo!

5. Deepest canyon on earth?

Dainsie 05-23-2005 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cherabela
She wasn't sure if it was right or not, but there was nothing wrong with trying.

That's a fantastic attitude! 5 points!

PHLphlyest 05-23-2005 09:40 AM

"Colca Canyon?"

Leeness 05-23-2005 09:41 AM

Lee raised his hand for the next question "grand canyon?"

Dainsie 05-23-2005 09:59 AM

Nope, not right yet...

Leeness 05-23-2005 10:09 AM

Lee raised his hand once again "well if its not the grand canyon is it the fish river Canyon?"

Dainsie 05-23-2005 10:28 AM

Lol, no, it's not. The grand canyon is the worlds largest land gorge, not the deepest canyon...

Leeness 05-23-2005 10:33 AM

Lee raise dhis hand eager to get this question right " how about the Yarlung Zangbo valley?"

pippin 05-23-2005 10:35 AM

Jenna raised her hand eagerly. "Vicos Gorge in northern Greece?" She asked. She knew she should try, although she probably was wrong again.

TomFeltonLuver 05-23-2005 11:29 AM

Lauren raised her hand quickly, She had seen that Selena had gotten to it first, But she still wanted to try. "The Colca Canyon?"

Unidentified101 05-23-2005 11:55 AM

Jamie raised her hand and said, " Cotahuasi Canyon is believed to be the deepest of any continental surface on Earth."

cherabela 05-23-2005 12:40 PM

OOC: Wow, er, thanks Dainsie.

Having thought the answer was the Colca Canyon as well, she decides to try. "The Copper Canyon perhaps?"

night_star 05-23-2005 01:32 PM

Yarlung Zangbo Canyon?

PhelpsTwinsFan 05-23-2005 06:23 PM

Tori raised her hand and anwer the question "Cotahuasi Canyon?"

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-23-2005 06:30 PM

*sighing, Nadia raised her hand though both her options had already been said, so just to be original she said*

"I believe it could be the Brahmaputra, in China."

CaseyMarieThomas 05-23-2005 07:12 PM

Casey raised her hand, "I think its Yarlung Tsangpo Gorge," She paused "I think?"

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-23-2005 07:19 PM

(ooc: Actually I'm going to make a second guess because the ones I thought were guessing the same as my charry have another pronounciation of the place/spelling/or just have difference so...)

Nadia raised her hand, "My sencond guess is the Yarlung Tsangpo Canyon."

serenasnape 05-23-2005 11:46 PM

There was an American expedition that has documented the Namche Barwa Gorge in eastern Tibet as the world's largest and deepest canyon in October 1993. Although Peru's Colca Canyon was officially declared the earth's deepest at 10,500 feet in 1981, the Namche Barwa Gorge in eastern Tibet has been rumored to exceed this for quite some time.

[the.time.turner] 05-24-2005 12:05 AM

Tania's raised her hand. She hoped it wasn't too late having just remembered the answer to the question.
"I believe the world's deepest canyon is the Yarlung Tsang Po in Tibet," she answered.

Dainsie 05-25-2005 04:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pippin
Jenna raised her hand eagerly. "Vicos Gorge in northern Greece?" She asked. She knew she should try, although she probably was wrong again.

Yes!

6. Largest sandstone monolith?

Potatohead 05-25-2005 04:11 AM

"Uluru" She sa after she raised her hand.

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-25-2005 04:15 AM

Mount Augustus in Australia

Dainsie 05-25-2005 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Annabel_Lee713
"Uluru" She sa after she raised her hand.

Yep!

7. Oldest confirmed impact on Earth?

wandwoman 05-25-2005 05:19 AM

The Barringer Crater is the first crater to be proven the result of an impact

PhelpsTwinsFan 05-25-2005 01:40 PM

Tori rised her hand and said "South Africa`s Barberton greenstone belt and Australia`s Pilbara block."

Zekk 05-25-2005 09:42 PM

"I don't have a place, but it was said a rock hit the earth 3.5 billion years ago, with pieces found in Africa and Austalia" Zekk said with very little confidence.

Dainsie 05-25-2005 11:52 PM

Zekk was closer... Hint: It is somewhere in canada... just a date of how old they are will be enough...

Unidentified101 05-25-2005 11:55 PM

Mistastin Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

SweetCatastrophe 05-26-2005 12:01 AM

"On August 23, 2002, two scientists announced their discovery of a 3.47 billion year old meteorite that struck earth. The diameter is around 12 miles wide. All traces of a crater have been eroded away."

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-26-2005 12:04 AM

Raising her hand, "I will guess it's the Sudbury Impact, in Ontario, Canada. It had a diameter of 250.00 km and fell some time 1850 ± 3 *Ma (1.85 billion years ago)."


Potatohead 05-26-2005 12:07 AM

The Sudbury Basin - 1.8 billion years ago

Dainsie 05-26-2005 12:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cookimnstr111
"On August 23, 2002, two scientists announced their discovery of a 3.47 billion year old meteorite that struck earth. The diameter is around 12 miles wide. All traces of a crater have been eroded away."

OMFG! Just ignore me, I gave the wrong hint! *Ish stoopid* Thats for the NEXT question... *thwacks self*

Someone already had it... ^^

Ok this question that has something to do with Canada.

8. Oldest volcanic rocks on earth?

Roma 05-26-2005 12:32 AM

"In Quebec, Canada, it is said that they found rocks that are 3.825 billion years old," Roma replied.

Unidentified101 05-26-2005 12:33 AM

Jamie said, "Canadian geologists say they've found Earth's oldest volcanic and sedimentary rocks in northern Quebec. The estimated 3.825-billion-year-old rocks could help scientists to understand the first quarter of the planet's history."

quidditch_chick 05-26-2005 12:33 AM

Kali raised her hand and said full of uncertainty, "The oldest volcanic rocks on Eath are about 3.825 billion years old. They're found in the Inukjuak area in Quebec, Canada."

elvishwitchx 05-26-2005 12:35 AM

Bailey raised her hand. "I believe they are the rocks found in Quebec that date back approximately four billion years."

SweetCatastrophe 05-26-2005 12:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dainsie
OMFG! Just ignore me, I gave the wrong hint! *Ish stoopid* Thats for the NEXT question... *thwacks self*

Someone already had it... ^^

Ok this question that has something to do with Canada.

8. Oldest volcanic rocks on earth?

ooc: No worries. We all make mistakes. ^_^

Anila tapped her finger to her chin, thinking. It came to her, at the same time as Roma, so she kept quiet.

Dainsie 05-26-2005 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roma
"In Quebec, Canada, it is said that they found rocks that are 3.825 billion years old," Roma replied.

Yes!

9. Largest geological feature discovered from space?

Potatohead 05-26-2005 01:02 AM

The Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert?

Unidentified101 05-26-2005 01:04 AM

The geological features in the Cydonia Region are quite interesting.

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-26-2005 02:04 AM

I'm not sure what you mean by geological feature >_< so...
 
*raise hand* "The maximum deviations in the shape of the earth is the highest point on it, Mount Everest."

Dainsie 05-26-2005 04:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Annabel_Lee713
The Richat Structure in the Sahara Desert?

That's the one!

10. Largest liquid body on earth?

Potatohead 05-26-2005 04:40 AM

The largest liquid body on Earth is it's outer core.

ooc: Just added "Earth", didn't sound right.

Dainsie 05-26-2005 04:54 AM

That's right!

11. Greatest submarine mountain range?

Potatohead 05-26-2005 05:06 AM

the Milwaukee Deep?

Arkee Maldemer 05-26-2005 06:04 AM

"I believe it's the mid-ocean ridge, at about 56 000 kilometers long."

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-26-2005 01:01 PM

Mid-Atlantic Ridge [explanation: it is a mostly underwater mountain range of the Atlantic Ocean that runs from 87°N (about 333 km South of the North Pole) to subantarctic Bouvet Island, where it turns into Atlantic-Indian-Ridge and continues further East through Crozet Plateau to the Southwest Indian Ridge, while in the West it is followed by Scotia Ridge.]

Unidentified101 05-26-2005 02:12 PM

The islands are the highest summits of great submarine mountain ranges that
include the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the world's longest mountain range

serenasnape 05-26-2005 02:13 PM

The Mid-Oceanic Ridge (in the Indian Ocean), along with other submarine ridges, encloses a series of deep-sea basins (abyssal plains). The greatest depth (25,344 ft/7,725 m) is in the Java Trench, S of Java, Indonesia.

PhelpsTwinsFan 05-26-2005 08:27 PM

Tori didn't know the answer did she mean liquid like water or liquid like lava?

Dainsie 05-27-2005 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arkee Maldemer
"I believe it's the mid-ocean ridge."

Yeppo.

12. Weakest region in the Earth's magnetic field?

Potatohead 05-27-2005 05:45 AM

It's weakest near the equator?

Dru 05-27-2005 05:48 AM

Dru nodded to the Ravenclaws answer, wishing that she had gotton there first.

Dainsie 05-27-2005 06:04 AM

No, there's an actual named point on the earth where it is by far the weakest...

Dru 05-27-2005 06:12 AM

Dru raised her hand "The Southern Magnetic Anomaly found off the coast of Brazil"

Potatohead 05-27-2005 06:14 AM

I'm not sure so I'm going to guess..True North?

ooc:lol...that was the only thing I could find..They're reall all that great with using names I suppose..

Dainsie 05-27-2005 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dru
Dru raised her hand "The Southern Magnetic Anomaly found off the coast of Brazil"

Yes!

13. Deepest point in the ocean?

Dru 05-27-2005 06:41 AM

the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean

Drusilla Black 05-27-2005 12:39 PM

"The greatest known depth is located in the Mindanao Trench (West Pacific) where the British ship Cook (1962) found 11,516 meters in depth exceeding Mount Everest's height by 2,660 meters," says Drusilla.

Unidentified101 05-27-2005 01:40 PM

Jamie raised her hand and said, "The greatest known depth is located in the Mindanao Trench (West Pacific) where the British ship Cook (1962) found 11,516 meters in depth exceeding Mount Everest's height by 2,660 meters."

serenasnape 05-27-2005 01:59 PM

Marianas Trench near Guam at 10,924 meters (35,839 feet).

aiangel327 05-27-2005 03:24 PM

Jen raised her hand. "The Marina's Trench off the coast of Guam in the Pacific Ocean."

Dainsie 05-28-2005 03:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dru
the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean

There's an actual name for the deepest point. Can anyone name it?

She-Who-Is-Not-To-Be-Psycho! 05-28-2005 03:47 AM

The deepest point in the Mariana Trench and in the oceans is Challenger Deep which is three hundred and forty kilometers off the coast of Guam.

Dainsie 05-28-2005 04:09 AM

Ya huh!

14. Largest iceberg recorded?

Cristygen 05-28-2005 04:15 AM

Cristy raises her hand. "The largest iceberg ever recored was Iceberg B15, which calved from the Ross Ice Shelf".

Martha 05-28-2005 04:16 AM

Martha raises her hand and says, "The largest icebergs (also referred to as ice islands) originate from the vast ice shelves surrounding Antarctica. The largest-known iceberg was from this region. It was roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island. The tallest known iceberg in the North Atlantic was 550 feet high. Extending out of the water to almost the height of the Washington Monument, it is the tallest iceberg recorded to date."


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