PLANET EARTH QUIZ If You Get Stuck, You’Ll Find Some Helpful Clues in Chapter 2 of the Britannica All New Children’S Encyclopedia

PLANET EARTH QUIZ If you get stuck, you’ll find some helpful clues in Chapter 2 of the Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia

Question 1: Question 6: How old is Planet Earth? Nyasasaurus is famous for being: 13.8 billion years old The largest dinosaur 4.6 billion years old The smallest dinosaur 4,004 years old The oldest dinosaur 2,020 years old The newest dinosaur

Question 2: Question 7: What name did scientists give to the planet that About 650 million years ago Earth was smashed into the early Earth and may have given covered with ice. This period in our planet’s history our planet its tilt? is known as: Gaea Snowball Earth Pangea Icicle Earth Titan Cryogenic Earth Theia Deep-Freeze Earth

Question 3: Question 8: Earth’s magnetic field protects the planet from: Which of these is NOT a type of mountain? Comets Fold mountain Meteorites Block mountain Acid rain Dome mountain Solar wind Blob mountain

Question 4: Question 9: Three-quarters of Earth’s volcanoes exist in a What is the scientific name for fluffy chain surrounding which ocean? white clouds? Pacific Cumulus Atlantic Cirrus Indian Stratus Arctic Fluffus

Question 5: Question 10: About how many earthquakes does Earth Who holds the world record for the longest ever experience each year? free-fall jump through the atmosphere? 500 Felix Baumgartner 5,000 Alan Eustace 50,000 Eddie the Eagle

500,000 Evel Knievel

oldest dinosaur, 7) Snowball Earth, 8) Blob mountain, 9) Cumulus, 10) Alan Eustace Alan 10) Cumulus, 9) mountain, Blob 8) Earth, Snowball 7) dinosaur, oldest Answers

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Can you find all these planet Earth related words? CLIMATECHANGE TheyCRYSTAL can be found going up, down, diagonal, side to side and backwards! CUMULUS CLIMATEFOSSIL CHANGE GLACIER PANGEA FRACKINGCRYSTAL GOLDILOCKS ZONE TECTONIC PLATE GLACIER GOLDILOCKSZONECUMULUS HURRICANE THEIA HURRICANEFOSSIL MAGNETOSPHERE TSUNAMI MAGNETOSPHERE MOUNTAINFRACKING MOUNTAIN VOLCANO PANGEA TECTONICPLATEYou can find lots more information about these words in THEIAChapter 2 of the Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia TSUNAMI VOLCANO www.britannica-books.com

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PLANET EARTH CROSSWORD All these facts are taken from ChapterPlanet 2 Earth Crossword of the Britannica All New Children’s Encyclopedia

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