2025 Earth Science Reference Table Review - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Color of our Sun?	Yellow	71%
Light Color indicating something coming towards you?	Blue	64%
Hardest Mineral?	Diamond	64%
Color of Betelgeuse? \| Light Color indicating something going away from you?	Red	64%
Element being Converted into Helium by the Sun Right now?	Hydrogen	57%
Color of Beta Centauri? \| Color of Sirius B?	White	57%
Chemical Symbol for Zinc?	Zn	57%
Chemical Symbol for Iron?	Fe	50%
Chemical Symbol for Nickel?	Ni	50%
Softest Mineral?	Talc	50%
Chemical Symbol for Silver?	Ag	43%
Element that primarily makes up the Earth's core?	Iron	43%
Period that the earliest dinosaurs date back to?	Triassic	43%
Hardness of a copper penny?	3.5	36%
Which plate includes most of Africa?	African	36%
What kind of current is the California Current?	Cold	36%
Highest Frequency light waves?	Gamma	36%
What era is the Jurassic Period a part of?	Mesozoic	36%
Which ocean has the Kuroshio Current? \| Which tectonic plate lies mostly beneath the Pacific Ocean?	Pacific	36%
What is the last mineral to form from magma?	Quartz	36%
Lowest Frequency light waves?	Radio	36%
Shape used to represent a cold front?	Triangle	36%
Hardness of your fingernail?	2.5	29%
Latitude of Niagra Falls? (to the nearest degree) \| Latitude of Syracuse? (to the nearest degree)	43	29%
What do stars end as?	Black holes	29%
What Direction does the Equatorial Countercurrent flow? \| Which direction do polar easterlies blow from?	East	29%
What continent does the Norwegian Current go past?	Europe	29%
What does H stand for on a weather map? \| What pressure is near the poles? \| What pressure system is found at 30 degrees latitude?	High	29%
What ocean has the Agulhas Current?	Indian	29%
What causes rocks to change form deep underground?	Pressure	29%
Earliest stage of a star?	Protostar	29%
What type of rock is formed from compacted sediments?	Sedimentary	29%
What process starts the breakdown of rocks into sediments?	Weathering	29%
Eccentricity of Earth's Orbit?	0.017	21%
Period of Rotation at the Equator of the sun? (in days)	27	21%
Latitude of Binghamton? (to the nearest degree)	42	21%
Era that humans date back to?	Cenozoic	21%
What type of boundary involves plates colliding?	Convergent	21%
Mineral with a Hardness of 9?	Corundum	21%
Period where the earliest Amphibians started to exist?	Devonian	21%
What type of boundary is marked by two plates moving apart?	Divergent	21%
Where is the troposphere highest in altitude?	Equator	21%
What natural event creates volcanic tuff?	Eruption	21%
Which plate contains the Himalayas?	Eurasian	21%
What process changes rocks due to heat and pressure?	Metamorphism	21%
What plate subducts underneath the South American plate?	Nazca	21%
Daughter decay product of Carbon-14?	Nitrogen-14	21%
The Cambrian Period is in what era?	Paleozoic	21%
Parent isotope of Argon-40?	Potassium-40	21%
What kind of current is the Gulf Stream?	Warm	21%
Eccentricity of Venus's Orbit?	0.007	14%
Hardness of a glass plate?	5.5	14%
Revolution Period of Mercury? (in days)	88	14%
What symbol represents calm wind?	Circle	14%
Property of a mineral causing it to break geometricly?	Cleavage	14%
What mineral is in both intermediate and felsic rocks?	Feldspar	14%
In what period did the oldest sauropods start to exist?	Jurassic	14%
Unit which wind speed is calculated in?	Knots	14%
What front is represented by alternating triangles and semicircles?	Occluded	14%
What mineral forms first when magma cools?	Olivine	14%
Period where the first horses and whales appeared?	Paleogene	14%
What cell is closest to the poles?	Polar	14%
Plagioclase changes from calcium to what?	Sodium	14%
What Process forms igneous rocks from magma?	Solidification	14%
Eccentricity of Neptune's orbit?	0.009	7%
Eccentricity of Saturn?	0.054	7%
Eccentricity of Mercury's Orbit?	0.206	7%
How many Kilometers thick is Earth's mantle?	2900	7%
Axial tilt of Jupiter?	3.13	7%
Axial tilt of the Sun?	7.25	7%
Longitude of Ronkonkoma? (to the nearest degree)	73	7%
Longitude of Mt. Marcy? (to the nearest degree) \| Longitude of NYC? (to the nearest degree)	74	7%
Longitude of Binghamton? (to the nearest degree)	76	7%
Longitude of Buffalo? (to the nearest degree)	79	7%
Axial tilt of Uranus?	97.77	7%
What current flows west of Canada?	Alaska	7%
What does a filled in circle mean for sky cover?	Completely Overcast	7%
Cell between 30 and 60 degrees latitude?	Ferrel	7%
Which cell is between 0 degrees and 30 degrees latitude?	Hadley	7%
Weather condition represented by a triangle on a weather map?	Hail	7%
What is the name of the plate between the Pacific and the North American plates?	JuanDeFuca	7%
What does an empty circle mean for sky cover?	No clouds	7%
What process turns limestone into marble?	Recrystallization	7%
What is produced when rocks are broken down at the surface?	Sediments	7%
How deep is Earth's inner core?	5150	0%
Half-life of Carbon-14? (in years)	5730	0%
Diameter of Mars in Kilometers?	6792	0%
What changes in the continuous series of Bowen's Reaction?	Composition	0%
What era do the Oldest Rocks in New York State come from?	Mesoproterozoic	0%
Era where the oldest undisputed evidence for life exists?	Paleoarchean	0%
What current flows west of South America?	Peru	0%
Which element has a wavelength of 460?	Silicon	0%

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