Chad Wiekierak
Queensbury School Dstrict

Name: _______________

Welcome to EARTH SCIENCE

1. Would you rather have 1 pound, 1 kilogram or 0.8 dekagrams of gold?

2. If a person’s mass is 80kg on earth, what is their mass on the moon?

3. Why does a rock sink when dropped in a lake?

4. Why does a steel ship float even though a piece of steel dropped in water sinks?

5. When is the sun directly overhead here in Queensbury, NY?

6. How long does it take the earth to rotate once?

7. How long does it take the earth to make one revolution?

8. Why is there a need for leap day every four years?

9. What causes the seasons?

10. Why does the moon phase change?

11. What is the name of the star closest to earth?

12. What is the name of the largest satellite orbiting the earth?

13. What is the freezing point of water...what is the melting point of ice?

14. Why is the sky blue?

15. What causes thunder?

16. What type of weather can be expected under an area of low pressure?

17. What are clouds made from?

18. What two states experience the most earthquakes?

19. What causes the earth’s tectonic plates to move?

20. Why do the Adirondack Mountains have rounded not sharp peaks?