00_Correlation Course__45_TRIVIAS pt 1 Flashcards
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Most massive volcano in the world
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Tamu Massif
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Tallest shield volcano in the world
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Mauna Loa
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Tallest active volcano in the world
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Ojos del Salado
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Tallest volcano in the solar system
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Olympus Mons
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Tallest active volcano in the Philippines
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Mount Ragang
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Most active volcano in the Philippines
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Mount Mayon
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Second most active volcano in the Philippines
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Taal
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Third most active volcano in the Philippines
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Kanlaon
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Fourth most active volcano in the Philippines
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Bulusan
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Fifth most active volcano in the Philippines
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Smith
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Highest volcano in Asia
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Mount Damavand
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Most active volcano in Indonesia
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Mount Merapi
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Most active volcano in the world
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Kilauea in Hawaii
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Smallest active volcano in the world
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Taal in Batangas, Philippines
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Tallest Cinder cone volcano
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Paricutin in Mexico
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Largest maar on Earth
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Devil Mountain Lakes in Alaska
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Largest caldera on the Earth
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Apolaki Caldera in Benham Rise (Philippine Rise)
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Smallest volcano in the world
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Cuexcomate in Mexico
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Most active volcano in Europe
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Mt. Etna
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Most active volcano in Africa
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Nyamuragira
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Most active volcano in North America
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Kilauea
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Largest Extinct volcano
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Tamu Massif
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Country with most active volcanoes recorded
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Indonesia
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Country with most volcanoes recorded
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United States of America
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Largest eruption ever recorded by humans (1816). It causes "Year without a summer", dropping the global temperature around 0.4-0.7 °C.
Mount Tambora
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Largest river by volume in the world
Amazon River
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Longest river in the world
Nile River
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Deepest river in the World
Congo River in Africa
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Hottest river in the world
Shanay-Timpishka
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Coldest river in the world
Neretva River
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Shortest river in the world
Roe River
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Longest river in the Philippines
Cagayan River
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Deepest river in the Philippines
Hinatuan Enchanted River
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Largest drainage basin in the world
Amazon River Basin
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Largest drainage basin in Philippines
Cagayan River Basin
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Largest river by discharge in the world
Amazon River
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Tallest mountain from submarine base to peak found in Hawaii
Mauna Kea
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Tallest mountain from above sea level to peak found between the borders of Nepal and Tibet, China
Mount Everest
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Tallest mountain from the Earth's center found in Ecuador
Mount Chimborazo
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Highest mountain in Southeast Asia
Hkakabo Razi
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Highest mountain in the Philippines
Mount Apo
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Highest Mountain in Indonesia
Puncak Jaya
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Highest Mountain in Vietnam
Fansipan
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Highest mountain in Thailand
Doi Inthanon
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Highest mountain in Malaysia
Mount Kinabalu
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Highest Mountain in Singapore
Bukit Timah Hill
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Highest mountain in Cambodia
Phnum Aôral
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Highest mountain in Myanmar
Hkakabo Razi
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Highest mountain in Laos
Phou Bia
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Highest mountain in Brunei
Bukit Pagon
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Highest mountain in Timor Leste
Tatamailau/Mount Ramelau
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Smallest mountain in the world found in Australia
Mount Wycheproof
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World's tallest vertical cliff
Mount Thor
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Longest mountain range in the world
mid-ocean ridge
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Longest above-water mountain range located at the South American continent
Andes
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Highest elevation in Andes
Mount Aconcagua
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Highest mountain in North America
Denali/Mt. Mckinley
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Highest Mountain in Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro
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Highest mountain in South America
Mount Aconcagua
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Highest mountain in Europe
Mount Elbrus
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Highest mountain in Australia
Mount Kosciusko
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Highest mountain in Antarctica
Vinson Massif
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Longest mountain range in Philippines
Sierra Madre
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Longest mountain range in Asia
Kunlun Mountains in China
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Tallest mountain from base to summit entirely above water
Rakaposhi
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Tallest mountain on the moon
Mons Huygens
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Highest point on the moon
Selean Summit
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Tallest mountain in the solar system found on asteroid Vesta
Rheasilvia
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Highest free standing mountain
Mount Kilimanjaro
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Largest freshwater lake by Volume
Lake Baikal
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Largest lake by surface area
Caspian Sea
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Deepest lake in the world
Lake Baikal
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Smallest lake in the world
Benxi Lake in China
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Largest lake in the Philippines
Laguna Lake
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Smallest Lake in the Philippines
Jamboree Lake in Muntinlupa, Manila
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Coldest lake in the world
Lake Vida in Antarctica
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Most acidic lake
Kawah Ijen Crater Lake in East Java, Indonesia
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Largest lake by volume and surface area in United States
Lake Superior
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Largest lake in Asia
Caspian Sea
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Largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia
Tonle Sap in Cambodia
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Deepest lake in the Philippines
Lake Mainit
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Largest impact crater
Vredefort Crater in South Africa
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Second largest impact crater
Chicxulub Crater in Yucatan Peninsula
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Third largest impact Crater
Subdury Crater in Ontario Canada
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Largest impact crater in North America
Barringer Meteor Crater
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Second largest impact crater in North America
Beaverhead Crater
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Largest impact crater in the solar system. It is found in the moon.
South Pole-Aitken crater
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Largest impact crater on Mars
Hellas Impact Crater
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Largest desert in the world
Antarctica
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Driest non-polar desert in the world
Atacama Desert
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Wettest desert in the World
Sonoran Desert
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Largest non-polar desert in the world
Sahara Desert
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Largest cave in the world
Son Doong
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Largest cave in the Philippines
Calbiga/Langun-Gobingob Caves in Samar Province
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Longest cave in the world
Mammoth Cave
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Longest cave in Philippines
Sulpan Cave in Samar
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Longest cave in Asia
Shuanghe Cave in Southwest China
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Deepest cave in the world
Veryovkina Cave in Georgia
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Deepest cave in the Philippines
Sumaguing Cave in Mountain province
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Deepest cave in Asia
Boybuloq Cave in Uzbekistan
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located by the gulf of guinea also known as "land nearest to nowhere"
Cape Three Points
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Mean velocity of Earth
107,182 - 107,218 km/h
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What does NASA use to protect our Astronauts and Space Equipments from radiation?
Gold
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why is gold ideal to be used in space?
it does not rust or corrode
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located on top of the natural gas field in Turkmenistan, Soviet geologists found and drilled for natural gas here in 1971 when the ground began to collapse to leave a large crater. To prevent inhalation of poisonous gas, the crater was set on fire, believing the natural gas would quickly be burned off and the fire would go out.
Door to Hell
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has been discovered to be contributing the most meltwater to Earth's rising oceans
Canadian Arctic glacier
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Earth's largest living structure is located off the coast of Queensland in Australia. It measures about 1,430 miles long and is big enough to be visible from space.
Great Barrier Reef
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Composed of almost 3,000 smaller reefs, it is home to 1,625 types of fish, 100 species of jellyfish, and 600 types of soft and hard corals as well as many other forms of life.
biodiversity in the great barrier reef
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World's Largest Lake with a surface area of 143,200 square miles (370,886 square kilometers)
Caspian Sea
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surface area of caspian sea
143,200 square miles (370,886 square kilometers)
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the largest rainforest in the world. It covers approximately 2.2 million square miles.
Amazon
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Area covered by Amazon Rainforest
2.2 million square miles.
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a landlocked salt lake between Israel and Jordan that is so salty that almost nothing can live in its waters; it is 1,349 feet below sea level, making it the lowest place on the exposed crust of the earth
Dead Sea
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elevation of dead sea
1,349 feet below sea level
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largest volcanic eruption recorded by humans occurred in April 1815, the eruption ranked 7 on the Volcanic Explosivity Index. The ash from the eruption column dispersed around the world and decreased global temperatures by 0.4-0.7 degrees Celsius (0.72-1.26 degrees Fahrenheit) in an event known as the Year Without a Summer in 1816. This brief period of significant climate change triggered extreme weathers and harvest failures across the Northern Hemisphere.
Mt. Tambora (April 1815) Indonesia
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1816, ash from Mt. Tambora eruption blocks out sunlight.
year without a summer
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The coldest place on Earth is between the summits Dome Argus and Dome Fuji, where researchers measured temperatures that reached minus 148 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 100 degrees Celsius). Not only was this the lowest temperature ever recorded on the planet, but it's also likely as cold as it can possibly get.
a frozen ice ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau
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Temperature of the coldest place on earth
-148 degrees Farenheit ( minus 100 degrees celsius)
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world's highest waterfall which is 3,212 feet high. It is as tall as a 300-story building.
Angel falls in Venezuela
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Height of the tallest waterfalls on earth as high as a 300-storey building
3,212 feet high
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volcanic mineral was used as stopwatch or crystal clock to calculate the time of magma storage before the volcanic eruption.
Spinel
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This is where The largest confirmed stalagmite in the world can be found. This behemoth rises 220 feet (67.2 meters) tall.
Cuevo San Martin Infierno Cuba
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( South Africa )houses the largest gold deposit ever recorded. 2 billion ounces of gold have been mined for the past century. And it's estimated to contain 1,161 billion ounces ( 36,000 tonnes) gold in reserve.
Witwatersrand Gold field
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Eastern Colorado and Western Utah holds the largest oil deposit discovered. It is estimated to house 2.855 trillion barrel of Shale oil.
The Piceance and Uinta Basins
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Equatorial Circumference of Earth
24,901 Miles (40,075 Km)
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Polar Circumference of Earth
24,860 Miles (40,008 Km)
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On September 13, 1992, El Azizia in Libya made history after a weather station there recorded the highest temperature ever directly measured on Earth
a blistering 136.4 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Day when the hottest temperature on earth was recorded in el azizia libyA
33860
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What place holds the record for the highest recorded temperature on Earth?
El Azizia, Libya
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in the Australian Outback is the largest rock on Earth. It can be seen from almost 100 miles away and is about 2,352 feet high.
Mount Augustus
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Closes point to space on earth
Mount Chimborazo
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largest exposed fault on earth found beneath Banda Sea in E. Indonesia
Banda Detachment Fault
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at what rate does Earth travel through space?
67,000 mph
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The deep blue underwater sinkhole also called as the eye of the South China Sea, is likely the world's deepest sinkhole, reaching about 987 feet below the surface.
Dragon Hole
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The oldest mountain range in the world in the Barberton Greenstone Belt in South Africa and Swaziland, it is dated 3.5 BYO.
Makhonjwa Mountains
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The greatest movement of earth's crust which is moving steadily further into the Pacific at a rate of 24 cm (9.4 in) per year.
Tonga microplate near Samoa
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Rate of movement of the Tonga Microplate near Samoa
24 cm (9.4 inches) per year
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Due to the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo, the temperature of the tropical lower stratosphere increased by this much because of aerosol absorption of terrestrial longwave and solar near-infrared radiation.
4 Kelvin ( 4 degrees celsius)
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one of the largest volcanic depressions on Earth.
Yellowstone National Park
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is an underwater volcano in Hawaii that will erupt about 1000 years from now and make another island of Hawaii. it has another 3000 feet to go before it breaks the surface and becomes another island in the Hawwaiian chain.
Loihi
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According to NASA, the Earth gets this much heavier every year due to falling meteoroids - space dust, gravel, and rocks.
40,000 tons
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Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory have predicted that a 1-kilometer-wide asteroid has a one-in-300 chance of plunging into the North Atlantic Ocean on this date. If the event actually occurs, it would send a 300-foot wall of water crashing into the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
358015
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The southern continent is a place of extremes, with the Antarctic ice cap containing some ——percent of Earth's fresh water and about —— percent of its ice, even though it is only the fifth largest continent
70% of Freshwater and 90% of Ice
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How long does it take light from the sun to reach the earth?
8 minutes and 20 seconds
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Earth's rotation is slowing at a rate of approximately at this rate in a century, and the length of a day for the dinosaurs was closer to 22 hours.
17 milliseconds
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responsible for about 20% of all the water reaching the ocean via rivers
Amazon River
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driest place on earth. (chile) a narrow belt of dry land that extends along the Pacific Coast of South America. Over a span of 59 years, this region received a total of less than 2 inches of rain.
Atacama Desert
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places which boast the highest volcanoes in the world. In these places dozens of cones exceed 20,000 ft
Chile, Peru, and Ecuador
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Prehistoric caldera eruptions in Yellowstone National Park were ____ times larger than the 1980 Mount St. Helens episode, strong enough to decimate much of western North America. Volcanologists have compared their destructive forces to a small asteroid
1000 times
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Buried a thousand feet underground, the gypsum pillars in Mexico are the largest natural crystals known. Some of the beams in the sweltering cave measure more than 30 feet long. You might think it hard for Earth to hide such a glittering crystalline trove, but the cave was only discovered in 2000, when silver miners accidentally broke through its walls.
Cave of Crystals mexico
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Earth has boiling rivers. In the Peruvian rainforest, Mayantuyacu has a 4 mile river named _______________whose temperatures reach up to 196 degrees Fahrenheit, though in some parts it will actually boil.
Shanay-timpishka River
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What is the world's deepest and largest freshwater lake?
Lake Baikal, Russia
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The only sea on the Earth without a coastline, a sea without shores.
Sargasso Sea
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Human activity can cause earthquakes. This can reduce friction in the area and when too much fluid is applied slippage happens and earthquakes occur.
Pumping fluids through faults
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132 AD Chinese inventor of the seismoscope the first instrument to detect earthquake
Chang Heng
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world's largest island 2, 175, 597 Km^2
Greenland
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the smallest desert on earth which occupies an area of about 1 square mile. It is situated right outside the community of Carcross in Yukon, Canada.
Carcross Desert
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world's deepest and longest canyon in Tibet-China
Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon
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has the longest total coastline among all of the countries of the world spanning at around 202,080 km.
Canada
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we are spinning at this enormous speed that could be depending on your position on Earth.
1000 miles per hour
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plates being divided by east african rift zone
Somalian and Nubian Tectonic Plates
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Range of Earth's Axis Tilt
22.1 to 24.5
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the Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the planet of its orbit around the sun. this tilt changes with time. During a cycle that averages between _________. The tilt of the axis varies from 22.1 to 24.5 degrees. This tilt is the reason why seasons occur and the change in seasons can be exaggerated due to the change in tilt.
40,000 years
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At this event/date, the fastest wind speed not related to a tornado was recorded
tropical cyclone olivia on 10 april 1996
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The fastest wind speed not related to tornadoes ever recorded was during the passage of tropical cyclone olivia on 10 april 1996: an automatic weather station on barrow island, Australia registered a maximum wind gust of _____?
408 km/hr
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Quickest moving plates at a rate of 10 cm/yr
Cocos and Nazca Plate
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Same side of the moon is always facing the earth
Effect of Synchronous Rotation of Earth and Moon
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In Venezuela largest lake in South America and is the stormiest place on Earth. Thunderstorms rage above this massive body of water for up to 200 days of the year, with each ear-splitting event lasting for several hours.
Lake Maracaibo
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flattest country in the world with an average highest above sea level of 2.4m
Maldives
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The average global temperature increased this much since 1880.
0.8°C
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The driest place on Earth in Antarctica. The amount of rainfall per year is almost non-existent which makes it almost impossible for scientists to quantify it.
Dry Valley or McMurdo Dry Valley
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crushed to make bricks that were used in building the Great Wall of China
Granite, Marble, Limestone, and Shale
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The largest Glacier on Earth is 60 miles wide and 270 miles log named after former Australian director of national mapping Bruce P. Lambert, who helped chart out the area during the late 1950s.
Antartica's Lambert Glacier
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Autralian Director of NationL Mapping to whom the largest glacier on earth was named after
Bruce P. Lambert
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Astronomers discovered a star made entirely of diamonds in 2004 more than 2,400 miles across and is composed of 10 billion trillion trillion carats and 50 light years from Earth
Lucy
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the largest cave room or chamber in the world which measures 1.66 million square feet, is nearly 2,000 feet long and over 260 feet high. It is so large that it could hold 40, Boeing 747 aircraft.
Sarawak Chamber, Malaysia
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deepest cave on the entire planet. It is located approximately 2,212 meters above sea level. This natural wonder is located in the Gagra mountain range in Abkhazia, Georgia.
Veryovkina Cave
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the largest mountain chain on Earth which 90% is mostly covered in oceanic water with an estimated depth of 8,200 ft below the water surface and runs 40,389 miles around the world, beating the Andes mountains in South America which is 4,350 miles long.
Mid-Oceanic Ridge System
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length of Mid Oceanic Ridge
40,389 miles
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The percentage of Ocean that Humans have explored
0.05
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region of China called the "Roof of the World", is very rocky, is surrounded by mountain ranges, and is located in the Himalayan Mt. Range. The largest and highest plateau in the world is located along the Pamir mountain, also called the "roof of the world" with a length of 2500 km and a total area of 2,500,000 km² spanning from China to Nepal.
Tibetan Plateau
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The largest salt pan of the Sahara Desert located within Tunisia with an area around 7000 km²
Chott el Djerid
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the largest city in the Philippines with an area of 2,211sq.km., it is about three times the size of metro mania
Davao city
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Size of Davao City
2,211 sq.km.
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popularly known in the province as the "Switzerland of Benguet" because of its alps and rocky mountains.
Kibungan
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One of the most remarkable geological formations in the world, consists of an island (Luzon) that contains a lake (Taal Lake) with a smaller island in the lake (Volcano Island) with a lake on that island (Main Crater of Taal Volcano) with another tiny islet (Volcano Island) inside.
Taal Volcano
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Active Volcanoes in the Philippines
24
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Potentially Active Volcanoes in the Philippines
27
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Inactive Volcanoes in the Philippines
360
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Geomorphology of Metro manila which makes it prone to flooding
Flood Plain
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system of streams, tributaries, rivulets, creeks and canals in Metro Manila
Riparian System
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The lowest recorded temperature in Baguio on January 18, 1961.
6.3 degrees Celsius
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Date when the lowest temperature was recorded in Baguio City
22299
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A carnivorous plant that eats rats and insects has been discovered in the Philippines and named after Sir David Attenborough. It is found growing on the summit of Mt. Victoria, an ultramafic mountain in Palawan.
Nepenthes attenboroughii
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Ultramafic Mountain in Palawan where Nepenthes attenboroughii was discovered
Mt. Victoria
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Veteran English broadcaster and naturalist. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the Life collection. This collection of programmes collectively form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is widely considered a national treasure in Britain. Nepenthes Attenboroughii was named after him
David Attenborough
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in Palawan is 5 miles (8.2 kilometers) long and was known to be the longest subterranean waterway in the world until the discovery of a 6.2 mile (10-kilometers) underground river, Sistema Sac Actun in México.
The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
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length of Palawan subterranean river
5 miles (8.2 Km)
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longest subterranean waterway in the world 6.2 mile (10-kilometers) underground river
Sistema Sac Actun, Mexico
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The second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century which ejected roughly ten billion tons of magma onto surrounding lands and twenty million tons of sulfur dioxide gas. Over the following months, the aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze. Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F) in the years 1991-93, and ozone depletion temporarily saw a substantial increase. The eruption ranked 6 in the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI).
Mount Pinatubo on June 15, 1991
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Rank of 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption in VEI
6
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Global Temperature dropped by this much after the Mt. Pinatubo eruption
0.5 °C (0.9 °F)
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The Philippines' approximately 300,000 square kilometers (115,831 sq mi.) of land area are spread over 7,107 islands. This gives the country this much of coastline and puts the Philippines at fifth place for the longest discontinuous coastline in the world.
36,289 kilometers (22,549 mi.)
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fifth place for the longest discontinuous coastline in the world.
philippines
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5th largest island in the PH
Palawan
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Land area of palawan
12,189 square kilometers
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largest copper-gold deposit in the world. The Mines and Geosciences Bureau has estimated that the country has an estimated $840 billion worth of untapped mineral wealth, as of 2012.
Tampakan gold-copper mine
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Numbed of islands in the philippines
7641
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are black stones of meteoritic origin found in the Philippines. They are considered to be some 710,000 years old. As such, they are considered tektites - bodies composed of black or dark brown natural glass formed from terrestrial debris ejected during extraterrestrial, meteorite impacts.
Rizalites
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Rizalites are considered what type of rocks?
Tektites
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considered age of rizalites
710,000 years old
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or lake Holon located at South Cotabato was formed Due the eruption of Mount Parker on 1641.
Lake Maughan
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Volcano which erupted in 1641 that created lake holon or maughan
Mount Parker
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year that mt. parker erupted and created lake maughan
1641
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in Nueva Ecija is the largest man made lake or reservoir in the Philippines. It stands 107 m high and 1,615 m long
Pantabangan Dam
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located in Cagayan Valley in the northeastern part of Luzon, is the longest and largest river in the archipelago. It is 505 kilometres long and traverses through the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.
The Rio Grande de Cagayan (popularly known as Cagayan River)
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size of rio grande de cagayan
505 km long
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Provinces traversed by Cagayan River
Cagayan Isabela Nueva Vizcaya Quirino
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the thickest sedimentary basin in the Philippines with a sedimentary fill thickness of 12,000 metres
The Agusan-Davao Basin
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Thickness of Agusan-Davao Basin
12,000 meters
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Deadliest storm in meterological records, strongest landfalling cyclone
Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan)
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Date during which Typhoon Yolanda struck the Philippines
November 7-8, 2013
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Height of Mt. Apo, Ph's highest point
2,954 meters (9,692 ft) above sea level
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Height of Mt. Pulag in Luzon, Ph's second highest point
2,842 meters (9,324 ft) above sea level
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the world's tiniest shell, can only be found in Philippine waters. It measures less than 1-millimeter long.
Pisidium
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is one of the rarest ores of copper and found associated with another type of copper ore called enargite.The ore was named after the island of Luzon where it was first discovered. It was reported to occur only in two mine sites; in Lepanto Mines in Mankayan, Benguet and in the abandoned Lobo Mines in Batangas.
Luzonite
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copper ore often associated with luzonite
Enargite
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Mines in the Philippines where Luzonite can be found
1. Lepanto Mines, Mankayan, Benguet 2. Lobo Mines, Batangas
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The largest known pearl found in the Palawan sea, which surrounds the island of Palawan in the Philippines. It is a "clam pearl" or "Tridacna pearl" from a giant clam. It measures 24 centimeters in diameter (9.45 inches) and weighs 6.4 kilograms (14.2 lb).
Pearl of Lao Tzu
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What kind of Pearl is the Pearl of Lao Tzu?
Tridacna Pearl
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Diameter of pearl of lao tzu
24 cm
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Weight of Pearl of Lao Tzu
6.4 Kg
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What is the age of One of the oldest recorded fossils in the Philippines which came from an ammonite specimen discovered in Mansalay town in Mindoro this specimen also serves as the first-known evidence of animal life in the Philippines during the Mesozoic Era.
160 - 175 million years old
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Town where the ammonite fossil was discovered
Mansalay Mindoro
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first known evidence of animal life in the Philippines during the Mesozoic Era
Ammonite
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is a unique attraction in the city of Laoag for being a sandy coastal desert with an area of 85 square kilometers. This is considered to be a National Geological Monument because of its uniqueness being a desert environment. La Paz is just a part of a long stretch of the Ilocos Norte Sand Dunes. It spans from Currimao to Pasuquin.
La Paz Sand Dunes
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Where is the La Paz Sand Dunes located?
Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
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length of Philippines coastline which is twice as that of the US
36,289 kilometers
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the longest natural cave in the country
St. Paul Cave in Palawan province
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Length of St. Paul Cave in Palawan
15 km
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the largest atoll-like reef in the Philippines and the second largest non-contiguous reef on Earth. It covers 34 square kilometers and boasts two impressive lagoon systems.
Apo Reef in Occidental Mindoro
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Second largest non-contiguous reef in the world
Apo Reef, Occ. Mindoro
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What kind of reef is Apo Reef
Atoll Reef
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Itbayat Batanes, Northernmost point of the Philippines
Mavulis Island
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Sitangkai Tawi-tawi, Southernmost point of the Philippines
Frances Reef
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in Davao Oriental, Easternmost point of the Philippines
Pusan Point
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Palawan, Westernmost point of the Philippines
Balabac Great Reef
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archipelagic baselines of the Philippines from where the maritime entitlements of the country are measured from:
Northernmost Point, Mavulis Island Southernmost Point, Frances Reef Easternmost Point, Pusan Point Westernmost Point, Balabac Great Reef
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Summe of Ivatans which lasts from March to May
Rayun
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Winter Season of Ivatan from November to February can reach as cold as 7degree celsius
Amian
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Rainy Months of the Ivatan
Kachachimuyen
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brief spell of warm weather 2 weeks between September and october
dekey a rayun
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UP Diliman anthropologist which states that Batanes "is classified as having Type A climate, a pleasant semi-temperate climate."
Francisco A. Datar
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age of The "Wonder tree' of canlaon, negros oriental is a balete tree as estimated by botanists from silliman university . This tree is so old that it would have been hundreds of years old already when Magellan arrived in Philippine shore.
1,328 years old
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the second largest lake in the Philippines, probably the deepest in the country and is considered one of the major tropical lakes in Southeastern Asia. The lake is home of endemic cryprinids, the species found only in the lake and nowhere else in the world.
Lake Lanao
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endemic species found only in lake lanao
endemic cyprinids
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Philippines' biggest karst formations and one of the largest in Asia, the 2,968-hectare cave system is composed of 12 caves with wide underground spaces, unique rock formations and subterranean watercourse.
Calbiga Cave
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The recognized geographical center of the Philippines as per Luzon Datum of 1911 composed of igneous rock diorite.
Mogpog, Marinduque
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What coordinate system is Mogpog as center of the Ph based on?
Luzon Datum 1911
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what the lithology of Mogpog, Marinduque
Igneous Diorite
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Palawan with the Calamian Islands, plus the Sulu Archipelago with the Zamboanga Peninsula of western Mindanao, are the tops of two protruding north-eastern arms of ___________________. They are not part of the Philippine Mobile Belt but are in collision with it
Sunda Plate
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where can the oldest magmatic rock in the Philippines be found?
Cebu island
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Age of oldest dioritic rocks in the Philippines
Lower Cretaceous
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Deepest point in the Philippine Trench which reaches 10,540 meters (34,580 ft) Deepest in the world: Mariana Trench 2nd Deepest in the world: Tonga
Galathea Depth
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Luzon's highest peak at 2,926 metres above sea level. The borders between the provinces of Benguet, Ifugao, and Nueva Vizcaya meet at the mountain's peak. It is the third highest mountain in the Philippines, next to Mt. Apo and Mt. Dulang dulang
Mount Pulag
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The longest mountain range in the Philippines, stretching from the Quezon province in the south to Cagayan in the North.
Sierra Madre
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There are __ sedimentary basins in the Philippine Mobile belt, and has __ if the whole(Philippines).
45916
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is an uplifted reefal limestone which was elevated due to the subduction of the sunda plate underneath the Philippine mobile belt. The formation is carved by wind and wave processes and owes its white color to its calcium carbonate composition.
Kapurpurawan Rock Formation
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the largest and the tallest mountain on the island of Mindanao and in all of the Philippines. The mountain has an elevation of 9,692 feet and is located between the city of Davao and the province of Davao del Sur.
Mount Apo
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Largest plain in the Philippines
Central Luzon Region
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an extinct species of archaic humans discovered in Callao Cave, Luzon, Philippines. The morphological characteristics of the fossil were unequivocally classified as belonging to the genus Homo, making it the oldest evidence of the presence of the genus in the Philippines.
Homo Luzonensis
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Place where Homo luzonensis was discovered
Callao Cave
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In the Philippine province, there are more volcanoes (7) than towns (5). There hasn't been an eruption since the mid-1950s, but the island has the most number of volcanoes per square kilometer in the world.
Province of Camiguin
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how many volcanoes does Camiguin have?
7
275
How many towns does camiguin have?
5
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German ship which first explored Mindanao trench in 1927
Emdem
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which is near the Philippines in the Pacific Ocean, is the second deepest spot under the world's oceans at 6.5 miles, or 34,440 feet (10,497 m). It was first explored by the German ship Emden in 1927.
Mindanao Trench
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The ages of the ophiolitic complexes range from Jurassic to early Paleogene. One of the best studied ophiolite sequence is the _________________________where tectonized peridotites progress to layered and isotropic gabbro, sheeted dike complex, pillow basalts and finally pelagic sedimentary rocks.
Zambales Ophiolite
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Ages of Ophiolitic Complexes
Jurassic to Early Paleogene
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Sequence of Zambales Ophiolite
Tectonized Peridotites > Layered and Isotropic Gabbros > Sheeted Dike Complex > Pillow Basalts > Pelagic SedimEntary Rocks
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Philippines' mean annual temperature
80 degrees Fahrenheit or 27 degrees Celsius
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Philippines Relative Humidity
0.77
283
Volcanoes in what country ranked as the most deadly and costly in the world?
Philippines
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How many percent of Historic eruptions in the Philippines caused fatalities?
0.13
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two of the most fatal volcanoes in the Ph
Taal and Mayon
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How many percent of Historic Eruptions in the PH caused significant damage?
0.22
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the largest of its type in the region, occupying 50% of the philippine Sea plate. It is characterized by the presence of several submarine plateaus and a WNW-ESE lineament corresponding to the Central Basin Fault.
West Philippine Basin
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What corresponds to the central basin fault in the West Philiipine Basin?
WNW-ESE Lineament
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How much of the Philippine sea plate is occupied by the west philippine basin?
0.5
290
Five Active Fault lines in the Philippines
1. Western Philippine Fault 2. Eastern Philippine Fault 3. Centra. Philippine Fault 4. South Mindanao Fault 5. Marikina Valley Fault System
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is a 13-million-hectare underwater plateau located near Aurora. It is larger than Luzon, the Philippines' biggest island, and is considered part of the Philippines' continental shelf.
Benham Rise
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located in Sagada, Mountain Province, is the deepest cave in the Philippines, with a depth of 163 meters starting from the mouth.
Sumaging-Latipan-Lomyang Crystal Cove
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was established due to the violent eruption and the resulting casualties and damages from Mt. Hibok-hibok in 1951 that made the nation realize the necessity to serious monitor and conduct studies on active volcanoes in the country. The said eruption on December 4 1951 was made of pyroclastic flows that went down the NE flank of the mountain and reached the outskirts of Mambajao town were 500 people killed. First, the created government agency was Commission on Volcanology (June 20,1952) until it was reconstructed and renamed as PHIVOLCS on September 17, 1984.
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology
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Pre- Phivolcs
Commission on Volcanology (June 20, 1952)
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The highest temperature recorded in the Philippines was _____ in the City of Tuguegarao, Cagayan on May 21,1969
42.2° C
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When was the hottest temperature recorded in Tuguegarao?
25344
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Lingon Hill in Legazpi City, Albay is a _____________ type of volcano which is the smallest type of volcano. The summit rises up to 512 feet.
cinder cone
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a cinder type of volcano which is the smallest type of volcano which can be found in Legazpi City, Labay. The summit rises up to 512 feet.
Lingon Hill
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the rarest and most expensive seashell in the world, is one of the 12,000 species of seashells found in the Philippines. The first examples of these shells sold at auction for about US$5,000
Conus gloriamus
300
How often does PH experiences large-magnitude earthquakes (> 7.75 in the richter scale)?
1 every 10 years
301
How often does PH experiences major magnitude earthquakes (7.0 - 7.4)?
7 every 10 years
302
How often does Philippines experience moderate magnitude earthquakes (6.0 -6.9)
5 every year or 50 in 10 years
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largest river basin in the country with a total land area of 27,493.49 km2. It is bounded by Sierra Madre to the east, Central Cordillera to the west, Caraballo mountain ranges to the south and Babuyan Channel to the north.
The Cagayan River Basin (CRB)
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second deepest point of the ocean in the world, with a depth of 35,597 feet. It is located in the Philippine Sea off Surigao Province.
Philippine Deep
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number of inhabited islands in the Philippines
2000
306
Numbed of islands in the philippines
7641
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known to be the largest freshwater lake in the PhIlippines and third largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia with an area approximately 93,000 hectares and an average depth of 2.8 meters.
Laguna de bay
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Approximate area of Laguna de Bay
93,000 Hectares
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average depth of Laguna de Bay
2.8 meters
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Among the 24 current list of active volcanoes in the Philippines, this is the smallest active volcano in the country and in the whole world (311 meters above sea level) and the second most active volcano in the Philippines with 33 historical accounts of its eruptions.
Taal Volcano
311
height of Taal Volcano
311 meters above sea level
312
Second most active volcano in the Philippines
Taal Volcano
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How many historical account of eruption does Taal volcano have?
33
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Largest Earthquake in the world with magnitude of 9.5
1960 Valdivia Earthquake, Chile
315
Largest Tsunami in the world with a height of 525 meters
1958 Lituya Bay Megatsunami
316
Wettest place in the world
Mawsynram, India
317
Windiest place on earth
Commonwealth Bay, Antartica
318
Snowiest place on earth
Paradise, Washington, USA
319
Hottest temperature recorded, occured in Death Valley, California
56.7 °C
320
Coldest Temperature recorded, occured in Vostok Station, Antartica
-89.2 °C
321
Lowest point on land
Dead Sea
322
Lowest point on earth
Challenger Deep
323
Deepest trench in the world
Mariana Trench
324
largest rainforest in the world. 2.2 million square miles.
Amazon Rainforest
325
responsible for about 20% of all the water reaching the ocean via rivers.
Amazon River
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tallest waterfall on Earth. 3,212 feet high
Angel Falls
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containing some 70% of Earth's fresh water and about 90% of its ice. Only the fifth largest continent.
Antarctic Ice cap
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largest Glacier on Earth, 60 miles wide and 270 miles long. Named after Bruce P. Lambert.
Antartica's Lambert Glacier
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driest non-polar place on Earth. In 59 years, this region received a total of less than 2 inches of rain. (in Chile)
Atacama Desert
330
the thickest sedimentary basin in the Philippines with a sedimentary fill thickness of 12,000metres
Agusan-Davao Basin
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first known evidence of animal-life in Mesozoic era. Mansalay town, Mindoro. 160 - 175 million years old
Ammonite specimen
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the largest atoll-like reef in the Philippines and the second largest non-contiguous reef on Earth. It covers 34 square kilometers.
Apo Reef
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the tallest falls in the Philippines, height: 1,120 feet.
Aliwagwag Falls
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considered a precious gemstone and was just as expensive as rubies and emeralds. until large deposits of the now semi-precious gemstone were discovered in Brazil.
Amethyst
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Named after Russian tsar Alexander II. Among the rarest gemstones found on Earth. It rarest variety of Chrysoberyl. It appears red in incandescent light and green in sunlight and this color changing is known as 'Alexandrite effect',
Alexandrite
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produces smell of garlic when struck by hard object.
Arsenopyrite
337
The mineral found in human teeth and bones which give them their hardness and strength,
Apatite
338
One of the 3 lunar minerals found during Apollo 11. It was first found in the Sea of Tranquility. Named after Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins.
Armalcolite
339
Sakha (Yakutia), Republic of Russia. World's biggest diamond mine. Contain 175.56 million carats (Mct) of proven and probable reserves as of July 2018.
Aikhal
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world's most valuable black opal. Found in 1938 at Lightning Ridge has a harlequin pattern with dominant red, green and blue colors against a black background. It weighs 180 carats and its dimensions are 3 inches x 1.8 inches. Dug from an old sea-bed it has the distinctive impression of a star fish on its back.
Aurora Australis
341
used as blue paint as early as ancient Egypt. Middle Ages and Renaissance, it was the most important blue pigment used in Europe.
Azurite
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contains approximately 90 million tons of platinum in its core, worth an estimated US$5.4 trillion.
Asteroid 2011 UW158
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classified as having Type A climate, a pleasant semi-temperate climate. (anthropologist Francisco A. Datar). 2 seasons Rayun (summer), Amian (winter as low as 7 °C). Kachachimuyen is the rainy months. Warm weather (dekey a rayun)
Batanes
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13-million-hectare underwater plateau. It is larger than Luzon and is considered part of the Philippines' continental shelf.
Benham Rise
345
largest exposed fault on earth. Beneath Banda Sea (E. Indonesia). Exposed over an area of 60,000sqkm.
Banda Detachment Fault
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Earth's most common mineral. A very dense form of magnesium iron silicate 38% of Earth's volume. First found in a meteorite in Queensland, Australia in 1879.
Bridgmanite
347
a rare blue barium titanium silicate mineral, found in hydrothermally altered serpentinite, has the rarest form of crystal structure in the world. Hexagonal System, Class azuriteis Ditrigonal -Dipyramidal.
Benitoite
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most famous topaz. A colorless topaz that was originally thought to be a diamond. It is a 1680 carat stone set in the Portuguese Crown Jewels.
Braganza Diamond
349
rarest form of all precious opals and are characterised by their dark body tone and rich colours or 'fire'
Black opals
350
by the Gulf of Guinea, the "land nearest to nowhere".
Cape Three Points
351
has the longest total coastline. 202,080 km.
Canada
352
contributing the most meltwater to Earth's rising oceans.
Canadian Arctic glacier
353
World's Largest Lake, a surface area of 143,200 square miles
Caspian Sea
354
where largest confirmed stalagmite in the world can be found. 220ft tall.
Cuba in the Cuevo, San Martin Infierno
355
boast the highest volcanoes in the world. exceed 20,000ft.
Chile, Peru, and Ecuador
356
largest natural crystals known (gypsum pillars). Some 30ft long. Specifically, the largest one is a Selenite, length of 12 m and a diameter of 4 meters, weighs 55 tons. (Naica, Mexico)
Cave of Crystals
357
developed the first instrument to detect earthquakes, 132 AD.
Chang Heng
358
smallest desert on earth, area: 1 square mile. (in Carcross in Yukon, Canada)
Carcross Desert
359
quickest plate, moving at a speed of over 10 cm/yr
Cocos and nazca plate
360
largest salt pan of the Sahara Desert, area of 7000sqkm.
Chott el Djerid
361
Philippines' biggest karst formations and one of the largest in Asia. 2,968-hectare cave system composed of 12 caves.
Calbiga Cave
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the greatest number of volcanoes per square kilometer in the world. there are more volcanoes (7) than towns (5). Non eruption since the mid-1950s,
Camiguin
363
the rarest and most expensive seashell in the world one of the 12,000 species of seashells found in the Philippines. Sold for about US$5,000.
Conus gloriamus
364
the largest river basin in the Philippines. Area of 27,493.49 km2. It is bounded by Sierra Madre to the east, Central Cordillera to the west, Caraballo mountain ranges to the south and Babuyan Channel to the north.
Cagayan River Basin (CRB)
365
largest plain in the Philippines and produces most of national rice supply.
Central Luzon Region
366
largest gem-quality diamond ever discovered. the original 3,100 carats were cut to make jewels for the British Crown Jewels and the British Royal family's collection
Cullinan Diamond
367
Caramel Sapphire. newly discovered type of corundum, typically black, blue to green and orange-brown in colour. Recognized January 7, 2019. harder than diamond and is significantly scarcer, making its value extremely high.
Carmeltazite
368
one of the most toxic materials to handle on Earth. It forms near volcanoes and sulfur deposits, release pure mercury if disturbed or heated.
Cinnabar
369
graphite is one of the softest minerals, diamond is the hardest.
Carbon
370
blue asbestos, world's most dangerous mineral. The exposure causes fatal diseases including lung and mesothelial cancer.
Crocidolite
371
one of the most dense minerals known. At a specific gravity of 19.3 only beat out by minerals iridium, osmium and iridosmine.
Chengdeite
372
on top of the natural gas field in Turkmenistan. Soviet geologists found and drilled for natural gas here in 1971
Door To Hell
373
Lowest point on land. Surface: 1,338 feet below sea level.
Dead Sea
374
eye of the South China Sea, deepest sinkhole. 987ft below surface.
Dragon hole
375
Driest polar region on earth. Amount of rainfall per year is almost non-existent.
Dry Valley (McMurdo Dry Valley)
376
Largest city in the Philippines. Area: 2,211sq.km.
Davao city
377
rarest and most valuable of the garnets and is one of the rarest of all colored gemstones. the green gemstone variety of the mineral andradite.
Demantoid garnet
378
used to cut and drill other materials Diamond crystal are so durable, they will not even dissolve in acid - they can only be ground down by other diamonds, or destroyed in intense heat.
Diamonds
379
heartland of humanity. Location of several important discoveries of human ancestors. "Lucy" name of a partial skeleton in 1974 that sparked major research.
East African Rift Zone
380
can form within concrete due to the hydration of Portland cement system as a result of the reaction between calcium aluminate and calcium sulfate.
Ettringite
381
coldest place on Earth. -148°F (lowest temperature recorded)
Frozen Ice Ridge of East Antarctic Plateau
382
a highly malleable mineral, lump of gold a size of a matchbox could be made into a sheet as large as a tennis court. used by NASA to protect our astronauts/space equipment against radiation.
Gold
383
Earth's Largest Living Structure. Queensland, Australia. 1,430 miles long
Great Barrier Reef
384
world's largest island covering 2, 175, 597 square kilometers.
Greenland
385
Bricks made up of Granite, Marble, Limestone, and Shale.
Great Wall of China
386
deepest point of the Philippine Trench (3rd greatest depth of the ocean) and reaches 10,540 meters
Galathea Depth
387
was first used as a building material in Anatolia (present day, Turkey) around 6000 B.C., also found in the interior of great pyramids in Egypt.
Gypsum
388
one-atom-thick sheets of carbon is 200 times stronger than steel.
Graphene
389
the world's largest emerald mine. Largest emerald: .1kg and worth an estimated £2m (pounds), 5,655-carat.
Gemfields, Karem
390
The largest precious gemstone ever found, and faceted in the world. 545.67 carats
Golden Jubilee Diamond
391
an extinct species of archaic humans discovered in Callao Cave, oldest evidence of the presence of the genus in the Philippines.
Homo luzonensis
392
double-terminated quartz crystals discovered within exposed outcrops of dolomite in and around Herkimer County, New York and the Mohawk River Valley. The "diamond" in their name is due to both their clarity and natural faceting.
Herkimer diamonds
393
a very common mineral on Earth and it also occurs everywhere on the planet Mars (giving it's red color) It was first identified on Mars by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES).
Hematite
394
most corrosion resistant metal known. highest density of all the elements. it's used as a set standard in weights and measurements.
Iridium
395
a clear variety of calcite found in the nordic regions, "sunstone" birefringent mineral used it to locate the sun in the sky and navigate on cloudy days. Researchers found that moving the stone in and out of a person's field of vision causes them to see a distinctive double dot pattern that lines up with the direction of the hidden sun.
Iceland spar
396
predicted that a 1-kilometer-wide asteroid has a one-in-300 chance of plunging into the North Atlantic Ocean on March 16, 2880.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
397
Most complete listings of minerals. the International Mineralogical Association had recognized about 5,400 minerals. About 30 to 50 new minerals are described and one or two minerals are discredited each year.
J. Mandarino Fleischer's Glossary of Mineral Species 2018
398
extremely strong, which made it ideal for it's most common historical use: creating tools such as knives, hooks, axes, and hammers.
Jade
399
"Switzerland of Benguet" because of its alps and rocky mountains.
Kibungan
400
uplifted reefal limestone which was elevated due to the subduction of the sunda plate underneath the Philippine mobile belt. Calcium carbonate composition.
Kapurpurawan rock formation
401
world's largest and deepest freshwater lake
Lake Baikal
402
second largest (and probably deepest) lake in the Philippines. Home of endemic cryprinids, fish species only found nowhere else.
Lake Lanao
403
a submarine volcano. Has another 3000 feet to go before it breaks the surface and becomes another island in the Hawaiian chain.
Loihi
404
the stormiest place on Earth. (in Venezuela)
Lake Maracaibo
405
a star made entirely of diamonds in 2004. 10 billion trillion trillion carats and 50 light years from Earth.
Lucy
406
South Cotabato was formed due the eruption of Mount Parker 1641.
Lake Maughan or Lake Holon
407
one of the rarest ores of copper and associated with enargite. Only occur on Lepanto Mines and Lobo Mines. from Stannite group was named in 1874.
Luzonite
408
a sandy coastal desert with an area of 85 square kilometers. This is considered to be a National Geological Monument because of its uniqueness being a desert environment.
La Paz Sand Dunes
409
recognized geographical center of the Philippines, Mogpog, Marinduque. Composed of Diorite.
Luzon Datum of 1911
410
Legazpi City, Albay is a cinder cone (smallest type). The summit rises up to 512 feet
Lingon Hill
411
known to be the largest freshwater lake in the PhIlippines and third largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Area: 93,000 hectares, average depth of 2.8 meters.
Laguna de Bay
412
the world's largest faceted Cerussite gem (898 carats) at Royal Ontario Museum, Canada. extremely lustrous gemstone with amazing internal fire, greater than Diamond
Light of the Desert
413
The mineral was discovered by chance when an electricity company was doing work near a former copper mine in Stolzembourg in the north of the country. Validated by the International Mineralogical Association (IMA) last April 9,2019.
Luxembourgite
414
Where the first form of magnetic compass was created from. Natural magnetized piece of magnetite.
Lodestone
415
rare blue variety of the silicate mineral Pectolite, found only in the province of Barahona in the Dominican Republic.
Larimar (Stefilia's Stone)
416
hexagonal diamond, 58 percent stronger than diamond considering large compressive pressures under indenters.
Lonsdaleite
417
largest volcanic eruption recorded, April 1815. VEI: 7. Decreased global temperatures by 0.4-0.7 degrees Celsius: Year Without a Summer in 1816.
Mount Tambora
418
Largest rock on Earth. 2,352 feet high. (in Australian Outback)
Mount Augustus
419
oldest mountain range in the world, 3.5 BYO. (in Barberton Greenstone Belt)
Makhonjwa Mountains
420
Closest point to space on earth due to earth's bulge. 20,00ft
Mt. Chimborazo
421
second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Due to this eruption, temperature of the tropical lower stratosphere increased by 4 Kelvin, because of aerosol absorption of terrestrial longwave and solar near-infrared radiation. VEI: 6
Mt. Pinatubo
422
Luzon's highest peak at 2,926 metres above sea level. It is the third highest mountain in the Philippines, next to Mount Apo and Mount Dulang-dulang.
Mount Pulag
423
largest and the tallest mountain of the Philippines. 9,692 feet
Mount Apo
424
keep things just a bit shook up. Quakes on the moon are less common and less intense than those that shake Earth.
Moonquakes
425
flattest country in the world. average highest above sea level of 2.4m
Maldives
426
longest mountain range on Earth. an estimated depth of 8,200ft. below the water surface and runs 40,389 miles around the world.
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
427
one of the most flood prone areas in the Philippines. It is built on an extensive flood plain "relatively flat of about 0.81% to very gently sloping at 3.17%".
Metro Manila
428
the second deepest spot under the world's oceans at 34,440 feet /35,957ft. It was first explored by the German ship Emden in 1927.
Mindanao Trench/Philippine Deep
429
carbonate mineral Aragonite, produced by a large marine organisms commonly called clams (mollusks).
Mother-of-pearl
430
traced back more than 3000 years ago in Israel at Tinma Valley. 1800s the mineral was also used to create green paint due to its green pigment.
Malachite
431
carnivorous plant discovered in the Philippines and named after Sir David Attenborough. (in summit of Mt. Victoria)
Nepenthes attenboroughii
432
a mineral commonly used to make gunpowder, which pirates used to invent proofing rhum in the late 1970.
Niter or "saltpeter"
433
largest gem opal ever found. It was found in 1956 at the famous "Eight Mile" opal field at a depth of 30 feet in Coober Pedy, South Australia. It weighs 3450 grams and is 280 mm long, with a height of 120 mm and a width of 115 mm.
Olympic Australis
434
It is one of only a handful of gemstones that have ever been discovered outside (Mars) of our planet (the other gemstone being Peridot that's found from outer space).
Opal
435
densest naturally occurring element(native mineral), density of 22.59 g/cm3.
Osmium
436
largest oil deposit discovered. 2.855 trillion barrel of Shale oil.
Piceance and Uinta Basins
437
too much can cause slippage and then earthquakes.
Pumping fluids through faults
438
Palawan is 5 miles long and was known to be the longest subterranean waterway in the world. Until a 6.2 mile underground river, Sistema Sac Actun in México.
Puerto Princesa Subterranean River
439
the fifth largest island of the Philippines. a land area of 12,189 km2;
Palawan
440
largest manmade lake or reservoir in the Philippines. 107m high and 1,615 m long. (Nueva Ecija)
Pantabangan dam
441
the world's tiniest shell, can only be found in Philippine waters. less than 1-millimeter long.
Pisidum
442
A Tridacna pearl. Largest known pearl found in the Palawan sea, Diameter: 24 centimeters & weighs 6.4 kilograms
Pearl of Lao Tzu
443
Zyklon B (in crystalline powder), was used to kill in Germany's gas chambers. The gas would paralyze the victim's lungs, causing them to suffocate.
Prussic acid
444
world's rarest mineral. For decades, only two crystals were known to exist. The mineral is made up of aluminium, calcium, boron, zirconium and oxygen.
Painite
445
Spaniards in the 1500s in the alluvial gold mines of the Rio, called it platina del pinto, from platina which means " little silver", thinking that it was an impure ore of silver. It was not recognized as a distinct metal until 1735.
Platinum
446
electricity produced by quartz crytstals when placed under mechanical stress. Quartz crystals maintain a precise frequency standard.
Piezoelectricity
447
black stones of meteoritic origin found in the Philippines. 710,000 years old. considered tektites
Rizalites
448
longest and largest river in the archipelago. 505 kilometres long and traverses through the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, Nueva Vizcaya and Quirino.
Rio Grande de Cagayan
449
$1 million per carat, the red color actually derived from plastic deformation of the crystal lattice
Red diamond
450
a volcanic mineral was used as stopwatch or crystal clock to calculate the time of magma storage before the volcanic eruption.
Spinel
451
4-mile boiling river, reach up to 196°Fahrenheit (in Mayantuyacu, a Peruvian rainforest)
Shanay-timpishka
452
only sea on the Earth without a coastline.
Sargasso Sea
453
world's largest cave chamber. Surface area: 1.66 million square feet, is nearly 2,000 feet long and over 260 feet high
Sarawak Chamber
454
the longest natural cave in the country. 15km.
St. Paul Cave, Palawan
455
longest mountain range in the Philippines, stretching from the Quezon province in the south to Cagayan in the North.
Sierra Madre
456
the deepest cave in the Philippines, with a depth of 163 meters starting from the mouth. (Sagada, Mountain Province)
Sumaging-Latipan-Lomyang Crystal Cove
457
toxic antimony sulfide had been used as a cosmetic mostly in Ancient China and creation of eating utensils causing poisoning from ingestion.
Stibnite
458
the most reflective element, Polished silver reflects 95% of the visible light spectrum. a poor reflector of ultraviolet light.
Silver
459
largest carbonado and the largest rough diamond ever found. It weighs 3167 carats and was found in the State of Bahia in Brazil in 1895. meteoritic origin.
Sergio
460
greatest movement of relatively moving continental plates. Moving steadily further into the Pacific at a rate of 24 cm per year.
Tonga microplate
461
"roof of the world" The largest and highest plateau in the world, in the Pamir mountain. A length of 2500 km and a total area of 2,500,000 km² spanning from China to Nepal.
Tibetan plateau
462
One of the most remarkable geological formations in the world (island-ception). Smallest active volcano in the world (311m above sea level) and the2nd most active volcano in the Philippines (33 historical accounts).
Taal Volcano
463
the largest copper-gold deposit in the world. Estimated $840 billion worth of untapped mineral wealth, as of 2012.
Tampakan gold-copper mine, Philippines
464
strongest landfalling cyclone ever recorded in the Philippines.
Typhoon Yolanda
465
known as one of the toughest things found in nature. It is super dense and almost impossible to melt.
Tungsten
466
one of the rarest among the rare earth minerals. Its applications include the production of lasers and portable x-ray devices. Name from Thule, which was Scandinavia's original name. It carries a high toxic rating.
Thulium
467
mineral formed from the reaction of clays or aluminousrocks with materials derived from bat or bird guano, was first found in New Zealand's Sugar Loaf Islands in 1865
Taranakite
468
is the world's largest quartz cluster. Discovered in 1985 at the bottom of a 45-metre-deep cave in the Otjua mine near Karibib in Namibia. It weighs 14,100 kg.
Quartz crystal cluster (in Namibia's Musuem)
469
never before seen substance from a meteorite in Russia 2016. It forms isometric (cubic) crystals (in daubreelite) or rounded grains (in schreibersite). size of uakitite grains: <5 micrometers. A yellow and transparent phase with a metallic sheen and is as hard as a diamond.
Uakitite
470
"television stone" because of fibre optical properties. If these minerals are polished at their ends, light and images can be transmitted along the crystals.
Ulexite
471
It was discovered in 1789 by Martin Heinrich Klaproth, a German chemist, in the mineral called pitchblende (Uraninite).
Uranium
472
deepest cave on the entire planet. 2,212 meters above sea level. (in the Gagra mountain range in Abkhazia, Georgia)
Veryovkina Cave
473
largest gold deposit ever recorded. 2 billion ounces of gold.
Witwatersrand Gold field, South Africa
474
a balete tree that is estimated 1,328 years old (Siliman Univ). (Canlaon, Negros Oriental)
Wonder tree
475
largest of its type in the region, occupying 50% of the Philippine Sea plate. characterized by the presence of several submarine plateaus and a WNW-ESE lineament corresponding to the Central Basin Fault.
West philippine basin
476
largest pure nugget of gold, weighed 156 pounds. 61 by 31 cm. By John Deason and Richard Oates on 5 February 1869 at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia.
Welcome Stranger
477
calderas found here are so large that people are unaware. Prehistoric caldera eruptions here were 1000 times larger than the 1980 Mount St. Helens episode
Yellowstone National Park
478
world's deepest and longest canyon. (in Tibet-China)
Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon
479
where tectonized peridotites progress to layered and isotropic gabbro, sheeted dike complex, pillow basalts and finally pelagic sedimentary rocks.
Zambales Ophiolite
480
oldest mineral so far dated radiometrically on Earth. In fact, the age of the oldest zircon from Jack Hills in the Narryer Gneiss Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia by U-Pb method: 4.404 BYO.
Zircon
481
Mean velocity of the earth
107,218 km/h
482
Equatorial circumference
24,901 miles
483
Meridiatorial circumference
24,860 miles
484
El Azizia in Libya: highest temperature ever directly measured on Earth
136.4°F
485
The hottest temperature recorded on Earth was in Furnace Creek Ranch, California in the Death Valley in the United States.
56.7°C
486
The velocity of Earth as it travels through space
67,000 mph
487
According to NASA, the weight Earth gets heavier every year due to falling meteoroids - space dust, gravel, and rocks.
40,000 tons
488
light's time travel to get from the Sun to Earth.
8 minutes and 20 seconds
489
Earth's rotation is slowing at a rate of approximately a century.
17 milliseconds/year
490
Earth travelling around the sun at an average velocity of
107,182 km/hr
491
Amount of Earth's current axis tilt from the planet of its orbit around the sun.
23.5
492
During a cycle that averages between 40,000 years. The tilt of the axis varies from degrees.
22.1 to 24.5
493
The fastest wind speed not related to tornadoes: the passage of tropical cyclone Olivia on 10 april 1996: maximum wind gust of.
408 km/h
494
The average global temperature of the Earth has been increased from 1880.
0.8° C
495
The oceans are so vast that humans have only explored only % of it till date.
0.05
496
Number of active volcanoes
24
497
Number potentially active
27
498
Number of inactive volcanoes in the Philippines.
360
499
The lowest recorded temperature in Baguio on January 18, 1961.
6.3° C
500
Northernmost point of the Philippines
Mavulis Island
501
Southernmost point of the Philippines (Sitangkai)
Frances Reef
502
Easternmost point of the Philippines (Davao Oriental)
Pusan Point
503
Westernmost point of the Philippines (Palawan)
Balabac Great Reef
504
These are minerals that are "false colored" due to tricks in light diffraction. In these cases, color is variable but a unique property of the mineral. Examples are the colors produced by precious opal and the shiller reflections of labradorite.
Pseudochromatic minerals
505
There are three ore bodies that can be found at Atlas, namely: _________.
Biga, Lutopan, and Carmen
506
The ATLAS Copper Complex is confined within a 3-4km wide East-Northeast-trending fault block bounded by two steeply dipping mega shears, namely the
North Barot and Cantabaco faults
507
Is the highest volcano in Asia, with an elevation of 5,609 m
Mount Damavand
508
is the tallest volcano in Southeast Asia
Mount Kerinci
509
is Asia's second-highest volcano.
Mt. Ararat
510
is the third-highest volcano in Asia, with an elevation of 4,811 m
Mount Sabalan
511
Asia's fourth-highest volcano
Klyuchevskaya Sopka
512
Second highest active volcano on Earth
Llullaillaco Argentina-Chile
513
Farthest point from Earth's centre
Chimborazo in Ecuador
514
Highest volcano outside South America; highest peak in Africa
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
515
23,000 people die in 1985 eruption
Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia
516
Second highest volcano in Africa
Mount Kenya
517
highest mountain in Japan
Mt. Fuji
518
Second-highest volcano in Indonesia
Mount Rinjani
519
Tallest active volcano outside Asia
Aconcagua
520
Rank 1 longest river in the Philippines
Cagayan River
521
The Cagayan river's headwaters are at the
Caraballo Mountains of the Central Luzon
522
Rank 2 longest river in the Philippines
Mindanao river or Rio grande in Mindanao
523
Headwaters of Rio grande de Mindanao
Mountains of Impasugong
524
Rank 3 longest river in the philippines
Agusan River
525
Rank 4 longest river in the Philippines
Pulangi River
526
Pulangi River's headwater
Mount Kitanglad
527
rank 5 longest river in the philippines
Pampanga river
528
Headwater of Pampanga river
Sierra Madre
529
Rank 6 longest river in the Philippines
Agno River
530
The headwaters of Agno River are at the
Slopes of Mount Data in the Cordillera Mountains
531
Rank 7 longest river in the Philippines
Abra River
532
Headwater of Abra river
Mount Data in Cordillera
533
Rank 8 longest river in the Philippines:
Abulog River
534
Rank 9 longest river in the Philippines
Chico River
535
Chico River headwater
Mt Data
536
Rank 10 longest river in the Philippines:
Davao river
537
The Philippines has a total of ____major river basins
18 major river basins
538
Largest river basin in the Philippines
Cagayan River Basin
539
Cagayan River Basin area
27, 732 km2
540
Drainage divide between Apayao-Abulog River Basin and Cagayan River basin
NE-SW
541
Drainage divide between Apayao-Abulog River Basin and Abra River basin
E-W
542
Drainage divide between Abra river and Cagayan river basin
N-S
543
Drainage divide between Agno river and Cagayan River basin
N-S
544
Drainage divide between Agno river and Pampanga River basin
NE-SW
545
Drainage divide between Pampanga river and Pasig-Laguna de Bay River basin
E-W
546
Drainage divide between Panay river basin and Jalaur River basin
E-W
547
Drainage divide between Agusan river basin and Tagum-Libuganon River
NW-SE
548
Drainage divide between Mindanao River Basin and Davao River Basin
N-S
