EARTH STATISTICS AND GEOLOGIC EXTREMES Flashcards
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Earth age?
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4.54 Ga
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Earth shape?
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Oblate spheroid
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Earth eccentricity?
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0.0167
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Earth Obliquity?
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23.5°(average) 22.1°(minimum) to 24.5°(maximum)
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Earth equatorial diameter?
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12,756.27 km
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Earth polar diameter?
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12,713.504 km
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Earth mass?
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5.9736 x 10^24 kg
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Mass of crust?
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2.36 x 10^22 kg
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Volume of crust by composition of igneous?
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64.7%
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Volume of crust by composition of sedimentary?
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7.9%
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Volume of crust by composition of metamorphic?
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27.4%
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Mass of mantle?
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4.043 x 10^24 kg
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Mass of core
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1.883 x 10^24 kg
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Average density of Earth?
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5.513 x 10^3 kg/m3
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Equatorial surface gravity?
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9.780 m/s2
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Polar surface gravity?
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9.832 m/s2
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Area of Earth?
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5.10 x 10^14 m2
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Land Area of Earth?
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1.48 x 10^14 m2
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Continental Area (including margins)
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2.0 x 10^14 m2
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Water area of Earth
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3.62 x 10^14 m2
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Oceanic area (excluding margins)
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3.1 x 10^14 m2
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Average land elevation of Earth
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875 m
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Average ocean depth of Earth
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3794 m
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Average continental crust thickness
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40 km
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Average oceanic crust thickness
6 km
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Volume of ocean
1370 x 10^6 km3
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Annual ocean precipitation
297 x 10^3 km3
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Annual ocean evaporation
334 x 10^3 km3
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Annual land precipitation
99 x 10^3 km3
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Annual land evaporation
62 x 10^3 km3
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Annual runoff volume
37 x 10^3 km3
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Atmospheric pressure at 0 km
760 mm Hg
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Atmospheric pressure at 50 km
7.5 x 10^-1 mm Hg
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Atmospheric pressure at 100 km
4.2 x 10^-4 mm Hg
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Atmospheric pressure at 160 km
2.0 x 10^-6 mm Hg
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Atmospheric density at 0 km
1220 g/m3
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Atmospheric density at 50 km
1.3 g/m3
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Atmospheric density at 100 km
8.0 x 10^-4 g/m3
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Atmospheric density at 160 km
1.5 x 10^-6 g/m3
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COLDEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED
Vostok Station, Antarctica -89.2 °C
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DEEPEST BOREHOLE
Kola Superdeep Borehole, Russia-12,262 m
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DEEPEST CAVE
Krubera Cave, Georgia -7,208 ft.
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DEEPEST MINE
Mponeng Gold Mine, South Africa-4 km
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DEEPEST POINT IN THE OCEAN
Challenger Deep, Pacific - 11,032 m
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DRIEST DESERT
Atacama Desert - 15 mm annual rainfall
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FARTHEST PEAK FROM THE EARTH'S CENTER
Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador - 6,310 m above sea level
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FLATTEST PLACE
Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia - 4,000 mi. of salt flat
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HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
Olympus Mons, Mars - 21,287 km
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HIGHEST POINT (ALTITUDE)
Mount Everest, Himalayas - 8,849 m
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HIGHEST VOLCANO SUMMIT
Nevado Ojos del Salado, South America - 6,879 m
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HOTTEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED
Death Valley, California - 56.7°C
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LARGEST ARTIFICIAL LAND
Palm Jumeirah, UAE - 5.72 km²
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LARGEST BASIN
Pacific Ocean - 155,000,000 km²
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LARGEST CAVE SYSTEM
Hang Song Doong, Vietnam - 150 ft. deep, 9 km long
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LARGEST DESERT
Antarctic Polar Desert - 14,245,014 km²
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LARGEST DIAMOND MINE
Aikhal Mine, Russia
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LARGEST EARTHQUAKE
1960 Valdivia Earthquake, Chile - M 9.5
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LARGEST GOLD MINE
Grasberg Mine, Indonesia - 100 km²
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LARGEST GOLD NUGGET
Welcome Stranger - 97.14 kg
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LARGEST IMPACT CRATER
Vredefort Crater - 300 km²
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LARGEST LAKE BY SURFACE AREA
Caspian Sea - 371,000 km²
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LARGEST LAKE BY VOLUME
Lake Baikal-23,615.39 km³
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LARGEST METEORITE
Hoba Meteorite, Namibia - 2.7m x 2.7m x 0.9 m
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LARGEST NON-POLAR DESERT
Sahara Desert - 9,065,009 km²
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LARGEST OPEN-PIT MINE
Bingham Canyon Mine, USA-9 km²
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LARGEST RIVER BY DISCHARGE
Amazon River - 340,000 m³/s (maximum)
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LARGEST ROCK
Mount Augustus, Australia - 92 km²
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LARGEST ROUGH DIAMOND
Cullinan Diamond - 621.350 g
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LARGEST SUBAERIAL LANDSLIDE
Heart Mountain Landslide, USA
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LARGEST SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE
Storegga Slide, Norway - ~3,500 km³
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LARGEST SURVIVING GOLD NUGGET
Pepita Canaa Nugget - 6,082 g
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LARGEST TSUNAMI
1958 Lituya Bay Megatsunami
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LONGEST AND MOST ACTIVE FAULT SYSTEM
Pacific Ring of Fire
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LONGEST CAVE SYSTEM
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
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LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic
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LONGEST MOUNTAIN RANGE ABOVE SEA LEVEL
Andes Mountain Range
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LONGEST RIVER
Nile River
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LOWEST POINT ON LAND
Deep Sea Shore, Israel
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MOST ACTIVE VOLCANO
Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
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MOST MASSIVE VOLCANO
Tamu Massif, Pacific
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MOST REMOTE ISLAND
Tristan da Cunha, Saint Helena
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SMALLEST ISLAND
Bishop Rock, England
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SNOWIEST PLACE
Paradise, Washington, USA
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TALLEST MOUNTAIN
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
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WETTEST PLACE
Mawsynram, India
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WINDIEST PLACE
Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica
