ISAAC ASIMOV’S SUPER QUIZ

Score 1 point for each correct answer on the Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level. Subject: Planet Earth

(e.g., How many planets are farther from the sun than Earth? Answer: Five.)

Freshman level

1. Which two planets are closer to the sun than Earth?

2. What is Earth’s only natural satellite?

3. What motion takes about 365.25 days to complete?

Graduate level

4. The gravitational interaction between Earth and the moon causes these.

5. Earth’s axis is tilted, which results in the change of what?

6. The outer shell of Earth is called the ____.

Ph.D. level

7. What term is used for the combined mass of water on, under and above Earth’s surface?

8. Earth’s atmosphere consists mostly of these two gases.

9. Earth’s living organisms and their environment compose the _____.