| Hint | Definition | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | The sudden and intense shaking of the ground. | Earthquake | 96%
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| A | Relating to the regions around the North Pole. | Arctic | 93%
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| F | Any extensive area dominated by communities of trees. | Forest | 92%
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| L | A body of water localized in a basin and surrounded entirely by land. | Lake | 90%
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| O | The contiguous body of saltwater covering more than 70% of the Earth. | Ocean | 90%
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| D | An arid, barren area of land where little precipitation occurs. | Desert | 89%
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| H | Half of the Earth. | Hemisphere | 88%
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| J | A tropical area covered by dense vegetation. | Jungle | 88%
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| G | The scientific study of the Earth. | Geology | 87%
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| C | The study and practice of making maps and charts. | Cartography | 85%
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| I | A time of widespread glaciation. | Ice Age | 83%
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| M | Molten rock. | Magma | 82%
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| K | A chemical element whose spelling is similar to a substance that weakens Superman. | Krypton | 81%
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| R | An artificial lake that is used to store water. | Reservoir | 74%
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| N | Event that decimated the town of Pripyat in northern Ukraine in 1986. | Nuclear Accident (Chernobyl) | 72%
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| Q | A place from which stone, rock, sand, etc is excavated from the ground. | Quarry | 72%
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| P | A permanently frozen layer of soil. | Permafrost | 61%
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| U | Name that we use to describe the collection of all the things that exist. | Universe | 57%
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| V | A depression that is longer than it is wide. | Valley | 56%
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| S | Scientific instrument that detects vibrations produced by earthquakes. | Seismograph | 51%
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| Y | Housing native to the steppes of Central Asia. | Yurt | 49%
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| Z | A term that can be used to describe top of a mountain. | Zenith | 44%
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| B | The realm of all living things. | Biosphere | 43%
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| T | Subarctic coniferous forest dominated by spruces and firs. | Taiga | 41%
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| W | Another name for valley, used primarily in the Arab world. | Wadi | 26%
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| X | Type of landscaping requiring little or no supplemental water from irrigation. | Xeriscaping | 3%
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