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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The area at the end of a river where it spreads out.	delta	90%
What do you call a place in a desert that has water and plants? This is often found in a depression.	oasis	86%
What is the term for seasonal rainy cycles, especially common in South and Southeast Asia?	monsoon	74%
This is a biome in the far north (Arctic) and far south (Antarctic) and is characterized by dwarf shrubs, grasses, and mosses and also by the absence of trees.	tundra	71%
What is the term for an unusual period of dry weather?	drought	69%
What is the term for the column or tower of water that erupts from the ground when spring water is heated to the boiling point?	geyser	61%
What is the term for the line where two tectonic plates meet and where the different sides move in different ways? Hint: these are often areas of earthquakes.	fault	57%
What is the term for soil which is frozen throughout the entire year? This soil is found in mostly in Arctic and Antarctic areas.	permafrost	48%
What is the largest terrestrial biome? Hint: it accounts for most of Canada and Siberia and is characterized by coniferous trees (like pines, spruces, etc that are green all year long)	taiga	34%
What is the name for the top layer of ground (usually 5-10 centimeters), which is usually the most fertile and the best for growing plants?	top soil	34%
What is the term for the semi-monthly (twice monthly) tides that are especially weak?	neap	21%
What is the term for a climate type characterized by warm, dry summers and by cool, rainy winters? This climate tends to be found in the mid latitudes on the western sides of continental masses.	Mediterranean	20%
What is the term for the way a rising tide can produce a wave that moves up a river or bay?	bore	15%
The term for a place in the earth's continental crust where two tectonic plates pull apart (2 words)	rift valley	7%

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