Statistics for Geography A to Z # 3

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Hint	Definition	Answer	% Correct
E	The sudden and intense shaking of the ground.	Earthquake	96%
F	Any extensive area dominated by communities of trees.	Forest	93%
L	A body of water localized in a basin and surrounded entirely by land.	Lake	92%
A	Relating to the regions around the North Pole.	Arctic	91%
D	An arid, barren area of land where little precipitation occurs.	Desert	91%
H	Half of the Earth.	Hemisphere	91%
O	The contiguous body of saltwater covering more than 70% of the Earth.	Ocean	91%
J	A tropical area covered by dense vegetation.	Jungle	90%
G	The scientific study of the Earth.	Geology	89%
C	The study and practice of making maps and charts.	Cartography	86%
K	A chemical element whose spelling is similar to a substance that weakens Superman.	Krypton	86%
I	A time of widespread glaciation.	Ice Age	85%
M	Molten rock.	Magma	85%
R	An artificial lake that is used to store water.	Reservoir	77%
Q	A place from which stone, rock, sand, etc is excavated from the ground.	Quarry	76%
N	Event that decimated the town of Pripyat in northern Ukraine in 1986.	Nuclear Accident (Chernobyl)	75%
P	A permanently frozen layer of soil.	Permafrost	63%
U	Name that we use to describe the collection of all the things that exist.	Universe	60%
V	A depression that is longer than it is wide.	Valley	60%
S	Scientific instrument that detects vibrations produced by earthquakes.	Seismograph	54%
Y	Housing native to the steppes of Central Asia.	Yurt	51%
B	The realm of all living things.	Biosphere	48%
Z	A term that can be used to describe top of a mountain.	Zenith	46%
T	Subarctic coniferous forest dominated by spruces and firs.	Taiga	42%
W	Another name for valley, used primarily in the Arab world.	Wadi	29%
X	Type of landscaping requiring little or no supplemental water from irrigation.	Xeriscaping	4%