1. Which is the term for the remains of a plant or animal that have been preserved in rock — fossil or relief?
2. Which feature is a landform that juts into a body of water — trench or peninsula?
3. Which agent of erosion is primarily responsible for creating limestone caves — water or wind?
4. Which term explains the shifting positions and ongoing movements of the continents — plate tectonics or biodiversity?
5. Which term refers to the baseline that is commonly used when measuring elevations of Earth’s landforms — latitude or sea level?
6. Which is the term for the type of precipitation in which balls or pieces of ice fall to the ground — isobar or hail?
7. Which is the term for the rapid movement of rock or earth down a steep slope — atoll or landslide?
8. Which is the term for a cloud layer at ground level that reduces visibility to less than 1 mile — dew or fog?
9. Which phenomenon is created when lightning suddenly heats the air, causing it to expand rapidly — magma or thunder?
10. Which is the term used to describe a tropical grassland area containing widely spaced trees — taiga or savanna?
National Geographic Bee, National Geographic Society
ANSWERS: 1. fossil 2. peninsula 3. water 4. plate tectonics 5.sea level 6. hail 7. landslide 8. fog 9. thunder 10. savanna
