This country does not experience frequent earthquakes (Chile, the United States, Nigeria
What is Nigeria?
100
This is the term for an underground layer of rock that holds groundwater. (arroyo or aquifer)
What is aquifer?
100
The panama canal connects the Pacific Ocean with this other ocean.
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
100
Deepwater Horizon is associated with this type of environmental disaster that affected the Gulf Coast. (oil spill or nuclear meltdown)
What is oil spill?
100
The Blue Mountains are visible from Kingston, the largest city in this island country.
What is Jamaica?
200
This country does not contain a large area of desert. (Chad, Venezuela, or Iraq)
What is Venezuela?
200
Plant life that is native to a region. (flora or climate)
What is flora?
200
The ring of fire, a region that experiences a large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, is mainly located along this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean
200
In 1980, the United States boycotted this event due to the Soviet presence in Afghanistan (World Cup or Olympics)
What is the Olympics?
200
Baton Rouge, an important center of the petrochemical industry, is located along this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
This country does not have coastline on the Mediterranean. (Italy, Spain or Poland)
What is Poland
300
The term for land that is capable of being used to grow crops. (arable or basalt)
What is Arable?
300
The scalloped hammerhead shark is an endangered species that can be found off the coasts of Omen and Yemen in this ocean.
What is the Indian Ocean?
300
During World War II, the United States became a member of this group following the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii Territory. (Allied Powers or Central Powers)
What is Allied Powers?
300
Name the U.S. state that is made up of two parts commonly called the Upper Peninsula and the Lower Peninsula.
What is Michigan?
400
This country does not contain areas of subarctic climate. (Norway, France or Russia)
What is France?
400
The term for a sub-particle of an atom that contains a negative charge. (nucleus or electron)
What is electron?
400
Giant tube worms can grow more than six feet tall. These worms can be found near the Galapagos Islands in this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
This woman is most often associated with sewing the first American flag in Philadelphia in 1776. (Betsy Ross or Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Who is Betsy Ross?
400
Tower Bridge over the River Thames is a famous landmark in this European capital city.
What is London?
500
This country does not have large areas of tropical rainforest. (South Africa, Costa Rica or Brazil)
What is South Africa
500
What does a light-year measure? (time or distance)
What is distance.
500
The sunflower sea star has up to 24 arms. These sea stars can be found in large numbers in Puget Sound in this ocean.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
500
New Englander Eli Whitney became famous for inventing the cotton gin and this other manufacturing marvel of the late 18th century. (mechanical reaper or interchangeable parts)
What is interchangeable parts?
500
Cajuns are associated with the bayou region of this southern state.