GeoQuiz Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

PREVIEW:

• United States Geography: Lake Effect Snow...
• World Geography: Amazon Rainforest...
• Interesting Article: Tea = A Cure?

UNITED STATES GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is a. Pelee Island is the only island in Lake Erie that belongs to Canada.

Today's question: Lake Erie produces lake effect snow, when cold winds pick up water vapor and freeze it, dropping it on land. The lake effect snow of Lake Erie moves south, causing what place to be one of the snowiest places in the United States?

• a. Dayton, Ohio
• b. Buffalo, New York
• c. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• d. Boise, Idaho

WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The correct answer to yesterday's question is d. The Amazon River drains some 40% of South America.

Today's question: The Amazon River runs through the Amazon Rainforest. The rainforest encompasses 7 million square km and is in how many nations?

• a. seven
• b. eight
• c. nine
• d. ten

WORD OF THE DAY: wizened - dried; shriveled; withered

INTERESTING ARTICLE: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051212/ap_on_he_me/tea_ovarian_cancer