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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Whales And Dolphins

Which New Zealand dolphin has a rounded dorsal fin and black facial markings?

Answer

Hector's dolphin

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Whales And Dolphins

Which cetacean suborder contains the baleen whales?

Answer

Mysticeti

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Whales And Dolphins

What is the name for a whale's tail fin?

Answer

Fluke

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Whales And Dolphins

What organ in the heads of toothed whales helps focus echolocation clicks?

Answer

Melon

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Climate Zones

Which Trewartha climate group uses the letter E?

Answer

Boreal

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Climate Zones

In what year did Wladimir Köppen first publish his climate classification?

Answer

1884

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Climate Zones

Which Greek philosopher is credited with dividing Earth into five climate zones?

Answer

Parmenides

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Climate Zones

In an ice cap climate, the average temperature of every month stays below what threshold?

Answer

0°C

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Climate Zones

In Köppen codes, which third letter indicates a warm summer?

Answer

b

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Climate Zones

In Köppen codes, which second letter marks a dry winter?

Answer

w

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Climate Zones

Which polar circle is located at about 66.5 degrees north latitude?

Answer

Arctic Circle

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Climate Zones

Which traditional heat zone lies between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?

Answer

Torrid Zone

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