TRAVEL CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Question 1

ACCLIMATIZATION

Answer 1

THE WAY IN WHICH AN ORGANISM ADJUSTS TO A NEW ENVIRONMENT

Question 2

ACROPOLIS

Answer 2

A GREEK WORD MEANING “HIGH POINT IN THE CITY”; A RAISED AREA (NATURAL OR ARTIFICIAL), TOPPED WITH BUILDINGS; THE RELIGIOUS AND MILITARY CENTER OF Ancient Greek CITY-STATES

Question 3

ADVENTURE TRAVEL

Answer 3

ANY TRAVEL WITH AN ELEMENT OF RISK

Question 4

ALLUVIAL

Answer 4

AN ADJECTIVE REFERRING TO THE MUD, SILT, AND SAND DEPOSITED BY RIVERS AND STREAMS

Question 5

ALPINE

Answer 5

AN AREA ON MOUNTAINS ABOVE THE TREE LINE BUT BELOW THE LIMIT OF PERMANENT SNOW

Question 6

ALPINE SKIING

Answer 6

ANOTHER TERM FOR DOWNHILL SKIING

Question 7

ALTIPLANO

Answer 7

THE HIGH PLAINS OF ECUADOR, BOLIVIA, AND PERU

Question 8

ALTITUDE

Answer 8

THE HEIGHT IN THE ATMOSPHERE REFLECTING THE DISTANCE ABOVE SEA LEVEL

Question 9

AQUEDUCT

Answer 9

A GRAVITY-FED WATER CHANNEL ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED BY THE ROMANS, FREQUENTLY ELEVATED AND SUPPORTED BY ARCHES

Question 10

ARCHIPELAGO

Answer 10

A GROUP OF ISLANDS CLUSTERED TOGETHER

Question 11

ARCTIC

Answer 11

THE COLD POLAR REGIONS WHERE TREES WILL NOT GROW

Question 12

ATLAS

Answer 12

A BOOK OF MAPS

Question 13

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

Answer 13

THE WEIGHT OF PRESSURE AS MEASURED BY A BAROMETER

Question 14

ATOLL

Answer 14

A CORAL REEF ENCLOSING A LAGOON; FOUND MAINLY IN THE Pacific Ocean

Question 15

AURORA

Answer 15

THE COLORFUL LIGHT DISPLAY THAT SHIMMERS IN THE DARK POLAR SKY. AURORA BOREALIS, AURORA AUSTRALIAS

Question 16

AVALANCHE

Answer 16

A MASS OF SNOW, ICE, ROCK, OR OTHER MATERIAL SLIDING SWIFTLY DOWN A MOUNTAIN SIDE

Question 17

BARRIER ISLAND

Answer 17

THE LANDFORMS PARALLEL TO SHORELINES

Question 18

BASIN

Answer 18

A LOW SPOT IN THE LAND OR OCEAN FLOOR

Question 19

BAY

Answer 19

A BODY OF WATER PARTLY SURROUNDED BY LAND

Question 20

BAYOU

Answer 20

A SLUGGISH SWAMPY BACKWATER OF A RIVER OR LAKE

Question 21

BEACH

Answer 21

A NARROW, GENTLY SLOPING STRIP OF LAND NEXT TO AN OCEAN OR LAKE

Question 22

BENGUELA CURRENT

Answer 22

COLD FLOWING CURRENT OFF THE COAST OF South Africa

Question 23

BILHARZIA

Answer 23

A DANGEROUS WATER BORNE PARASITIC DISEASE ACQUIRED BY SKIN CONTACT WITH FRESH WATER CONTAINING WORM LARVE. FOUND IN LAKES, STREAMS, AND WATER HOLES IN AFRICA, ASIA, THE CARIBBEAN , AND South America

Question 24

BLUE HOLE

Answer 24

DEEP BLUE RING OF WATER IN THE SEA COMING FROM WHAT WAS A CAVE ON AN ISLAND OF LIMESTONE THAT HAS SUNK INTO THE OCEAN

Question 25

BLUFF

Answer 25

A CLIFF OR STEEP WALL OF ROCK OR SOIL THAT BORDERS A RIVER OF FLOODPLAIN

Question 26

BOG

Answer 26

AN AREA OF WETLAND IN WHICH SOIL CONDITIONS HINDER THE DECAY OF PLANT AND ANIMAL MATTER UNTIL THE MATTER ACCUMULATES AS PEAT. CALLED A MOOR IN ENGLAND AND A MUSKEG IN CANADA.

Question 27

BORE

Answer 27

A WALL-LIKE WAVE OF SWIFT RUNNING WATER FORMED BY A BAY OR RIVER MOUTH BY A RAPIDLY RISING TIDE

Question 28

BOREAL

Answer 28

AN ADJECTIVE REFERRING TO AN EVERGREEN FOREST IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE

Question 29

BREAKWATER

Answer 29

A PILE OF ROCK OR CONCREAT BUILT PARALLEL TO THE SHORE TO PREVENT EROSION OR DAMAGE TO BOATS

Question 30

BUTTE

Answer 30

A LONELY TOWER OF ROCKS THAT RISES SHARPLY FROM THE SURROUNDING AREA AND HAS SLOPING SIDES AND A FLAT TOP.

Question 31

CALDERA

Answer 31

A LARGE CRATER FORMED AFTER A VOLCANO EXPLODES AND COLLAPSES IN ON ITSELF

Question 32

CALVING

Answer 32

THE BREAKING OFF OF GLACIAL ICE INTO THE OCEAN TO FORM ICEBERGS