Geology Unit 1

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The movement about wich geographers talk usually refers to...

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People, goods, and ideas

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Which of tge following is nit used by geographers to determine absolute location?

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Distance from the ocean

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The building of dams and canals to irrigate desert regions is an example of the geographic theme of?

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Human enviroment interaction

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A geographer would most likely use GIS for which of the following tasks?

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to collect, manipulate, analyze, and display data about the earths surface

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Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the?

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Equator

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The buses people use in a city would be linked to the geographic them of?

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Movement

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The hill country of Texas wouldbe an example of a?

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Region

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Converting land used for farming into land used for a housing development is an example of which of the following?

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Human enviroment interaction

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Geography is best defined as?

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the study of earth

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The two types of Geographic features are?

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Natural and Physical

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The Equator divides the _____ hemisphere.

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North and South

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An example of a Natural Geographical feature would be an?

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river

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An example of a Manmade Geofraphical feature woul be?

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Great Wall of China

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The location of a place compared to other places is its?

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relative location

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What type of map would have the amount of cotton production in the world?

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Special Purpose

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In the word Geography the word geo means-

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earth

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A map that can be used to show different populations around the world

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Special purpose

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Used for ocean travel-lines of latitude and longitude are stretched to give an accurate distance.

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Mercator

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Not interrupted-found mostly in textbooks

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Robinson

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Used for air travel-also called polar projection.

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Azimuthal Equidistant

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interrupted-oceans are cut out; used to study land areas

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Goode's Interupted

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used to show different geographic feature.are different levels of altitude

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Physical

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used to show state boundaries, cities, and capitals.

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Political

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The difference in elevation of the landforms in a particular area

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Relief

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study of the human life and the changes they have made on earth

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Human Geography

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study of the natural world

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Physical Geography

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a viewpoint that is influenced by one's own culture and experiences

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Perception

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consist of a central place and the surroundings place affected by it.

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Functional Region

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areas in which certain characteristics are found throughout the area

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Formal Region

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defined by peopled feelings and attitudes about areas.

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Perceptual Region

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the physival and human characteristics that help distinguish a place from other places.

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Character of a place

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best respresentation of the world

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Globe

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tells the user about the size of the map in relation to the size of the real world by giving the ration between the distances on earth

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Scale

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tells the user about the symbols used on map

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Legend

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tells the user about the symbols on the map

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Legend

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shows the user where the cardinal directions lie on the map.

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Compass Rose

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Trees that shed their leaves when winter approaches are

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Decidious

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Are plant-eating anamals

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Herbivores

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refers to an areas temperature and level of precipitation over a long period time.

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Climate

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A layer of aoil just below the surface of the tundra is known as

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Permafrost

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The spring and fall _____ mark the days when the sun appears directly overhead at the equator.

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Equinox

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The interaction of plant life, animal life, and the physical enviroment in which they live is a

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Ecosystem

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The earths spinning on its axis is called

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Rotation

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Tropical grasslands located in the low latitudes are called

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savannahs

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A_____ is an air mass created when cold air meets warm air.

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Front

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are meat eating animals

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Carnivore

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trees carry their seeds in cones

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coniferous

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is the condition of the bottom layer of the earths atmosphere in one place over a short period of time

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weathering

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The earth completes one ____in approximately 24 hours

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rotation

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The water that falls to earth from the atmosphere is called

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precipitation

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Two seasons are marked by tge summer and winter_____

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Solstice

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_____ have little to no precipitation and mainly centered on Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn

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Deserts

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Tropical forests are not___

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the densest layer of plant life is on the forest floor

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Deserts and tundra regions are alike in which of the folloeing ways?

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In both regions, only plants that can adjust to extreme temperatures can survive

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Some scientists theorize that global warming?

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is caused by the melting glaciers

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Which of the following is not affected by the relative positions of the sun and the earth?

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thunderstorms

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which of the following statements about convection is incorrect?

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Cold air and cold water flow from the earths equator toward the poles

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Climate regions are classified mainly on the basis of?

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seasonal temperatures and precipitation

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The central regions of several continents are covered by

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grasslands

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All of the following are accurate statements about weather and climate except?

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The plants in an ecosystem depend upon one another for shade, support, and food

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Broadleaf deciduous forests grow best in regions with a

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temperate climate and adequate rainfall

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Climate depends on such factors as an area's

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elevation and latitude

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All of the following are accurate statments about wind except?

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Wind direction is affected by the earths rotation

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In a humid continental climate region you would find plants and animals adapted to

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mild summers and winters

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Dry seasons of natural wildfires are common to

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praries

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the six climate regions into whih geographers have divided the earth were defined mainly by

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latitude and elevation

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All of the following are accurate statments about climate and weather except

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Human actions causing the climate to change

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Boyh warm air and warm water flow generally

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straight because of the Coriolis effect

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Which of the following is an example of a biome?

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coniferous forest

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Which of the following would not be able to survive in a desert?

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a plant with veryblarge leaves that tilt toward the sun

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Compared with decidious forests, coniferous forests

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tend to be found in the colder parts of the middle latitudes

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What are the three main factors of weather?

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Temperature, wind, precipitation

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____ is the most common type of precipitation.

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Frontal Precipitation

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____is land or water area where plants and animals live.

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Ecosystem