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Geography 205 ch 1-4
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1
What is it called when two plates run past each other?
Transform plate
Tom’s plate
Divergent plates
Convergent plates
2
Which term refers to property that is narrow and long touching a waterway?
Long Lots
Meets and Bounds
3
What is a mound of debris left behind by a receding glacier?
Plate tectonics
Diastrophism
Moraine
Loess
4
When two plates collide, it is called?
Divergent plates
Transform plate
Convergent plates
Tom
5
Which term refers to mapping based off radio waves?
Thermal scanners
Aerophotographic
Sonar
Radar
6
What term shows movement on a map?
Point Symbols
Isotherm
Contour Lines
Flow Lines
7
What term means the bending of land due to stress?
Folding
Faulting
Epicenter
Focus
8
What is the pressure applied to the plates called?
Diastrophism
Moraine
Loess
Plate tectonics
9
What is the deflection of wind due to earth’s rotation?
Supersaturated
Monsoon
Condensation Nuclei
Coriolis Effect
10
What is the rainy season in Asia called?
Condensation Nuclei
Coriolis Effect
Monsoon
Supersaturated
11
What determines a mathematical scale?
Tom
The units are the same
The size of the map is 1/8 the actual size
The scale remains constant
12
The far side of the bend in a river that is weathered away is called…
Longshore
Spit
Deposit Point Bar
Cutbank
13
Which term refers to distance measured in terms such as cost or time?
Relative Distance
Absolute Distance
Absolute Location
Relative Location
14
What is continentality?
Land heats and cools fast than water
The continents are slowly moving apart
Tom doesn’t know how to shut his mouth
Water heats and cools faster than land
15
Which term refers to the use of terms such as left, right, or downtown?
Relative Direction
Absolute Direction
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
16
What is the second highest point where permafrost settles?
Tierra Nevada
Tierra Helada
Tierra Caliente
Tierra Fria
17
Who invented geography?
Socrates
Tom
Eratosthenes
Erodites
18
Which type of cloud is long and whispy?
Stratus
Cirrus
Cumulonimbus
Cumulus
19
What is the point above the focus?
Faulting
Focus
Epicenter
Folding
20
What are pieces of earth’s lithosphere that shift around?
Loess
Plate tectonics
Diastrophism
Moraine
21
Which term means space given meaning by humans?
Land
Place
Site
Space
22
What is it called when air has gathered enough vapors to change into water?
Coriolis Effect
Condensation Nuclei
Supersaturated
Monsoon
23
Which term refers to location in relation to something else?
Absolute Location
Absolute Distance
Relative Location
Relative Distance
24
Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes
False
True
25
Which term refers to mapping based off of temperature?
Aerophotographic
Sonar
Radar
Thermal scanners
26
Which type of rock forms when debris of other rocks compact into layers?
Igneous
Sedimentary
Tom
Metamorphic
27
The dry side of the mountain is called the…
Cirrus
Monsoon
Leeward
Tom
28
What term refers to mapping based on photos taken overhead?
Aerophotographic
Sonar
Thermal scanner
Radar
29
What term occurs when earth’s surface cracks?
Faulting
Folding
Focus
Epicenter
30
Which climate is the northern United States?
Highland
Humid subtropical
Humid continental
Savanna
31
What is affected in cartogram map?
Pattern
Tom
Color
Shape
32
What is the point of origin in an earthquake?
Folding
Focus
Epicenter
Faulting
33
What is wind blown silt referred to as?
Plate tectonics
Diastrophism
Moraine
Loess
34
Which term refers to a group that shares a characteristic?
Functional Region
Formal Region
Administrative Region
Tom
35
What is conical projection best suited for?
Accuracy
Global Scale mapping
Punting Tom
Ships and air navigation
36
The near side of the bend in a river that sediments are piled up is called…
Longshore
Cutbank
Spit
Deposit Point Bar
37
What is a mid level cool climate?
Tierra Caliente
Tierra Fria
Tierra Nevada
Tierra Hilada
38
A patch of sediment that points out from a beach due to a Longshore is called…
Cutbank
Deposit Point Bar
Spit
Longshore
39
The area that receives the most sunlight is called…
Subtropics
Tropics
Poles
Savanna
40
Which type of rock occurs when pressure and heat reforms it?
Tom
Metamorphic
Igneous
Sedimentary
41
What is planar projection best suited for?
Accuracy
Ships and air navigation
Pinching Tom
Global Scale Mapping
42
Which term refers to a group that share a social or economic center?
Functional Region
Tom
Formal Region
Administrative Region
43
What is it called when you recognize the trends of weather?
Climate
Tom
Insolation
Weather
44
The type of map that shows information based on color variation is called a…
Choropleth map
Cartogram map
Tom’s map
Aero photography
45
When magma reaches the surface, it is called…
Composite Cone
Lava
Volcanism
Magma
46
Which climate is souther United States?
Highland
Humid continental
Savanna
Humid subtropical
47
A particle of debris that water vapor gather in order to form a cloud is known as…
Supersaturated
Coriolis Effect
Condensation Nuclei
Monsoon
48
“1 inch = 1 mile” is an example of…
Mathematical scale
Verbal scale
Large scale map
Small scale map
49
Fault lines cause more earthquakes
False
True
50
A map depicting the city of West Liberty is what type of map?
Large scale map
Mathematical scale
Small scale map
Verbal scale
51
Which term means the movement of something?
Accessibility
Spacial Diffusion
Location
Connectivity
52
Weathering that occurs due to chemical changes is known as…
Chemical weathering
Mechanical weathering
53
What is the warmest temperature zone?
Tierra Templada
Tierra Hilada
Tierra Caliente
Tierra Fria
54
What term means specific position on the map?
Point Symbols
Flow lines
Isotherm
Contour lines
55
Which term refers to the latitudinal and longitudinal location?
Absolute Location
Absolute Distance
Relative Location
Relative Distance
56
When two plates shift apart, it is called?
Divergent plates
Tom
Transform plate
Convergent plates
57
The stereotypical volcano with steep edges and violent eruptions is called…
Lava
Volcanism
Composite Cone
Magma
58
What term means lines that connect similar points of elevation?
Contour lines
Isotherm
Point Symbols
Flow lines
59
When the waves erode a beach, it is called…
Spit
Longshore
Deposit Point Bar
Cutbank
60
Which term measures distance in standard units?
Absolute Distance
Relative Distance
Relative Direction
Absolute Direction
61
“Any activity that involves volcanoes” is the definition for which term?
Magma
Volcanism
Lava
Composite Cone
62
Which term refers to property mapped out by landmarks?
Meets and bounds
Long lots
63
What is the science of map making called?
Tom
Geography
Cartography
Areophotography
64
What is a mid level warm climate?
Tierra Templada
Tierra Fria
Tierra Hilada
Tierra Caliente
65
What is it called when you measure the current condition of the world at a certain time?
Tom
Weather
Insolation
Climate
66
What is the highest and coldest point of elevation?
Tierra Fria
Tierra Nevada
Tierra Caliente
Tierra Helada
67
Which type of cloud is a storm cloud?
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Cumulus
Cirrus
68
Which term means the linkage between places?
Spacial Diffusion
Location
Accessibility
Connectivity
69
Which type of rock forms when magma cools?
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Tom
Igneous
70
What term means the physical character of a place?
Site
Place
Space
Land
71
Wind blows from sea to land during the…
Night
Day
72
Which term refers to the use of cardinal directions (NSWE)?
Relative Distance
Relative Direction
Absolute Direction
Absolute Distance
73
What type of cloud is fluffy?
Cumulus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
Cirrus
74
Which type of cloud carries snow?
Cumulus
Cirrus
Stratus
Cumulonimbus
75
Which term means the surface area available to humans?
Site
Place
Space
Land
76
Incoming solar radiation is known as…
Climate
Insolation
Weather
77
Which term refers to mapping based off of reflected sound?
Thermal scanners
Aerophotographic
Radar
Sonar
78
What is cylindrical projection best suited for?
Ships and air navigation
Punching Tom
Accuracy
Global scale mapping
79
Which term means the relative ease with which a destination may be reached from some other place?
Spacial Diffusion
Connectivity
Location
Accessibility
80
A map depicting the continent of Asia is which kind of map?
Small scale map
Verbal scale
Mathematical scale
Large scale map
81
Which term refers to a group that is decided by the government?
Tom
Formal Region
Administrative Region
Functional Region
82
Which layer is the partially molten part of earth’s mantle?
Stratosphere
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
83
What term means lines that connect similar points of temperature?
Contour lines
Flow lines
Point symbols
Isotherm
84
How old is the earth?
2 billion years
6 billion years
1.5 billion years
4.5 billion years
85
Water gets stuck in a crack and as it freezes it expands the crack. This is a form of…
Mechanical weathering
Chemical weathering
