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Geography Test One
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What is an area defined by the uniform characteristics of its geography?
Landscape
Region
Place
Location
2
When are the equinoxes?
June 21 & December 21
June 21 & July 4
March 21 & September 22
January 3 & July 4
3
What is the glassy, metallic, or non-metallic definition of a mineral?
Hardness
Streak
Luster
Cleavage
4
Where are the northernmost & southernmost tangent rays on December 21?
Arctic circle on far side & antarctic circle on the near side of pole
The tropic of cancer and tropic of capricorn
The north pole and south pole
Antarctic circle on far side & arctic circle on the near side of pole
5
Which is NOT true about Igneous rocks?
Made by erosion
Sometimes called primary rocks
Crystallized from molten state
Compromise 90% of crust
6
How do oblique rays differ from direct rays?
Oblique rays migrate, and the direct rays remain at the equator
An oblique ray covers more surface area than a direct ray
Oblique rays from the circle of illumination
A direct ray has less potential heat energy than an oblique ray
7
Which set of sub-disciplines represents the primary themes of physical geography?
Meteorology, hydrogeography, climatology, biogeography, and geomorphology
Geography of sports, music, folk
Marketing, political, population, and transportation
Behaviorial, economic, historical, and medical
8
Which map projection is a conformal projection?
Mercator
Miller
Goode's Interrupted homolosine
Mollweide
9
Which feature, material-based, is part of the biosphere?
A glacier
A tornado
Ground water
Phytoplankton
10
When does daylight begin at the south pole?
March 21
September 22
December 21
June 21
11
What is the approx. date of aphelion?
January 3
June 21
July 4
September 22
12
Which feature is external to the Milky Way Galaxy?
Andromeda
Halley's comet
The asteroid belt
Alpha centauri
13
What term says the pointing of Earth's northern axis to North Star throughout the year?
Parallelism
Subsolar point
Solstice
Equinox
14
Physical or chemical changes to pre-existing rocks due to pressure and heat...
Sedimentary
Igneous
Metamorphic
15
Which feature is part of the lithosphere?
A hurricane
A delta
A maple tree
A geyser
16
Which planet is a Jovian planet?
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
17
Which statement describes Earth's orbit?
The plane of the ecliptic contains the orbit.
The orbit is circular
Earth moves in clockwise direction when viewed so as to see the North Pole
The sun is positioned at the central point of the orbital path
18
Geography is....
Much the same as geology
A physical science
A combination of physical and social studies
An art, not a science
19
Which term is most closely related to Earth's rotation?
Circle of ullumination
Parallelism
Orbit
Equinox
20
_____ is the generic term for any line on a map that connects points of equal value.
Projection
Isoline
Meridian
Legend
21
If the subsolar point is at 20 degrees N, where would the nothernmost tangent ray be located?
70 degrees North on the far side of the pole
The Arctic Circle
The North Pole
70 degrees on the near side of the pole
22
Which is an example of a closed system?
A pencil
A terrarium
A fruit tree
A heat pump
23
The highest numbered latitude used in the geographic grid is...
90 degrees
365 degrees
100 degrees
180 degrees
24
At what latitude is the subsolar point during an equinox?
The equator
21.1 degrees/ 2 degrees North
The poles
66.1 degrees/ 2 degrees South
25
What term describes when the subsolar point reaches its maximum latitudinal position?
Equinox
Parallelism
Perihelion
Solstice
26
What is the significance of the Tropic of Cancer?
This is the farthest south the direct rays migrate.
Most northerly latitude at which the subsolar point be located
This is the farthest south the important southernmost tangent rays migrate
This is the farthest north the important northernmost tangent rays migrate
27
The study of characteristics of rocks is...
Petrology
Geology
None of the above
Geography
28
On which date would the South Pole be in darkness?
December 15
February 15
August 10
September 30
29
What is the term for the geographic patterns, distributions, and measurements associated with nature of a physical place
Natural
Topographic
Spatial
Environmental
30
What condition maintains the scale relationship between the globe and the projection surface?
Gores
Compromise
Equivalence
Tangency
31
What is a mechanism that helps a system maintain a steady state through time?
Variable
Cycle
Feedback
Threshold
32
What part of the mantle is liquid?
Upper mantle
Lower mantle
Uppermost
33
When are the solstices?
March 21 & September 22
January 3 and July 4
June 21 & December 21
March 21 & June 21
34
The U.S. is mainly made up of what kind of rocks?
Metamorphic
Extrusive igneous rocks
Sedimentary
Igneous
35
What data collection is used by a geographer who tests a hypothesis by measuring and mapping the trees in forest?
Fieldwork
Replication
Simulation
Experimentation
36
Which is not true about Venus?
Has a satellite
Brightest object except for the moon in the night sky
Has a dense atmosphere of carbon dioxide & sulfuric acid
Has a high surface temp
37
The interdisciplinary study of collections of interacting objects as it applies in both natural and cultural apps?
Systems theory
The hydrologic cycle
Tobler's First Law of Geography
Plate tectonic theory
38
What activity formally scrutinizes scientific research?
Publication by the popular media
Submission to the Federal Bureau of Standards or the U.S. Patent office
The scientific peer review process
Posting in blogs to the internet
39
What is the location of the Arctic circle?
23.5 degrees North
90 degrees North
66.1 degrees/ 2 degrees North
80 degrees North
40
How far does the noonday Sun vary in position annually?
47 degrees
23.5 degrees
0 degrees
90 degrees
41
The acceptance of a theory or hypothesis is based on....
A preponderance of evidence
A belief
The pronouncements of authorities
Common sense
42
The word "geography comes from the Greek, meaning...
The study of rocks
Description of Earth
Drawing maps
The study of human culture
