Question 81 An internal drainage basin in the United States where no water within it flows to the ocean is the Hudson Bay Great Basin. Great Lakes Basin. Mississippi Basin.
Question 81
An internal drainage basin in the United States where no water within it flows to the ocean is the
Hudson Bay
Great Basin.
Great Lakes Basin.
Mississippi Basin.
Question 82
The term 'Green Sahara' refer to:
a period of time when most of northern Africa consisted of savanna woodland, and seasonal tropical forest, and different wild animals
An environmental movement aimed at preserving ecosystems within the Sahara region
a collective term that refers to water sources (oases) in the Sahara Desert that support continuous plant cover
the period of time since modern northern African societies have become concerned with developing alternative energy sources
Question 83
Recent retreats of continental ice sheets and alpine glaciers are caused by:
Increase in earth’s gravity
Global warming and climate change
Increase in volcanic eruptions
Increase in earthquake intensity
Question 84
Geography is:
a spatial science.
a behavioral science.
a subject that uses chronological approach
all of the above
a subject that studies only human elements of the earth
Question 85
Which of the following most accurately characterizes the goal of geography?
Memorization of the imports and exports of a country.
Memorization of the names of places on world and regional maps.
The production of maps.
Understanding why a particular place has unique characteristics.
Question 86
The earth system:
is a complex functioning system
all are true
includes both living and non-living spheres that interact on a continuous basis
includes atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere
Question 87
The boundary of the earth system where energy passes but no matter exhibits that the earth system is:
An open system
Isolated system
None of the above
A closed system
Question 88
In an open earth system:
There is a free flow of energy and matter
All are true
There is a free flow of matter but not energy
Neither energy nor mass transfer takes place across system boundary
Question 89
What type of feedback maintains stability in a system or keeps a system functioning properly?
Negative
It can’t be determined.
Neutral
Positive
Question 90
If a system responds to a change in input by moving further away from its equilibrium condition, what type of feedback has occurred?
Positive
Neutral
It can’t be determined
Negative
Question 91
Which of the following statement(s) about Earth's dimensions is correct?
Its equatorial circumstance is about 40,000 km or 24,900 miles
All are correct statements about the earth's dimension.
The equatorial diameter is greater than the polar diameter.
Meridians are spaced far apart near equator but spaced closer near the polar regions.
Its shape is oblate spheroid; not a perfect circle.
Question 92
An angular distance measured east or west of a prime meridian from the center of Earth is termed
azimuth
longitude or meridian.
zenith.
latitude or parallel.
Question 93
San Francisco (CA) is located west of Dallas (TX). The time at San Francisco is __________ than that at Dallas because Earth rotates from __________ when viewed from above the North Pole.
earlier; east to west (i.e., clockwise)
earlier; west to east (i.e., counterclockwise)
later; west to east (i.e., counterclockwise)
later; east to west (i.e., clockwise)
Question 94
Standard time zones:
are only used in the developed countries.
don’t use daylight saving time.
Divide the earth into 39 time zones.
have yet to be generally established.
are 15° wide because Earth rotates through that distance in one hour.
Question 95
Why is the International Date Line zigzagging around the middle of Pacific Ocean?
It was drawn with the consideration not to split small island territories into different days that could potentially cause confusion and prevent them from trading with nearby territories.
Because it is an imaginary, not real, line.
Because cartographers made an error in drawing the line.
Because the earth is a 3-D sphere
Because there are ridges in the middle of the ocean preventing it from being drawn straight.
Question 96
A rhumb line is:
a line that closely follows the small circle route.
a line crossing all meridians at the same angle but changing directions as measured to true north.
None of the above
a line that closely follows the great circle route, crossing all meridians at the same angle and not changing directions as measured to true north.
Question 97
If you wanted a map with a lot of detail of a small area, you would want a
an intermediate scale
a large scale
a small scale appropriate for a world map
A globe
a medium scale
Question 98
Which of the following is an example of written or verbal or word map scale?
1 cm = 5 km
63,360:1
1:125,000
1:3,168,000
Question 99
Which of the following describes the property of equal area map projection?
conformal
equidistant
equivalent
azimuthal
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