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1. The study of people and places on C. scientific law
earth is called?
D. conclusion
A. Erosion
4. Brazilian favelas such as the one
B. tectonic plates
shown above began to expand rapidly
C. geography in the 1970s. What was one reason for
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D. geometry
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5. What are the imaginary lines that run 10. Which one of these is NOT a tool a
east and west called? geographer uses?
A. Longitude A. Chart
B. Meridians B. Fruit
C. Latitude C. Graph
A. rock samples
A. Geosphere
B. seismic waves
B. Hydrosphere
C. liquid iron
C. Atmosphere
D. volcanic eruption
D. Biosphere
14. The Equator and the Prime Meridian
8. Lines of measure north and south. both divide the Earth in
A. Longitude A. quarters
B. a grid B. one
C. the Prime Meridian C. half
D. Latitude D. fourths
9. This is the study of the oceans that 15. I am a/an
make up Earth.
A. Astronomy
B. Meteorology
C. Geology
D. Oceanography
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A. Tropic of Capricorn
A. Photographic interpretation
B. Arctic Circle
B. Field observation
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C. Tropic of Cancer C. GPS
D. Antarctic Circle D. Remote sensing
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21. Mountains, rivers, and lakes are ex-
A. political map amples of
A. Human Characteristics
B. reference map
B. Physical Characteristics
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C. thematic map
22. A group of sciences called science
D. topographic map
deals with Earth and its neighbors in
space.
18. What physical feature in Georgia built
forts to protect Georgia from pirates A. Astronomy
and the Spanish, but now protects the B. Geology
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A. paleontology
C. Chattahoochee
B. geology
D. Appalachian Mountains
C. biology
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16. C 17. D 18. A 19. D 20. E 21. B 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. C
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A. inside
B. rock
C. earth
D. study of
A. Airways
B. Railways A. photosphere
B. chromosphere
C. Waterways
C. core
D. Roadways
D. radiation zone
27. Fashion trends that diffuse from a
32. The principle that a fault or body of
celebrity in Paris, France to a certain
rock is younger than any other body
group of fans is an example of:
of rock that it cuts through.
A. Relocation diffusion
B. Stimulus diffusion
C. Contagious diffusion
D. Hierarchical diffusion
A. Title B. HIMALAYAS
C. WESTERN GHATS.
B. Legend
34. A map is the internal image peo-
C. Scale
ple construct from their knowledge of
where places are located.
30. How do extrusive Igneous rocks cool?
A. mental
A. quickly
B. political
B. slowly
C. physical
31. Identify part 5. D. flow-line
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36. Atlantic Ocean
A. North
B. South
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C. East
D. West
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C. A
D. C
37. The visible surface of the sun is
known as the A. 105o W
A. core B. 10o N
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B. photosphere C. 22o N
C. chromosphere D. 80o W
D. corona
42. What type of boundary it is when two
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C. Divergent boundary
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D. Tectonic movement
A. 7
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2
C. Epoch B. humus
D. Relative Age C. bedrock
45. An exact address is an example of: 49. How do seismologists evaluate earth-
A. Relative Location quake risks?
B. Absolute Location A. geology around a fault, past earth-
quake activity, and population density
C. Optimal Location
D. Formal Location
B. forests, wildlife and past earth-
46. This map is most useful to determine quake activity
C. animal behavior, sun spot activity,
and population density
D. number of nearby active volca-
noes, geologic location, and wild fires
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A. West Virginia
A. North America
B. Rhode Island
B. Africa
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54. Label number 1
C. Antarctica
D. ASia
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Canal?
A. Separates North and South Amer-
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B. Allows ships to travel from the At-
lantic to Pacific Oceans
C. There is no importance
A. #1 Core D. It is a military base in Central
B. #1 Radiation zone America
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B. Fieldwork
by latitude & longitude or an address)
C. Remote-sensing
D. Not opening your textbook
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60. If a sediment is very fine, well-sorted, 65. What is titanium used for?
and rounded, what does this tell you
about where the sediment is in rela-
tion to its source?
A. It is very close to its original
source
B. It is very far from its original
source
C. It is somewhat close to its original
source A. Medical protheses.
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A. The study of carts. B. drought
B. The study of grocery stores. C. fault
C. The study of the surface features D. sinkhole
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of Earth. 76. A student is planning an experiment
D. The study of limiting factors. to find out how the height from which
he drops a ball affects how high the
72. Page 2: In what layer of the rainforest ball bounces. The dependent variable
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is the ground located? is the
A. Understory A. Diameter of the ball
B. Emergent B. Force acting on the ball
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C. Canopy C. Height that the ball bounces
D. Forest floor D. Height from which the ball is
dropped
73. What mountain range is found at G
77. What type of galaxy is this?
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A. Spiral
A. Rocky Mountains
B. Elliptical
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D. Irrational
D. Himalayas
78. Which type of seismic waves are the
quickest?
A. S-waves
B. P-waves
C. Surface waves
D. Love waves
79. The location of one place compared
to another place
70. C 71. C 72. D 73. C 74. C 75. A 76. C 77. C 78. B 79. B
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A. folded
B. fault-block
C. volcanic
D. upwarped/dome
D. B B. Place
C. Location
81. Why do we use grip maps?
D. Region
88. The rise and fall of the level of the sea 92. What is the main reason people
in response to the pull of the Moon’s choose to settle in one area and not
gravity. in another?
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A. Fresh Water A. They want to get away from major
B. Salt Water transportation centers.
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C. Salinity B. The area has sufficient resources
to meet their basic needs
D. Tides
C. They want to live close to friends
89. if you cross a time zone line going and family
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east you must
D. The area has deep religious signif-
icance to them
B. Coast
A. subtract an hour from your watch
C. Valley
B. add an hour to your watch
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D. Mountain
90. An imaginary line that divides the
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northern and southern hemispheres is 95. Which ocean borders the WEST coast
the of the United States and Canada?
91. spread of ideas, inventions, or pat- 96. When you explain or interpret the
terns things you observe.
88. D 89. B 90. C 91. D 92. B 93. A 94. B 95. D 96. B 97. A
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A. Weather B. Dirt
B. Oceans C. Limestone
A. waxing moon
B. solar eclipse
C. lunar eclipse
A. Tundra D. sun rise
B. Middle Latitude Forest
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112. The study of characteristics of the
C. Taiga world’s land and people is called
D. Steppe A. Geography
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107. Tennessee B. Geology
A. Memphis C. Geometry
B. Charlotte
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113. What Continent is Orange?
C. Nashville
D. Madison
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A. Location
B. Strain
B. Place
C. Deformation
C. Landscape
D. Pressure
D. Centrality
117. How much continets are there in the 122. Climate Change (caused by natural
world? and human activities). Which area of
geography does this fall under?
A. 8
A. Physical Geography
B. 5
B. Human Geography
C. 6
C. Neither
D. 7 D. Both
118. What geographical theory did your 123. An ecosystem is a community of ani-
human investigation relate to? mals and plants interacting with their
A. Demographic transition model -
birth rates and death rates change A. habitat
over time as a country becomes more
B. climate
developed eg UK is in stage 4
C. environment
B. Landuse model - Housing and in-
come changes influence environmen- D. community
tal quality, eg more green spacefound 124. Which method of radioactive dating
where housing conditions better and would be most useful in determining
low litter. the age of a human fossil?
C. Population pyramid - The demo- A. Carbon-14 method
graphics of the country is displayed
based on age groups and gender B. Uranium-lead method
C. Potassium-argon method
119. What continent is this?
D. Rubidium-strontium method
116. C 117. D 118. B 119. A 120. D 121. A 122. D 123. C 124. A 125. A 126. B
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A. Melted A. latitude
B. Broken B. longitude
C. oceans
126. Which part of a map shows you sym-
bols and their meanings? D. mountains
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C. grid map
B. day, season, year
D. island
C. day, year, season
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127. medritian D. year, day, season
A. medrittian
132. Longitude is measured in degrees
B. medritansf east or west of
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C. eedtritian A. Prime Meridian
D. ritian B. Equator
C. Tropic of Cancer
128. Some cities have lots of pollution and
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garbage. Which theme does this rep- D. Tropic of Capricorn
resent?
133. The migration of ducks is an exam-
A. Region ple of:
B. Location A. Movement
C. Place
129. is a system that determines
the precise position of something on 134. Where is Eritrea located?
Earth through a series of satellites,
A. Canada
tracking stations, and receivers.
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B. South Carolina
A. GIS
C. Africa
B. GPS
D. North Carolina
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C. GGS
135. How are Volcanic Mountains
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D. ARC formed?
130. Which of the following is not a factor A. Upward pressure when two tec-
that affects climate? tonic plates collide.
B. Cracks in the crust pushes it up-
wards.
C. Magma pushes its way from be-
neath the crust.
D. Earthquakes taken place at fault
lines.
127. A 128. C 129. B 130. B 131. C 132. A 133. A 134. C 135. C 136. B
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A. Correlation A. Compact
B. Causation B. Landlocked
137. C 138. B 139. B 140. D 141. C 142. B 143. C 144. B 145. B 146. D 147. C
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148. An instrument used to measure the A. Arctic
amount of rainfall
B. Indian
C. Atlantic
D. Pacific
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A. barometer
B. thermometer
C. rain guage
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D. wind sock A. Accretion
B. Condensation
149. When the sun is directly over top of
the , it is the start of winter for us. C. Differentiation
A. equator D. Zonation
B. 10 years
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C. 15 years
A. Region is inhabited by a grand
D. 20 years
majority from one religion group.
151. What is the largest Ocean? B. Region is defined by beliefs about
economic conditions in the area.
C. Region is characterized by a com-
mon climate and vegetation zones.
D. The region is bound by the bor-
ders of Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Indiana.
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A. compass rose
B. inner core, outer core, magma,
crust B. legend
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C. inner core, outer mantle, inner C. scale
mantle, crust D. title
D. inner core, outer core, mantle, 169. The reasons we have seasons is be-
crust cause the Earth is
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A. pie
165. enforces laws
B. tilted
A. legislative branch
C. melting
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B. executive branch
D. water
C. judicial branch
170. What is Thermal Power?
166. If a French clothing company wanted A. Power generated by coal.
to open a store in Orlando, Florida,
B. Power generated by Geo thermal
what kind of scaled data would it use
energy.
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B. Regional Scale
how people relocate
C. Local Scale
A. A. Place
D. National Scale
B. Regions
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A. Reason D. Movement
168. Analyze the map and answer the B. Chemistry is the study of life and
question that follows.The map ele- ecosystem.
ment circled on the map above is the C. Chemistry is the study of planets
and universe.
164. D 165. B 166. C 167. B 168. B 169. B 170. A 171. D 172. A 173. B
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D. Chemistry is the study of the 177. Why are there different types of map
earth. projections?
B. Seafloor Spreading
178. A mountain’s elevation is
C. Plate Tectonics
A. it’s distance above sea level.
174. Locations derive their names from
physical features, cultural links, histor-
B. a passage through or under it.
ical events these names are known
as
C. a wall used to stop the flow of wa-
A. Site ter.
B. Place
D. a level surface on the mountain-
C. Situation side.
D. Toponym
179. Which number on the map rep-
175. It displays true direction and useful resents the Sierra Madre Mountain
for sea navigation Range?
A. Planar/Azimuthal Projection
B. Robinson Projection
C. Conic Projection
D. Cylindrical/Mercator Projection
A. 2
B. 5
C. 1
A. Europe
D. 8
B. Asia
C. Antarctica
180. Which geographic term BEST de-
D. South America scribes Florida?
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A. Romance
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B. Germanic
A. peninsula C. Slavic
B. isthmus D. Celtic
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E. Indo-Iranian
C. archipelago
184. Red
D. cape
A. Albany, New York
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181. Plates B. Concord, New Hampshire
183. The image above is a map of the 187. The title of a map tells you
Indo-European language family re-
A. where you are
gion. The individual colored regions
show the location of the different B. how many people live there
branches of the Indo-European family.
C. how many mountains
Name the language branch covered by
the DARK GREEN region. D. what type of map is it
A. Australia
B. New Zealand
C. Nepal A. Biosphere-Atmosphere
D. China
B. Geosphere-Hydrosphere
189. Which region is least affected by the
tilt of the earth?
C. Hydrosphere-Atmosphere
A. Arctic
B. Temperate D. Biosphere-Hydrosphere
C. Tropical
D. Antarctic 194. What process is shown by letter B in
the diagram?
190. Which type of economy is based on
traditions and beliefs?
A. Command
B. Market
C. Traditional
D. Mixed
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A. Mexico
B. United States
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C. Tonga
D. Great Britain
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covado Mountain is located in which
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B. Canada
C. Hungary
D. Brazil
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B. Direction, distance, and size
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C. H-G-F-E-M-A-D-C-B
C. Shape, size, direction, and dis-
D. H-G-A-D-C-B-F-E-M
tance
197. The study of Earth D. Shape, size, direction, distance,
A. Latitude and color
B. Longitude
202. Use the map on pgs. 452 & 453, and
C. Geography the organizer on pg. 21, as references
D. History for the following question:If it is June
18th in New York City, what season is
198. half of the earth it in London, England?
A. 2.5km
B. 4.3km
C. 3.3km
D. 3.8km
A. Hydrosphere
205. What is this moon phase?
B. Biosphere
C. Atmosphere
D. Geosphere
E. Cryosphere
209. Magma leaves a volcano through
a
A. Half moon.
B. New moon.
C. Full moon.
B. Vent
C. Chamber
D. Crater
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tries or states from another, cities, etc.
B. Derockifying
C. Geomovement
D. Lithosphere
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214. In an experiment, it is important to
change only factor. All other fac-
tors must be kept the same.
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A. 1
A. physical map
B. 2
B. border
C. 3
C. political map
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D. 4
D. pickled eggs
215. The dominant branch in the whole
211. Mississippi River of Islam is
A. Sunni
A. Northeast region
B. Shiite
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B. West region
C. Muslim
C. South region
216. Eco-footprint: The UK average is 5.3
D. Midwest region hectares per person. What is Birming-
ay
ham’s eco-footprint?
212. What is the definition of rock layer?
A. 5.3
A. to group things based on similar
characteristics B. 3.5
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C. 4.15
B. a layer or line of rock above or
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213. The movement of small particles of 218. This theme answers the question,
rock where is it?
210. C 211. C 211. D 212. B 213. A 214. A 215. A 216. C 217. D 218. C 219. C
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222. This image is showing us a 226. Which imaginary line divides the
Earth into the eastern and western
hemispheres?
A. Prime Meridian
B. Equator
C. Axis
D. North Pole
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228. Which layer of the Earth is #3 point- A. Prime meridian
ing to? B. Equator
C. Longitude
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D. Latitude
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low" "very yellow" or "orange" is
data
A. quantitative
A. Outer Core
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B. qualitative
B. Mantle
234. When one large nucleus is split into
C. Inner Core
two smaller nuclei, the process is nu-
D. Crust clear
229. The Earth’s axis is tilted degrees. A. Fusion
B. Fission
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C. Tracing
D. Decay
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A. 23.5
B. 25.3
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C. 30.2
D. 24
230. What would change if the Earth’s tilt
were changed? A. To describe the physical beauty
and complexity of places
A. seasons
B. To understand the most general
B. rotations physical features of places
C. mass C. To identify the broad patterns of
D. latitude larger areas
C. Regions
D. Landforms
236. B 237. A 238. B 239. C 240. A 241. C 242. C 243. D 244. A 245. A
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246. A farmer plowing a field to plant 250. What is cartography?
crops: A. Geography
B. Biology
C. Map Making
D. Geology
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B. mountains
A. Biosphere-Atmosphere
C. valleys
B. Biosphere-Geosphere
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D. plateaus
C. Biosphere-Hydrosphere
252. The study of the effects of natural
D. Geosphere-Hydrosphere and unnatural processes, and of inter-
actions of the physical components of
247. Giant sequoia trees can be found in
an
the planet on the environment.
which state that borders Washington
A. Oregon
B. North Dakota
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248. This is remains of plants and ani-
mals that were once alive.
A. rocks
B. water
A. Geology
C. air
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B. Meteorology
D. humus
C. Astronomy
249. "Meridians" running north to south
D. Environmental Science
between the poles that measure East
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B. a developed nation
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C. cultural diffusion
D. a trait
246. B 247. A 248. D 249. C 250. C 251. B 252. D 253. C 254. B 255. A
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255. Where was the Commuter village lo- C. The era lengths are based on who
cation that you studied? discovered it.
A. Hagley D. The era lengths are as long as the
thickness of the layer.
B. Lozells
C. Brindley Place 259. In which group of islands is active
volcano found?
D. Birmingham
A. Lakshwadeep
256. Name for the unique locations on
B. Daman & Diu
Earth that defined by both human and
physical characteristics. C. Andaman & Nicobar
D. Maldives
A. Places
B. Environments 260. A. Socks
C. Vistas B. Sandals
D. Landscapes C. Shoes
D. Pants
257. Should experiments be repeated over
and over to see if the results are the 261. The physical character of a place
same each time?
A. place
B. location
C. site
D. situation
258. Why are eras different lengths of C. Listening or not listening to in-
time? structions
B. The era lengths are the same 263. The Study of Earth’s natural land-
amount of time for each era. scapes and physical systems
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B. Organize geographic information A. because some living things are too
small
C. Ask a geographic question
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B. because some living things are too
D. Acquire geographic information
big
265. This rock is formed from lava and
C. because some are subject to catas-
you would most likely find it near a
trophism and others are not
volcano.
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A. Sedimentary Rock D. because environmental conditions
have to be just right to prevent decay
B. Metamorphic Rock
C. Igneous Rock 271. What does this map show?
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266. True or False: Direct and Indirect
evidence are both ways in which geol-
ogists learn about the Earth’s interior?
A. True
B. False
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B. landforms C. Continents
C. landscapes D. Oceans
D. barriers
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B. crater C. rural
C. vent D. urban
D. caldera
273. Earth’s rotation causing water and
269. The study of regions, human com- wind to move right (North of the Equa-
munity, landscapes, people, and move- tor) and left (South of the Equator) is
ment called
A. trees, mountains
B. river, lakes
C. buildings, bridges, roads
D. desert, snow
A. 97%
A. 1
B. 1%
B. 2
C. 53%
C. 3
D. 11%
D. 4
279. perhatikan pernyataan berikut(1)
275. This theme "tells you where it’s at". bangunan sekolah tampak seperti hu-
ruf "U"(2) sungai berkelok-kelok(3)
A. Location
jalan tampak lurusdari pernyataan di
B. Place atas, unsur interpretasi yang digu-
nakan dalam menganalisis objek terse-
C. HEI
but adalah
D. Regions A. rona
276. Examples of human characteristics: B. tekstur
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B. Hypothesis
C. Theory
A. grid system
D. Pie chart
B. latitude
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281. This part of the Earth System in- C. location
cludes the planet’s water, including
D. longitude
the oceans, lakes, rivers, ground wa-
ter, ice, and vapor. 286. What object is launched into orbit
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A. Geosphere and designed to send and receive in-
formation?
B. Atmosphere
C. Hydrosphere
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D. Biosphere
B. Secede C. stress
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C. Censor D. compression
D. Czar 288. The prime meridian is an imaginary
line that divides the
284. If I say I live near the QT:
A. the eastern hemisphere and the
A. absolute location western hemisphere
B. relative location B. the northern hemisphere and the
285. Lines of run from the North southern hemisphere
Pole to the South Pole and include C. the northern hemisphere and the
the Prime Meridian. eastern hemisphere
289. A solar eclipse can occur only dur- B. because there are more mountains
ing the located there than anywhere else in
the USA
A. Full moon
C. because the North American & Pa-
B. New moon cific plates meet along a transform
C. Quarter moon boundary
A. Geography
B. Cardinal
C. Physical Map
D. Intermediate
C. Time of day
D. Location to equator
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A. Geology
A. Oceanography
B. Geometry
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B. Meteorology
C. Geology C. Geography
D. Astronomy D. Biology
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298. What is the capital of Germany?
304. Berikut yang merupakan bahan tam-
A. Warsaw bang golongan A adalah
B. London
A. Emas, Perak, Magnesium
C. Berlin
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B. Minyak Bumi, Batu Bara, Timah
299. What is the study of the atmo-
sphere and the processes that produce C. Pasir, Batu, Batu Kapur
weather and climate?
D. Emas, Perak, Batu Permata
A. Meteorology
B. Oceanography 305. Using the World Map, identify South
an
C. Astronomy America.
D. Geology
day
D. Study of how people travel
A. 1
301. True or False? The air in the atmo-
sphere gets thinner as the distance B. 2
from Earth’s surface increases.
C. 3
A. True
D. 8
B. False
302. Which of the following is NOT an 306. Which number indicates the
influence on climate? Caribbean Islands?
A. True
B. False
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A. Law of Superposition
B. Geologic time scale B. Monroe Lake
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D. Radioactive Dating D. Ohio River
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A. absolute location
B. relative location
A. true
B. false
315. C 316. D 317. B 318. A 319. A 320. C 321. A 322. B 323. A 324. B 325. A
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326. C 327. A 328. D 329. A 330. D 331. D 332. A 333. B 334. A 334. D
335. A 336. B
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337. Which country is "Indonesia" A. democracy
B. monarchy
C. dictatorship
341. What is the deepest point in Earth’s
oceans?
A. Tonga Trench
B. Mariana Trench
er
C. Eurasian Basin
D. Java Trench
342. The following structure represents a
gd
folk dwelling adaptation to which of
A. 19 the following climates?
B. 18
an
C. 15
D. 26
Southern States
D. Altamira
C. Humid Continental climate of the
339. What is this? Midwestern States
D. Mediterranean climate of the West-
ay
ern States
343. If a ruler takes over by force, which
type of government is it?
r
A. democracy
Na
B. dictatorship
C. monarchy
344. Which continent is farthest to the
south?
A. India
B. China
C. Indonesia
A. Africa A. Equator
B. Australia B. Prime Meridian
C. South America C. North Pole
D. Antarctica D. South Pole
345. Prevailing winds blow in a pat- 349. A includes food, abiotic condi-
tern over large areas of the earth. tions and behavior.
A. regular A. Ecology
B. irregular
B. Habitat
C. diagonal
C. Niche
346. These lines represent: D. taxa
er
C. continental C. Compass
D. solid 361. Families in Asia, Africa, and Latin
America traditionally large because
gd
355. The modern heliocentric model of
planetary motion states that the plan- of cultural beliefs about marriage and
ets travel around family.
A. true
A. the Sun in slightly elliptical orbits
an
B. false
B. the Sun in circular orbits
C. Earth is slightly elliptical orbits 362. What country is represented by num-
ber one?
D. Earth in circular orbits
Ch
356. light Purple
A. Concord, New Hampshire
B. Boston, Massachusetts
C. Providence, Rhode Island
an
358. Why did Mars lose its magnetic 363. Which state has a smaller popula-
r
field? tion
Na
A. Wyoming
A. It never had a magnetic field
B. Minnesota
B. It lost its atmosphere
C. The core cooled quickly and be- 364. What percentage of the population
came solid iron in Ethiopia are urban (live in cities)
and rural (live in the country)
D. Mars has a much slower rotation,
A. urban= 73 Rural=27
so it couldn’t keep its magnetic field
stable B. Urban= 27 Rural=73
354. C 355. B 356. B 357. B 358. C 359. A 360. C 361. A 362. C 363. A 364. C
365. A 365. C
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A. Caribbean Sea
B. Gulf of Mexico
C. Atacama Desert
A. Finding the epicenter of an earth-
quake D. Pacific Ocean
er
A. The Pacific Ocean
373. A. North Korea B. The Indian Ocean
B. South Korea C. The Arctic Ocean
gd
C. Japan D. The Atlantic Ocean
an
people?
A. % of the population
A. GPS B. Females
B. migration C. Cohorts in five year increments
Ch
C. ecosystem D. Life Expectancy
D. geography 379. An example of an absolute location
would be
375. Rock particles relocated to a new
place A. 37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W
an
in the world.
A. Mt Aconcagua
B. Salinity C. Himalayas
Na
D. Guiana Highlands
C. Erosion
381. How many states border Kentucky?
D. Gravity
A. 7
376. Philippines
B. 3
A. High in C. 4
B. high out D. 10
377. Which ocean covers the western 382. What is an area of land completely
coast of South America? surrounded by water?
373. C 374. B 375. A 376. B 377. A 378. D 379. A 380. B 381. A 382. C 383. A
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C. Island A. divergent
D. River B. convergent
C. transform
383. Acid rain can be caused by and
D. submergent
A. volcanoes 389. the sphere that contains all of
B. earthquakes Earth’s water
C. pollution A. hydrosphere
D. tsunamis B. geosphere
C. system
384. True or False? Air has mass.
D. energy
A. True
B. False 390. Which one of the following tree is
found i tropical rainforest?
385. What is the name of the northern-
A. Mahogany
most ocean on Earth?
B. Teak
A. Pacific Ocean
C. Sal
B. Atlantic Ocean
D. Peepal
C. Arctic Ocean
D. Indian Ocean 391. Which country below is not consid-
ered to be part of the Middle East?
386. Which invention during the Renais-
A. Saudi Arabia
sance drastically changed the map-
making process? B. Yemen
A. Anaximander’s new world map C. Israel
B. Leonardo da Vinci’s parachute D. Pakistan
C. Waldseemuller’s ink pen 392. The poorest economic region in
D. Guttenberg’s printing press Mexico is the
383. C 384. A 385. C 386. D 387. E 388. C 389. A 390. A 391. D 392. B
393. C
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394. This type of soil has the smallest
particles and feels smooth and sticky.
A. sand
B. silt
C. clay
er
than a places location and dimen- B. Physical
sions?
C. Economic Activity
D. Population
gd
399. The largest group of minerals ,
which composes over 90% of the
earth’s crust , are the ?
A. oxides
an
B. phosphates
C. silicates
A. To gain a better understanding of
D. sulfides
what the place it like
Ch
400. Scientists need data from at least
B. To explain how it differs from other
seismographs to find and earthquake’s
places
epicenter.
C. To describe kinds of meanings the A. 5
place holds for people
B. 2
an
D. Phoenix
C. north, south, west, & east
Na
403. Mars is considered as the red planet 407. Select the continent of ANTARC-
because of the presence of which sub- TICA
stance on its soil making it red?
A. 7
B. 14
A. rust C. 2
B. copper
D. 11
C. blood
408. Which River forms the border be-
D. lead
tween Texas and Mexico?
404. Longitude lines measure distances
A. Rio Grande
and from the Prime Meridian.
B. Ohio River
A. North
B. South C. Hudson River
403. A 404. C 404. D 405. A 406. A 407. A 408. A 409. B 410. B 411. C
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412. What is it when the environment in- A. Kansas
fluences, but does not strictly deter- B. Idaho
mine, how a culture interacts with the
environment? C. Hawaii
er
B. developing language
C. literary tradition
gd
A. Environmental determinism D. official language
B. Cultural environmentalism E. institutional language
C. Cultural determinism 417. Building a dam in a river is an exam-
ple of what theme of geography?
an
D. Possibilism
A. Human-environment interaction
E. Environmental ecology
B. Movement
413. The process called occurs when
C. Place
Ch
meltwater penetrates the cracks and
joints along the rock floor of the D. Region
glacier and freezes.
418. Tsunamis are caused by
A. a. Trucking A. underwater disturbances such as
B. b. Plucking earthquakes, landslides, and volca-
noes.
an
C. c. Striration
B. wind and the gravitational pull of
D. d. Parking the moon.
414. What is Meteorology? 419. Which is the largest island in the In-
dia?
ay
C. Lakshadweep
D. The study of organisms.
D. none
Na
412. D 413. B 414. B 415. C 416. D 417. A 418. A 419. A 420. D 421. D
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A. Lambert
B. Mercator
C. Homolosine
D. Robinson
er
A. slump B. Fiji
B. creep C. Sri Lanka
gd
C. windstorm D. Venezuela
D. mudflow 436. The is the innermost part of the
Earth; divided into two parts.
431. Only P waves travel through the in-
an
ner core. A. Core
A. True B. Inner Core
B. False C. Outer Core
Ch
432. This is the only climate zone with D. Mantle
four distinct seasons (we live in this
437. The information gathered by
zone).
helps geographers make accurate
maps.
A. tape recorders
an
B. satellites
C. themes
D. social science
ay
430. A 431. A 432. C 433. A 434. D 435. C 436. A 437. B 438. C 439. D 440. A
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A. mother
B. lab partner
C. nurse
D. teacher
B. large bodies of saltwater that are B. Layer 1- Because that is the last
connected to the ocean layer it is seen in
C. Layer 2- Because that is the layer
C. pieces of land that are surrounded it is first seen
by water on three sides
D. Layer 2- Because that is the last
D. large quantities of water on the layer it is seen in
Earth’s surface
444. doubled the size of the U.S.
A. F
B. I
C. E
A. runoff water
D. N B. sunlight and heat
C. water vapor
442. Fusion is when water
446. How much of the atmosphere is com-
A. Changes from solid to liquid posed of nitrogen gas?
B. Changes from gas to liquid
er
ering?
A. cool and dry
B. cool and wet
gd
C. warm and dry
D. warm and wet
an
A. Where it is? the stem/leaves will begin to
A. grow toward Earth’s gravity
B. What does it look like when you
get there? B. grow away from Earth’s gravity
Ch
C. What do locations have in com- C. turn bright green
mon? D. bleed
D. What do people do to the environ- 453. A watercraft that is capable of in-
ment? dependent operation underwater is
called
448. Where is the source of the River
an
Wye?
A. Cross Fell in the Pennines
B. Plynlimon in the Cambrian Moun-
ay
tains
C. Penshurt in the Grampians
D. Teign Head in Dartmoor A. A craft
r
B. A machine
449. A branch of geography that deals
Na
447. C 448. B 449. D 450. B 451. D 452. B 453. C 454. A 455. B 456. B
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459. What are examples of non- 464. Why don’t Commercial fishermen
renewable energy sources? use the pole and line technique?
A. Geothermal A. Almost impossible to make a profit
B. Coal
C. Oil B. Has a big impact on the ecosystem
D. Hydro
457. A 458. B 459. B 459. C 460. B 461. A 462. B 463. A 464. A 465. B
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466. MEASURES HOW FAR NORTH OR
SOUTH A LOCATION IS
er
B. Appalachian Mountains
C. Atlas Mountains
gd
D. Andes Mountains
an
A. latitude
C. C. LONGITUDE
B. longitude
D. D. SCALE
C. parallels
Ch
467. Process by which one unstable ele- D. meridians
ment breaks down into another ele-
ment that is stable
A. Radioactive Dating
B. Half-life
an
C. Radioactive decay
D. Radiometric Dating
ay
A. astronomy
C. meteorology B. Black
Na
D. geology C. Purple
D. Green
469. On a globe, the Prime Meridian is
the 473. Lines of are drawn on maps from
the North Pole to the South Pole to
A. Horizontal, center line measure distance east and west.
B. Vertical, center line A. Latitude
C. 180 degree line B. Parallels
D. 15 degree line C. Longitude
A. GRANITE
B. MARBLE
C. BASALT
D. CONGLOMERATE
er
time as shown by the higher house
A. Michigan prices.
B. Illinois
C. Housing quality doesn’t improve
gd
C. Pennsylvania as shown by EQS scores. This can
D. Ohio be explained by linking to the change
in house price and type with distance
484. Cumulonimbus clouds mean from the CDB.
an
D. Housing quality does improve as
shown by EQS scores. This can be
explained by linking to the change in
house price and type with distance
Ch
from the CDB.
C. movement
A. fair weather (nice) D. location
B. thunderstorms
488. Match the following word/subject
ay
C. Meteorology
major landmasses
D. Oceanography
B. the continents DO NOT move
C. Earth is slowly cooling and shrink- 489. True or False? The four cardinal
ing directions includeNortheast.
D. the continents were once joined A. True
together in a single landmass
B. False
486. What conclusions did you draw in
relation to the original aims of the 490. Which of the following maps would
human enquiry? have the largest scale?
A. North America
B. South America
C. United States
D. Europe
A. True
492. A is someone who creates maps.
B. False
A. geographer
B. cartographer 497. What process is occurring at Z?
C. astronaut
D. geologist
A. Convection currents
B. Subduction
C. Two plates moving apart
D. New ocean floor forming
498. Which season is taking place in the
Southern Hemisphere in Position 1?
A. Convergence
B. Subduction
C. Mid-Ocean Ridge
D. Sublimation
er
B. Biosphere B. river
C. Atmosphere C. waterfall
D. Hydrosphere
gd
D. bay
500. On what day does the summer sol- 505. pulls on the crust, stretching
stice take place? rock so it becomes thinner in the mid-
A. July 4th dle.
an
B. July 1st A. Compression
C. June 21st B. Shearing
D. December 21st C. Stress
Ch
501. Which of the following is an example D. Tension
of a physical region? 506. The movement of weathered mate-
A. the Sahara rial (sediment) is called?
B. Scandinavia
C. San Francisco
an
D. North America
A. weathering
B. erosion
r
C. deposition
Na
507. Hydrology is
A. the study of and creation of maps
A. Human Geography B. the study of water as a natural re-
source
B. Physical Geography
C. Cultural Geography C. the distance of a location east or
west of the prime meridian, which
D. 5 themes of geography runs through Greenwhich, England
503. Which of the following crops did not D. an imaginary line running around
emerge in the Americas? the middle of Earth
499. C 500. C 501. A 502. A 503. B 504. C 505. D 506. B 507. B 508. C
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508. Which among the following does 513. 25 Which factor posed the greatest
NOT belong to the group? challenge to developing natural re-
A. Taal sources in Siberia?
B. land B. 882m
C. territory C. 288m
D. provision D. 822m
511. The "steel’ city is named as such
516. Which sphere supports living things?
because it historically had been the
largest producer of steel in the USA. A. Hydrosphere
It is:
B. Biosphere
A. Pittsburgh
C. Atmosphere
B. Philadelphia
C. Buffalo 517. When the Northern Hemisphere is
tilting towards the sun, what season is
D. Steelville
the Southern Hemisphere?
512. Fill in the blank: tells where a
place is located.
A. City
B. Country
C. Location
D. Relative
er
C. meteorology
D. oceanography
gd
523. Earthquakes and volcanoes often
form on the coast.
A. True
B. False
an
524. The religions of Judaism and Chris-
tianity share a common belief in-
A. New Testament
Ch
B. Existence of one God
C. the role of Jesus
A. The Equestrian Centre
D. the role of Muhammad
B. The Showground
C. Happy Valley Holiday Camp 525. The three (3) dating methods men-
an
C. Carbon-14 Dating
A. Physical features
D. Fossil Dating
B. European colonization
C. American imperialism 526. These are features that occur natu-
r
518. A 519. B 520. B 521. B 522. A 523. A 524. B 525. B 525. C 525. D 526. B
527. C 528. A
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A. hydrology. A. True
B. a landscape. B. False
C. a region.
533. The Northern plains are on the
D. a city. of Himalayas
530. After running an experiment, the 536. The process by which igneous rocks
experimenter should are formed
A. construct a hypothesis. A. heat and pressure
B. form a conclusion. B. melting and cooling
C. look at their data. C. compaction and cementation
D. do some research.
537. Longitude lines run from north to
531. What law states that any geologic south.
feature that cuts across other layers is A. True
younger than layers it cuts across?
B. False
A. Law of superpostion
B. Law of layers 538. The on a map help us tell direc-
tion
C. Law of inclusion
A. compass
D. Law of crosscutting
B. hemisphere
532. True of False: Cairo is the capital of
Egypt. 539. Lines of longitude run to
529. C 530. C 531. D 532. A 533. B 534. A 535. A 536. B 537. A 538. A 539. A
539. C
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A. North to South D. none of the above
B. East to West 545. Which physical geographic region is
C. Up and Down located at 0◦ latitude and 60◦ W lon-
gitude?
D. Side to Side
er
A. law of crosscutting relationships
B. unconformity
gd
C. radiometric dating A. Equator in South America
D. varve B. High latitudes in North America
541. There are meters in 25 kilome- C. Equator in Africa
ters (km)
an
D. Middle latitudes in Europe
A. 250 m
546. What is the term for an environ-
B. 2500 m ment where evaporation usually ex-
C. 25000 m ceeds precipitation?
Ch
D. .025 m A. desert
A. Massachusetts
543. The greatest distance a customer
will travel to purchase a good or ser- B. West Virginia
vice is the 548. What country is this?
ay
A. range
B. threshold
C. carrying capacity
r
D. vernacular region
Na
540. B 541. C 542. A 543. A 544. A 545. A 546. A 547. A 548. A 549. B
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549. Imaginary lines that run north and A. California because of the San An-
south across the Earth dreas fault
A. lines of latitude B. Iowa because of the corn fault
B. lines of longitude C. New York because of the Empire
Fault
C. ocean
D. No places are more likely to have
D. imaginary earthquakes than others
550. The layers of Earth formed because 555. Which geographical term describes
of the difference in a group or chain of islands?
A. density
B. heat
C. energy
D. solid and liquid
A. South America
B. Australia A. High
C. North America B. Mild
D. Africa C. Nice
er
A. energy flows in and out but stays 563. What do we call the start of a river?
in the ecosystem A. mouth
B. does not accept energy B. start
gd
C. energy and matter flows in and out
C. source
D. tributary
D. uses up all the energy in a system
564. Is North America north or south of
an
560. Which state is C on the map?
Ch South America?
A. North
A. Virginia
B. South
an
B. South Carolina
565. This image demonstrates
C. Georgia
D. North Carolina
E. Florida
ay
A. Regions
B. Stimulus Diffusion
A. Physical map C. Globalization
B. Political map D. None of the above
C. Road map 566. A landform made up of nearly flat
D. Useless map or gently rolling land with low relief.
A. Mountain A. biosphere
B. Plain B. atmosphere
C. Plateau C. geosphere
D. in Africa
A. superposition
B. index fossil
A. The number of years needed for
one to reach 60 years. 573. Which year did Christopher Colum-
bus discover South America.(did not
B. The number of years that a person get answer please search on google
is expected to live on his/her own. only for this question).
C. The number of years that a person A. 1492
is expected to live.
B. 1500
D. What one expects to face in life.
C. 1498
569. Is a layer of week of soft mantle that
D. 1800
is made of rock that flows slowly. Tec-
tonic plates move on top of this layer.
574. Which religion is the following struc-
A. Inner Core ture associated with?
B. Asthensophere
C. Lithosphere
D. Outer Core
er
B. False
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United States?
A. Atlas Mountains
B. Rocky Mountains A. z
an
C. Sierra Madre B. y
D. Appalachian C. w
577. Which do we consider "place"? D. there is not a match
Ch
A. The physical and human charac-
teristics of a location 583. Phobos and Deimos are it’s moons.
D. Mars
around
E. Jupiter
578. tells you what kind of a map it is
A. title 584. An undisturbed rock geologic col-
ay
correct?
A. Climate
B. Region
A. Rectangular path
B. Circular path
C. Elliptical path
592. What step does every scientific ex- B. The oceanic plate is pushed down
periment begin with? C. The oceanic plate is pushed up
A. hypothesis D. Both plates are pushed up
B. question/problem 597. Which state produces more corn
C. procedures A. Rhode Island
er
D. conclusion B. Iowa
593. All of the following can serve as nat- 598. K2 is #2 tallest mountain. True or
gd
ural boundaries except False?
A. Latitude Lines
B. Rivers
an
C. Mountains
D. Lakes
A. nebular theory
595. What landform is this?
B. gravity theory
C. nuclear fusion
ay
formed.
Na
A. physical geography
A. The Mexican Plateau
B. human geography
B. The Great Plains
601. A mercator map is mainly used for
C. The Canadian Shied
A. hunters
D. Baja California / The Baja Penin-
sula B. marine navigation
C. automobiles
596. What happens where oceanic plate
material meets continental plate ma- 602. Six important ideas that people use
terial? to organize their study of geography
594. A 595. D 596. B 597. B 598. A 599. A 600. A 601. B 602. A 603. A
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C. Northern & Southern Hemispheres 611. The hanging wall slides up and over
the footwall is what kind of fault?
606. Two basic types of satellite images
are true color and A. strike-slip
A. heat B. normal
B. infrared C. reverse
C. full image 612. Equal areas of which type of Earth
D. photographic surface willabsorb more insolation
and radiate more energyback toward
607. Relative dating determines the space in the same amount of time?
er
B. hydrology
phy, movement
C. cartography
D. geology 618. What do scientists call a rock that
gd
burns up in the atmosphere of Earth?
614. When do we use the RACE strategy?
A. comet
A. When the question requires a writ-
ten response and asks you to use evi- B. asteroid
an
dence or details from the text.
B. When the question is multiple C. meteor
choice and you need to look for evi-
D. meteorite
dence from the text.
Ch
C. When the question requires you 619. The Panama Canal is located of
to look back into the text to find the South America.
answer.
D. When you are answering a True A. north
or False question that requires you to
B. south
look back into the text for evidence
an
C. Robinson
r
D. Peters
Na
A. line of latitude
B. International Dateline
C. Prime Meridian
D. Equator
622. B 623. A 623. C 623. D 624. E 625. C 626. A 627. B 628. B 629. C
630. B
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A. 105o W
B. 60o N
C. 150o W
D. 80o W
er
the earth along the circle of theprime B. Physical Feature
meridian would divide it into the East-
634. Homework is worth what percentage
ern and Western hemispheres, what
of your grade?
line is this?
gd
an
Ch
A. 18
B. 11
C. 3
D. 9
an
C. 30%
D. 40%
r
C. 3
D. 0
A. infrared radiation
B. red fragmentation
A. South America
B. Africa C. infrared permeation
C. Australia D. Scolding radiation
D. Antarctica
643. The Sierra Nevada is a mountain
638. Which of the following illustrates a range in Eastern California; under
push factor-something that drives peo- which of the 5 themes of geography
ple from an area? does this fall?
A. Anu moves from India to the
United States to be with her family A. Place
living there. B. Human-Environment Interaction
B. Peter moves from his small town
to Nashville to find a job in the music C. Region
industry.
D. Location
C. . Amit moves to Turkey from his
home in India after an earthquake de- 644. What is the name of this world her-
stroys his village. itage site?
D. Bethany moves from her home in
Ohio to go to school in France
639. The river known as Dakshin Ganga
is
A. Mahanadi
B. Godavari
C. Krishna
D. Kaveri A. Petra
640. To draw distributional map we need B. Abu Simbel
data.
A. statistical C. Chichen Itza
er
A. Ocean A. Southeast
gd
B. Lake B. Northeast
C. River C. Midwest
D. Plain D. Pacific
an
646. What is the largest country in the 651. What is the best evidence for the Big
Arabian Peninsula? Bang theory?
A. How fast light can travel
A. Saudi Arabia
Ch
B. The expansion of the Universe
B. Yemen
C. Creation of new planets
C. United Arab Emirates
652. Which of the following are natural
D. Jordan hazards?
647. Where is more likely to have an A. Geomorphic eg. volcano and
earthquake? tsunami
an
648. "Lava lamps" contain colored liquids. crash, oil spill, nuclear explosion.
These liquids form globs that rise to D. Hyrogical eg. drought, flood.
the top due to
653. Why did cities like Manila grow
A. conduction
r
along rivers?
B. convection A. provides land for houses
Na
645. B 646. A 647. A 648. B 649. D 650. B 651. B 652. A 652. B 652. D 653. C
654. B
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countries, states, etc. C. nitrogen, helium
A. Historic Map D. hydrogen, helium
B. Special-Purpose Map 668. What is geography?
gd
C. Political Map A. The study of places
D. Physical Map B. The study of the relationship be-
tween people and environments
664. The station model shows several
an
weather variables recorded at a par- C. The study of places and relation-
ticular location. What was the most ships between people and their envi-
likely dewpoint at this location? ronments
D. The study of rocks and minerals
Ch
669. True or False: A map feature that
usually shows the four cardinal direc-
tions is called a compose lily.
A. false
B. true
an
A. movement
A. 32◦ F
B. human-environment interaction
B. 40◦ F
C. location
C. 61◦ F
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D. D. place
D. 70◦ F
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E. region
665. What type of map shows political
borders? 671. One of the major differences among
different types of galaxies, besides size
A. physical and shape, is-
B. political A. the age of their stars
C. relief B. the temperature of their stars
D. density C. the color of their stars
666. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the 672. Which of the following is an igneous
sun causes skin and eye damage rock?
663. C 664. C 665. B 666. A 667. D 668. C 669. A 670. E 671. A 672. D
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A. limestone B.
B. gypsum
C. gneiss
D. basalt
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686. Describes characteristics of people,
D. v/m
Culture, Religion, Buildings, Land-
682. Which sphere of Earth contains marks, Landforms, and Climate
rocks and stones, including all the
gd
A. Movement
mountains and land we can see?
A. Atmosphere B. Region
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C. Lithosphere D. Place
profile
C. 66 1/2◦ N
C. How and why does housing quality
change with distance from the CBD D. 66 1/2◦ S
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A. most of the population are living 694. On a globe, the Equator is the
in these locations A. Horizontal, center line
B. rules for societies are created in
B. Vertical, center line
these locations
C. 30 degree line
C. many jobs are abailable in these
locations D. 180 degree line
D. historical monuments are built in 695. This palm tree fossil was found in
these locations Alaska. What can you conclude?
690. Physical characteristics describe the
natural environment.
A. True
B. False
691. What TYPE OF MAP shows natu-
ral features like rivers, deserts, valleys,
mountains, etc.?
690. A 691. B 692. A 692. B 692. C 693. C 694. A 695. B 696. A 697. A
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698. A map that shows climate zones is A. silicates
a type of B. carbonate
A. political map C. halide
B. physical map D. oxide
C. thematic map E. sulfide
D. regional map 705. Shadows are longest when?
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of a mountain are B. in the morning and evening
A. Faults 706. A rock that is ’formed by fire’ is a(n)
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B. Scarp
A. a Sedimentary
C. Cliffs
B. b. Igneous Rock
700. What line is at 0 degrees latitude?
C. c. Metamorphic Rock
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A. Prime Meridian
707. Human impact on Earth is known as
B. North pole
A. Physical Geography
C. South pole B. Compass Rose
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D. Equator C. Cultural Geography
701. Grass, animals, bacteria, living or- D. Economic History
ganisms are found in what sphere? 708. Which key line is shown on the map
A. geosphere at 23.5o N?
B. atmosphere
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C. biosphere
D. hydrosphere
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B. Both C and D
B. Antarctic Circle
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C. Christianity
C. Tropic of Capricorn
D. Islam
D. Tropic of Cancer
703. What happens to Earth materials 709. Bonus: Which is NOT an example of
when they are exposed to sunlight? absolute location?(This question will
A. they cool off not be counted as part of the total
points entered into the grade book
B. they heat up unless you get it right) You could earn
C. nothing over 100% with the bonus questions.
Yes, if you miss this question you can
704. Oxygen and (usually) a metal still earn 100% in Synergy.
698. C 699. B 700. D 701. C 702. A 703. B 704. D 705. B 706. B 707. C 708. D
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A. Yes
B. No
D. A bowl of cereal
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B. scientist that study plants
A. True
C. scientists who study ancient arti-
facts B. False
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D. scientists who study the Earth and 722. Improving world-wide weather fore-
its physical features casting. Which branch?
717. What waves travel on the surface and A. Nature of Science/General Science
have a side to side motion?
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A. P-Waves B. Geology
B. S-Waves C. Astronomy
718. process that breaks rock into smaller A. the prevention of spreading dan-
pieces of rock gerous chemicals in the atmosphere.
A. mechanical weathering
B. the responsible interaction with
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A. CONDENSATION
B. GROUNDWATER
C. PRECIPITATION
A. North D. RUN OFF
B. West 729. Type of map that shows natural fea-
C. Southern tures such as mountains, rivers and
bodies of water
D. Central
A. political
E. East
B. physical
727. Use Moh’s hardness scale to answer
the question. A penny has a hardness C. informational
of 3.5. Which mineral has a hardness 730. Longitude is measured by what di-
most similar to a penny? rection?
A. North and South
B. East and West
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C. WASHINGTON B. Magma
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A. Mesopotamia
B. The Nile River Valley 740. is the type of soil used most of-
ten with plants and on farms. It is a
C. Central Mexico mixture of clay, sand, and silt.
D. Eastern China
an
735. Cool or cold temperatures all year.
Temperature and rainfall varies by el-
evation. The higher the elevation the
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lower the temperatures.
A. arid climate
B. Highland climate
A. loam
C. tropical rainforest
B. humus
D. ice cap climate
C. soil
an
C. Volcanoes A. Eon
D. Earthquakes B. Era
C. Period
737. Scientists categorize layers of the at-
r
A. the relationship between altitude 742. study of the world’s physical features,
and temperature. such as landforms, bodies of water, cli-
mates, soils, and plants
B. the amount of water vapor present.
A. physical geography
C. the prevalence of ozone B. human geography
D. their effectiveness in generating C. social science
weather patterns. D. entomology
738. Saltwater makes up how much of the 743. Bad conditions that cause people to
Earth’s water supply? leave their countries.
733. A 734. C 735. B 736. A 737. A 738. A 739. B 740. A 741. D 742. A 743. A
744. A
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A. Cultural environmentalism
B. Environmental determinism
A. Uruk
B. Cahokia C. Possibilism
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A. cartography
B. geography
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C. geology
A. Illinois D. topography
B. Idaho 756. Scale used to measure magnitude
of earthquakes based energy released
an
752. Because of the climate in Georgia,
(most up to date scale)
early colonists found Georgia to be a
good place for A. Enhanced Fujita Scale
A. the king to reside. B. Saffir-Simposon Scale
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B. the first American colony. C. Richter Scale
C. growing crops to send to England. D. Modified Meralli Scale
E. Moment Magnitude Scale
D. hiring people to work in England.
757. An earthquake would most affect the
753. What is the difference between abso-
an
D. geosphere
ing lines of latitude or longitude.
C. Absolute describes where some- 758. Which planet in the Solar System
thing is compared to another place. only supports life? It is the home of
the know intelligent life as we agreed
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to know.
D. Absolute location describes the
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characteristics of a place.
759. Geography is divided into two parts. 766. Energy in motion is energy.
what does graphy mean A. Potential
A. Writing B. Energy
B. Earth C. Kinetic
C. Man D. Friction
D. Water
767. Is erosion an environmental prob-
760. 0 degrees longitude line lem?
A. Equator A. yes
B. Tropic of Cancer B. no
C. Tropic of Capricorn 768. Which ocean covers the eastern
D. Prime Meridian coast of South America?
759. A 760. D 761. B 762. C 763. A 764. D 765. B 766. C 767. A 768. A 769. A
770. A
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771. Which hemisphere is on the right? A. DOGO
B. Channel One News
C. Fox News
D. MSNBC
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B. Eastern B. 36
C. Southern C. 24
D. 45
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D. Northern
778. What are the curved lines on a topo-
772. After an earthquake, it is best to use
graphic map called?
an elevator for the fastest way out.
A. contour lines
A. True
an
B. contour intervals
B. False
C. slope
773. The pyramids and temples the Egyp- D. elevation
tians built show
Ch
779. Choose what branch of Earth Sci-
A. that they were a primitive society.
ence does the picture refer to.
B. that the Egyptians depended a
great deal on the Nile River.
C. the great power of farmers.
an
771. B 772. B 773. D 774. B 775. D 776. B 777. C 778. A 779. E 780. C 781. B
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D. the way places are grouped into 790. The prevailing southwesterlies wind
regions belt causes most low-pressure weather
systems to travel across the United
785. Penginderaan jauh yang menggu- States from the
nakan tenaga matahari disebut
A. southwest toward the northeast
A. sistem aktif
B. northwest toward the southeast
B. sistem pasif
C. northeast toward the southwest
C. sistem gelombang mikro
D. southeast toward the northwest
D. sisstem radar
791. Someone that uses a well to get water
786. The founder of Hinduism is needs to be close to the
782. C 783. D 784. A 785. A 786. A 787. D 788. C 789. A 790. A 791. C
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A. Clouds 795. Which hemisphere can you see in
B. Barn on a farm the image above?
C. Water table
D. Store
792. The attractions of shopping malls
include all but which of the following?
A. frequent concerts and exhibitions
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B. generous parking lots
C. place to meet friends
D. sheltered environments
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E. walking distance from homes
A. Eastern
793. Rio Grande River B. Western
C. Southern
an
D. Northern
D. O
794. What region is in orange?
A. isthmus
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B. bay
C. strait
D. valley
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798. Standard Time zones represent a 801. Sedimentary rocks are made when
change of 15 degrees in the layer of are pressed together.
A. sediments
B. fossils
C. water
D. limestone
C. They used the crop rotation tech- 803. Which state or territory is high-
nique. lighted?
D. They used irrigation.
er
of what gases?
creation of wealth
A. carbon
A. environment
B. oxygen and nitrogen
B. human-environmental interaction
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C. nickel
C. rural
D. none of them
D. resources
807. The outer layer of the Earth is called
813. 90o South is
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the
A. Crust A. the equator
B. Mantle B. prime meridian
C. Inner core C. international date line
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D. Asthenosphere D. north pole
808. Theme of geography that answers E. south pole
the question "How do people, goods,
and ideas move from one location to 814. The image shows two examples of
another?"
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A. Place
B. Location
C. Region
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A. Radioactive Decay
D. absolute location
B. Radiocarbon Dating
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806. B 807. A 808. D 809. A 810. C 811. A 812. D 813. E 814. D 815. D
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820. Buddhism was founded by: 826. What kind of plate boundary is
shown here?
A. Mahyana
B. Muhammed
C. Siddhartha Gautama
D. Jesus Christ
816. B 817. B 818. C 819. C 820. C 821. B 822. B 823. A 824. A 825. A 826. A
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A. divergent 831. Religion, Language, and Food-
Which other traits are a part of cul-
B. convergent
ture?
C. transform
D. subducting
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go away or be used up
B. Sources of energy that can go away
and be used up
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A. Nature, Cities, and Labor
C. Wind, Solar, Hydro, Geothermal B. Celebrations, Rules, and Music
D. Coal, Oil, Gas C. Landforms, Population, Climate
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828. These regions are known as the high 832. The most accurate representation of
latitudes. Earth is
A. polar regions A. Azimuthal equidistant
B. temperate regions B. Winkel Tripel projection
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C. tropical regions C. relief map
A. Mexico
A. Geology
B. United States
B. Biology
C. Canada
C. Geography
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D. Lake Michigan
D. Social Studies
834. Which physical feature is #6?
830. During which stage do clouds form?
r
Na
A. Himalaya Mountains
A. condensation B. Caucasus Mountains
B. evaporation C. Ural Mountains
C. precipitation D. Kamchatka Peninsula
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