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Question 1

Refer to this website to answer the following question.

The website shows various figures depicting land use in the United States. Based
on these graphics, about how much of the country is taken up by agricultural
land?

1/4

1/3

1/10

1/2

rrect! 1/5

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Question 2

The study of the environmental characteristics of Earth is called what?

Environmental geography

Earth studies

Human geography

rrect! Physical geography

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Question 3

What kind of climate does Coastal California have?

 Steppe

Humid Subtropical

Highland

rrect! Mediterranean

Tropical Wet

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Question 4

According to the GIS video, which is NOT a component of GIS?

Network

Database

rrect! All of the these answer choices are components of GIS

Software

People

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Question 5

For this question, go here:

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shield/
According to the webpage, which of these is NOT a geologic region in the
Canadian Shield?

Southern Province

rrect! Toronto Province

 Bear Province

Nain Province

Superior

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Question 6

What does a "watershed" make possible?

rrect! To analyze the physical features of the surface of the Earth

To predict where future glacial bodies may develop after several years

To analyze the climate patterns which resulted in the formation of landforms from
rainfall

To prevent water from being directed in unnecessary areas

To store water

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Question 7

Refer to this website to answer the following question.

The website shows various figures depicting land use in the United States.
According to the site, this particular animal is the single greatest occupant in land
categorized as "Pasture/range".

rrect! Cows

Pigs

Coyotes

Sheep
 Crows

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Question 8

What type of natural vegetation covers most of Canada?

Mixed broadleaf deciduous and needleleaf evergreen forest

Grassland

rrect! Needleleaf evergreen forest

Tundra

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Question 9

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the

physical environment of the United States

The Canadian Shield extends into the United States

Erosion is the most widespread landform process

The Piedmonts can be found on the eastern side of the Appalachian Mountaians

The Appalachian Mountains tend to be composed of folded sedimentary rock

rrect! Topographic regions are generally oriented east-west

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Question 10

Another name for the process of mountain building is what?

 Down cutting

rrect! Orogeny

Elevation formation

Eolian activity

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Question 11

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding soil

types in the United States?

Darker colors mean more organic material in the soils

Mollisols are the 'soils of the grasslands'

Alfisols have high native fertility and are found in the humid and subhumid parts of
the United States

rrect! Oxisols are the best for growing wheat and potatoes

Utisols dominate the southeastern part of the United States

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Question 12

In general, warmer air masses can hold ________ moisture than colder air
masses.

rrect! More

Actually there isn't a stable relationship between temperature and moisture in the
air.
 About the same

Less

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Question 13

The Intermontane physiographic province has which of the following

characteristics?

Low, rolling hills

rrect! Steep canyons, mesas and buttes

Widespread volcanism and tectonic uplift

Many fertile swamps and marshes

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Question 14

Go to this page and answer the question. All of these can be considered a
Megalopolis EXCEPT

SanSan

BosWash

rrect! Megalopolis-Greece

ChiPitts

Tokyo-Nagoya-Osaka

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Question 15
 Refer to this website to answer the following question.
The website shows various figures depicting land use in the United States.
According to the site, only 77.3 million acres of agricultural land is devoted to food
production for human consumption. The rest of the land is used for all of the
following except this use.

Ethanol/biodiesel

Exporting

rrect! Fertilizer

Idle/fallow

Livestock feed

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Question 16

https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/stelprdb1237749.pdf
Using the link to the USDA soil map, which state, known for its cattle industry, has
the most land suitable for grazing livestock?

South Carolina

Answered Kentucky

ct Answer Texas

Vermont

Nevada

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Question 17
 Areas with dry climates on the leeward (downwinD. side of mountain ranges are
said to be located in the what?

Arroyos

Nonprecipitous zones

High deserts

rrect! Rain shadow

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Question 18

Click the links below and watch the videos about the formation of the Hawaiian
Islands.
http://youtu.be/hOCfb9ox_90

http://youtu.be/bYv6V5EJAKc

Which island in the Hawaiian Islands chain lost 300 square miles when it eroded
into the Pacific Ocean?

rrect! Oahu

Hawaii

Kauai

Maui

Molokai
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Question 19

For this question, go here:

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shield/
According to the webpage, what is the process of orogeny?

rrect! Earth's crust is being thrust upward creating mountains

Glaciers melt and then form lakes

Swamps and wetlands dry up and become deserts

Rivers erode the bedrock and create deep valley gorges

Ancient lakes eventually evaporate and create vast craters

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Question 20

Differences in atmospheric pressure are measured using what?

A thermometer

A pressure gradient

rrect! A barometer

A compression meter

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Question 21

Refer to Figure 2.6 in the Environmental Setting reading to answer this question.
 According to the map, the majority of the east coast of the United States has this
certain soil classification.

rrect! Ultisols

Spodosols

Alfisols

Entisols

Vertisols

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Question 22

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/north-america-physical-
geography/

According to the webpage, where are the Everglades located?

California

Mississippi

North CArolina

North Carolina

rrect! Florida

Texas

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Question 23

The process of orographic uplift cools air as it rises over mountain ranges, the
opposite process, in which air warms as it descends in elevation, is called what?
 Prothermic depression

Depressive heating

rrect! Adiabatic heating

Cyclic winds

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Question 24

The San Andreas Fault is located in which part of North America?

The Great Plains

rrect! California

The northwest

The southeast

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Question 25

Which variable influences that amount of solar radiation of a place, and the length
of day in that place?

Angle

Time

Longitude

rrect! Latitude
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Question 26

If you lived in Alaska, Canada, or Greenland, which type of climate would you
expect to influence the area?

mesothemal climates

semiarid climates

rrect! Polar "E" Climates

Highland "H" Climates

Midlatitude "C" Climates

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Question 27

Looking at the map (Figure 2.13) in the Environmental Setting reading, during
what time of the year does Toronto, Ontario have the most precipitation?

ct Answer Actually the precipitation is even all year round

During the winter

During the spring and fall

Answered During the summer

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Question 28

If the same amount of sunlight was hitting an area of land and an area of water,
which area would heat more rapidly?

They would both heat at about the same rate

 rrect! The land would heat more rapidly.

The water would heat more rapidly.

It would depend on the characteristics of the water and land.

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Question 29

Refer to this map and the text to answer the following question.
This map shows the climate zones based on range of temperatures in North
America. Based on the types of regions discussed in the text, what type of regions
are denoted by the coloring in the map?

ct Answer Physical region

Economic region

Answered Nodal region

Cultural region

Functional region

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Question 30

Click the links below and watch the videos about the formation of the Hawaiian
Islands.
http://youtu.be/hOCfb9ox_90

http://youtu.be/bYv6V5EJAKc
 Which island in the Hawaiian Island chain is the newest/youngest?

Maui

Molokai

Oahu

Kauai

rrect! Hawaii

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Question 31

According to the GIS video, what does GIS stand for?

Geocentric Integration Sector

Geometric Imaging Systems

Geographic Information Standards

rrect! Geographic Information System

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Question 32

go here:https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/north-america-
physical-geography/
According to the webpage, what is the largest urban area in the United States?

Los Angeles
rrect! New York City

Washington, D.C.

Chicago

Miami

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Question 33

Refer to Table 2.1 in the Environmental Setting reading to answer this question.
According to the table, which of the following characteristics suggests that an Air
Mass is "mP"?

Stable the entire year

Bitterly cold and very dry in the winter

Warm and humid entire year

Hot, dry, and cloudless

rrect! Unstable in winter; stable in summer

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Question 34

When depositional forces are dominant on a coastline, those forces produce

which of the following features?

rrect! Broad beaches

Sea cliffs

Rugged, narrow beaches

Sea stacks (isolated columns of rocks)

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Question 35

The Mississippi-Missouri river basin flows ________ into the ________.

South-west, Pacific Ocean

rrect! South, Gulf of Mexico

North, Hudson Bay

South-east, Atlantic Ocean

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Question 36

The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of what mountain range?

The Sierra Nevadas

The Cascade RAnge

The Cascade Range

rrect! The Appalachians

The Rocky Mountains

The Olympic Mountains

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Question 37

On average, temperatures decline about 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit for every 1000 ft
rise in elevation. What is this temperature decline called?
 (Note that the Environmental Setting reading says 2.5 degrees F; this is incorrect
- it is 3.5 degrees F)

rrect! Normal lapse rate

Nominal rate of decline

Altitudinal decline

Vertical thermic lapse

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Question 38

How are people living near the Great Lakes impacted by the weather changes
related to presence of a large body of water?

Temperatures are unaffected by the presence of the lakes, and precipitation is

decreased.

Temperatures are moderated by the presence of the lakes, but precipitation is

decreased.

Temperatures are unaffected by the presence of the lakes, and precipitation is

increased.

rrect!
Temperatures are moderated by the presence of the lakes, but precipitation is
increased.

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Question 39
 The first mountain chain that slowed the western movement of early American
settlers was ________.

The Rocky Mountains

rrect! The Appalachian Mountains

The Sierras

The Ozark Mountains

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Question 40

According to the lecture, in terms of the climates in the United States, which of the
following is INCORRECT?

rrect!
Due to orographic precipitation, there is increased levels of precipitation in eastern
Washington

The Marine West Coast climate is known for lots of fog and rain

The 'Mediterranean' -type climate can be found in California

There are areas of tropical climate in the United States

The steppe climate of the Great Plains has the greatest temperature range

Quiz Score: 37 out of 40