Geography Questions

What ancient renewable resources can be used to create energy?
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How did Sir Francis Bacon's development of the scientific method make the Scientific Revolution possible?
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Deserts are only found near the equator. Please select the best answer from the choices provided T F
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1. What is the cause of continental drift? Convection currents are caused when there are temperature changes in liquid and gas. (vocab: outer core, mantle, convection, asthenosphere, lithosphere) convection currents 2. What are the effects of continental drift on Earth’s crust? (vocab: plates, plate boundary, transform boundary, convergent boundary, divergent boundary) Continental drift moves the __________________Other Vocab to include:CrustConvection currentsFaultEarthquakeMountainsTrenchesRift valleySea-floor spreadingConductionPlate tectonics
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Desert, tundra, grassland, and chaparral are examples of __________ found in North America.
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As can be expected, Antarctica is one of the wettest continents on earth. a. Trueb. False
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Which of the following is part of a rock formation that consists more or less of the same type of rock material?A. bedB. fossilC. eventD. stratum
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As farmers use the land, it often changes from arable land to desert. This process is known asA. farmification. B. desertification. C. deforestation. D. land accommodation.
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Without the oceans, Earth's climate would be which of the following?A. less extremeB. more extremeC. just about the same
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Climatology is a subspecialty ofA. meteorology.B. environmental science.C. oceanography.D. marine 8.
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What is the capital of Bosnia? Sarajevo, Ljubljana or Moscow
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Without the greenhouse effect, Earth would be _______.a. too cold to support our current ecosystemb. too warm to support our current ecosystemc. too wet to support our current ecosystemd. barren of all life
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Metamorphic rock forms as a result of A. heat and pressure. B. the cooling of magma. C. compaction of sediments. D. the melting of rock
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People living in the cold regions of Russia and Finland often build their structures with __________ to prevent them collapsing from the weight of snow.a. slanted roofsb. wooden wallsc. underground sheltersd. abode bricks
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At nearly 30,000 feet, the top of Mt. Everest would be in the _____.A. exosphereB. troposphereC. mesosphereD. thermosphere
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Most of Earth's dry air is made up of A. carbon dioxide and oxygen. B. nitrogen and argon. C. nitrogen and oxygen. D. oxygen and argon.
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Reflecting telescopes are popular because they're A. more durable than a refracting telescope. B. easier to build than a refracting telescope. C. more powerful than a refracting telescope. D. smaller than a refracting telescope.
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One reason that life as we know it is unlikely to exist on Venus is becauseA. the surface temperature is too high. B. the surface temperature is too low. C. the surface has too much ice covering it. D. there is no atmosphere.
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