Richter scale measures the distance to the origin of the earthquake. True False
Basalt parent rock would form a soil very similar to that formed from limestone. True False
The thermocline is usually sharpest __ at the poles in the mid-latitudes near the equator
Why does a transform boundary cause earthquakes?
The jet stream winds are unaffected by the Coriolis force. steer middle-latitude cyclones. are greatly influenced by surface friction. blow across the USA mainland from the east are generally faster than surface winds.
Which one of the following is a type-of-traverse which does not return to its starting station nor ends on another known station? a. Linked travers b. Closed traverse c. Loop traverse d. Open traverse
How do mountains affect the physical and human geography of East and Southern Africa? settlement patterns rivér navigation provide many natural harbors coastal plain width energy production easy transportation routes
Multiple Choice 5 points Water covers 75% of the Earth's surface. False True
Where are the largest magnitude earthquakes most common? At subduction zones. At transform boundaries. At mid-ocean ridges. In the interior of continents.
(01.05 MC) The city of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates represents a modern-day example of which geography concept? Space-time compression Distance decay Perceptual regions Environmental determinism Environmental possibilism
Fill in the Blank Question Superposition helps us to determine that the lava flow is $\square $ than the underlying surface.
How does the physical geography of China affect where people live?
Compare and contrast a spring and neap tide. __
Isostasy refers to __ the accretion of crustal fragments during mountain building the process by which oceanic lithosphere descends into the mantle at a subduction zone the process by which mountains are formed the concept that rocks of the crust and upper mantle are floating in gravitational balance
Converging Continents Describe the three ways that tectonic plates interact along a convergent boundary Use details from the passages to help you with your answer. __
Sub-Saharan Africa has __ vegetation and climate type. tropical forest savanna desert all of them none of them
How are slow spreading centers (such as the Mid-Allantic Ridge) and fast spreading centers (such as the East Pacific.Rise) different from each other? Select all that apply Slow spreading centers are often characterized by a central swell; fast spreading centers have no such swell. Slow spreading centers tend to have developed rift valleys; fast spreading centers often lack rift valleys. Fast spreading centers have prominent ridges and rugged topography; slow spreading centers have rather smooth lopographies Slow spreading centers have prominent ridges and rugged topography; fast spreading centers have rather smooth topographies Fast spreading centers tend to have developed rift valleys; slow spreading centers often lack rift valleys
What happened to the Mississippi River during the strongest earthquake on February 7th, 1812? It overflowed its banks. It froze solid. It ran backwards. It dried up completely.
In the rock cycle sedimentary rock forms when rock is $\square $ crystallized into natural glass exposed to great temperature melted into liquid magma
We know that sand is always in motion and that most transport is parallel to shore. Describe the two mechanisms by which most littoral transport occurs. $\square $
