Which of the following is correct about lines of longitude? They indicate distance East or West of the Prime Meridean. The lines are parallel to each other. The lines drawn horizontally from East to West. They indicate distance North or South of the Equator.
Which statement describes the Yadkin watershed? It is the smallest watershed. It is the northernmos watershed. It is a Chesapeake Bay watershed. It is Virginia's most productive estuary.
Huge circular depressions from which volcanoes erupt are called cones. fissures. calderas.
Considering where India is on the globe, what bands of latitudes is most of India found, Figure -1 Low Latitudes Midlatitudes High Latittudes Equatorial lower Latitudes
Which era began and ended with mass extinctions? Paleozoic Neoproterozoic Mesoarchean Mesozoic
Which layer of the atmosphere is the closest to Earth, is the densest layer, and contains 99% of the atmosphere's water vapor and aerosols? stratosphere mesosphere thermosphere troposphere
Where do most divergent boundaries originate? within continents at mid-ocean ridges at transform boundaries at subduction zones at continental margins
Which of the following planets has a stratosphere? Venus all of the above Earth Mars Mercury
3. What is the location of the Moho within the earth? Name the densest layer of the earth.
Which of the following is the most rapid type of mass movement? Rock avalanche Lahar Debris flow Slump IDON'T KNOWYET
How does the Coriolis effect influence global wind patterns? A. It causes winds to blow toward the poles in both the northern and southern hemispheres. B. It causes winds to be deflected to the right in both the northern and southern hemispheres. C. It causes winds to blow westward in the southern hemisphere and eastward in the northern hemisphere. D. It causes winds to be deflected to the left in the southern hemisphere and to the right in the northern hemisphere.
Which of the land masses found within Oceania provided the most terrestrial resources to humans? High Volcanic Islands The Tundra Coral Atolls Continental Landmasses
Question 5 (0.5 points) A Granite might metamorphose into a(n) __ Serpentinite Marble Gneiss Anthracite
The rain shadow effect is responsible for the formation of which of the following? the Sahara desert the Mojave desert the Grand Canyon the Brazilian rain forest the Great Plains
What is an example of a shoreline of emergence? ria coastline estuary marine terrace fjord delta
Which of the following an example of organic chemical sedimentary rock? rock salt chert oolitic limestone bituminous coal
What does Ganymede have that signals a partially molten interior? Rings Magnetic field Ice floes Retrograde rotation
Which concept is described in the theory proposed by Hess? Continents do not move. Cool rock pushes through the crust. Trenches are site's of seafloor spreading. Mid-ocean ridges are sites of seafloor spreading.
Absolute dating techniques can work with any type of material. True False
When the Aswan High Dam was completed, it formed a reservoir called Lake Nasser. True False Question 20 (1 point) Water is scarce in North Africa, so most people live near the Nile River and on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. True False Question 21 (1 point) Pastorialism is a type of agriculture focused on grazing livestock. True False
