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Question #1

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

A They would both heat at about the same rate

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

C The water would heat more rapidly.

D The land would heat more rapidly.

Question #2

The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of what mountain range?

A The Olympic Mountains

B The Cascade Range

C The Appalachians

D The Sierra Nevadas

E The Rocky Mountains

Question #3

https://www.geolounge.com/continental-divide/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the map on the webpage, the westernmost continental divide in the lower 48 states is

A Triple Divide Peak

B The St. Lawrence Divide

C The Great Basin

D The Laurentian Divide

E The Great Divide

Question #4

What kind of climate does Coastal California have?

A Steppe

B Highland

C Humid Subtropical

D Mediterranean

E Tropical Wet

Question #5

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding soil types in the United States?

A Utisols dominate the southeastern part of the United States

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

C Mollisols are the ‘soils of the grasslands’

D Darker colors mean more organic material in the soils

E Oxisols are the best for growing wheat and potatoes

Question #6

Looking at the maps (Figure 2.12), what part of North America receives the highest levels of precipitation during the summer?

A The Great Plains

B New England

C The Pacific Northwest

D The Gulf Coast

Question #7

Differences in atmospheric pressure are measured using what?

A A barometer

B A thermometer

C A pressure gradient

D A compression meter

Question #8

Which major physical feature in North America was created by down-cutting?

A The Grand Canyon

B The Appalachian mountains

C The Erie Canal

D The Great Lakes

Question #9

Sinkholes are associated with which type of landscape?

A Volcanic

B Glacial

C Fluvial

D Karst

Question #10

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

A During the winter

B Actually the precipitation is even all year round

C During the summer

D During the spring and fall

Question #11

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

A Nonprecipitous zones

B Rain shadow

C High deserts

D Arroyos

Question #12

The lava of a shield volcano

A Tends to contain a large amount of gas bubbles

B Is the hottest form of lava because it comes from deeper within the earth

C Has a low viscosity and so flows across the landscape

D Erupts explosively, spreading ash and debris through the atmosphere

Question #13

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the physical geography of the United States?

A Precipitation in the state of Washington tends be caused by orographic lifting

B The Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico are the main drainage areas for the continental United States

C There are four marine air masses and one continental air masses influencing the climate of the United States

D The Great Lakes and the Great Salt Lake are examples of closed waterway systems

E Deforestation, overgrazing, and overcropping are the three main human factors in the process of erosion

Question #14

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shield/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, which of these natural resources is NOT found in the Canadian Shield?

A Nickel

B Copper

C Silver

D Plutonium

E Gold

Question #15

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

A Physical geography

B Earth studies

C Environmental geography

D Human geography

Question #16

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 book says 2.5 degrees F; this is incorrect – it is 3.5 degrees F)

A Nominal rate of decline

B Altitudinal decline

C Vertical thermic lapse

D Normal lapse rate

Question #17

When depositional forces are dominant on a coastline, those forces produce which of the following features?

A Sea stacks (isolated columns of rocks)

B Sea cliffs

C Broad beaches

D Rugged, narrow beaches

Question #18

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the physical geography of the United States?

A Land heats faster and cools faster than water

B One would find midlatitude deciduous forests in states like Ohio and Kentucky

C Continental air masses tend be moist and unstable most of the year

D In the United States, oil fields and natural gas fields tend to overlap

E Being close to the ocean will moderate your temperature – you will have lower highs and higher lows

Question #19

The Intermontane physiographic province has which of the following characteristics?

A Many fertile swamps and marshes

B Steep canyons, mesas and buttes

C Widespread volcanism and tectonic uplift

D Low, rolling hills

Question #20

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

A Longitude

B Angle

C Latitude

D Time

Question #21

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

A Southern Province

B Toronto Province

C Nain Province

D Superior

E Bear Province

Question #22

Which major physical feature in North America did glaciers create?

A The Erie Canal

B The Great Lakes

C The Rocky mountains

D The Grand Canyon

Question #23

Most of North America is located on which tectonic plate?

A The North American Plate

B The Pacific Plate

C The Juan de Fuca Plate

D The Atlantic Plate

Question #24

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

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

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

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

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

Question #25

Which of Koeppen’s six major climatic zones is characterized by warm and humid weather year round?

A A

B E

C C

D B

E H

Question #26

Orographic precipitation is caused by what?

A Moist air cooling as it is forced to higher elevations

B Dry air warming as it is forced to higher elevations

C Moist air warming as it is forced to lower elevations

D Dry air cooling as it is forced to lower elevations

Question #27

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

A The Sierras

B The Ozark Mountains

C The Rocky Mountains

D The Appalachian Mountains

Question #28

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

A About the same

B More

C Less

D Actually there isn’t a stable relationship between temperature and moisture in the air.

Question #29

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the USGS, which mountains in the Cascade Range are monitored for volcanic activity?

A Mount Hood and Crater Lake

B Mount Adams and Mount Baker

C Mount Rainier and Mt. St. Helens

D Currently all volcanoes in the Cascade Range are monitored

E Mount Jefferson and Newberry Volcano

Question #30

The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic province has which of the following characteristics?

A Small mountain ranges and flat valleys

B Many fertile swamps and marshes

C Folding, uplift, and faulting

D Low, rolling hills

Question #31

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

A People

B All of the these answer choices are components of GIS

C Network

D Database

E Software

Question #32

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

A The northwest

B The southeast

C The Great Plains

D California

Question #33

The Erie Canal was constructed to provide water route between the Atlantic Coast and what?

A The Mississippi River

B The Great Lakes

C Lake Powell

D The Ohio River

Question #34

Another name for the process of mountain building is what?

A Elevation formation

B Eolian activity

C Orogeny

D Down cutting

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