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Question 0

Describes a place in relation to another place

Answer 0

Relative location

Question 1

Absolute location

Answer 1

The exact place on earth something is found

Question 2

Each half of the globe

Answer 2

Hemisphere

Question 3

The imaginary line that divides the earth into northern and southern halves

Answer 3

Equator

Question 4

Imaginary line cutting world into west and east, used for longitude

Answer 4

Prime Merridian

Question 5

A multitude of imaginary lines running parallel to the equator

Answer 5

Latitude

Question 6

A set of imaginary lines running parallel to the prime meridian

Answer 6

Longitude

Question 7

3D representation of the earth

Answer 7

Globe

Question 8

A general reference map, representing natural and man made features on the earth

Answer 8

Topographic map

Question 9

The earths center, made out of nickel and iron. Inner is solid, outside is fluid

Answer 9

Core

Question 10

Magma on the earths surface

Answer 10

Lava

Question 11

Lithosphere

Answer 11

Solid rock portion of the earths surface

Question 12

A device the measures the size of waves created by an earthquake

Answer 12

Seismograph

Question 13

The Chain of volcanos that lines the Pacific Rim

Answer 13

Ring of fire

Question 14

The point on earth where an earthquake began

Answer 14

Epicenter

Question 15

The process that changes rocks into a new substance through interactions among elements in the air or water in the materials in the rock

Answer 15

Chemical weathering

Question 16

Fan like landform made of deposited sediment, left by a river that slows as it enters the ocean

Answer 16

Delta

Question 17

A ridge or hill of rock carried and deposited by glaciers

Answer 17

Moraine

Question 18

A long period without rain or minimal rainfall

Answer 18

Drought

Question 19

A powerful funnell shaped column of spiraling air

Answer 19

Tornado

Question 20

A storm that forms over warm, tropical ocean waters

Answer 20

Hurricane

Question 21

Perminantly frozen ground

Answer 21

Permafrost

Question 22

The transfer of heat in the atmosphere by upward movement of air

Answer 22

Convection

Question 23

A regional ecosystem

Answer 23

Biome

Question 24

A named character of broadleaf trees

Answer 24

Deciduous

Question 25

Another word for needleleaf trees

Answer 25

Coniferous

Question 26

The used term for temperate grassland region in the Northern Hemisphere

Answer 26

Steppe

Question 27

Taking elements of society and creating something new to meet a need

Answer 27

Innovation

Question 28

The amount of live births per total population, often expressed in thousands

Answer 28

Birthrate

Question 29

The average rate of children a women would produce in a lifetime at the rate of her country

Answer 29

Fertility rate

Question 30

Aka population growth rate- the rate it population is growing

Answer 30

Rate of natural increase

Question 31

A graphic device that shows gender and age distribution of a population

Answer 31

Population pyramid

Question 32

Type of economic system in which the government determines goods and services produced

Answer 32

Command economy

Question 33

Type of economic system in which production of goods and services by the demand of consumers

Answer 33

Market economy

Question 34

A type of government in which an individual or group holds complete political power.

Answer 34

Dictatorship

Question 35

A type of government in which citizens hold political power either directly or through elected representatives

Answer 35

Democracy

Question 36

An economic system in which private individuals own most of the resources, tech, businesses, and can separate them for a profit with little control from the government

Answer 36

Free enterprise

Question 37

The movement of plants animals and disease between Eastern ans Western hemispheres during the age of exploration

Answer 37

Colombian exchange

Question 38

A corporation that works worldwide business

Answer 38

Multinational

Question 39

A functional area including a city and it's surrounding suburbs

Answer 39

Metropolitan area