first test correction

Question 1

A specific pairing of latitude and longitude on a coordinate grid.

Answer 1

Absolute Location

Question 2

An object showing the principal directions printed on a map or char

Answer 2

Compass Rose

Question 3

An angular distance north or south of the Earth’s equator

Answer 3

Latitude

Question 4

A system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of spatial or geographic data.

Answer 4

Geographic Information System

Question 5

An angular distance east or west of the Prime Meridian

Answer 5

Longitude

Question 6

The ratio between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the surface of the Earth

Answer 6

Scale

Question 7

A circle on a sphere whose plane passes through the center. Represents the shortest distance between two points on a map.

Answer 7

Great Circle

Question 8

A point on the earth in relation to another point or place

Answer 8

relative Location

Question 9

Lines of latitude and longitude that form an imaginary grid over Earth’s surface

Answer 9

Grid system

Question 10

A navigation system that allows people to determine their exact location anywhere in the world.

Answer 10

Global Positioning System

Question 11

A map that depicts land configuration, including elevation

Answer 11

Relief

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of a cylindrical projection?

Answer 12

Mercator

Question 13

A piece of land surrounded on 3 sides by water, but connected to the mainland

Answer 13

Peninsula

Question 14

The temperature at which water vapor condenses

Answer 14

Dew Point

Question 15

The leading edge of an air mass

Answer 15

Front

Question 15

The laying down of sediments in a new location.

Answer 15

Deposition

Question 16

The temperature, cloud conditions, amount of precipitation, etc., on a daily basis.

Answer 16

Weather

Question 17

Fragments of rock or soil

Answer 17

Sediment

Question 18

The breakdown of Earth’s crust into smaller pieces

Answer 18

Weathering

Question 18

The process by which water, ice, wind, or gravity moves fragments of rock and soil

Answer 18

Erosion

Question 19

Patterns of weather conditions over a period of time

Answer 19

Climate

Question 20

Pieces of land which float on an travel over the Earth’s mantle

Answer 20

Tectonic Plates

Question 21

A flat area next to a river, formed by river sediments and subject to flooding

Answer 21

Floodplain

Question 22

A fan shaped area where a river meets a larger body of water. Land builds up from river sediments.

Answer 22

Delta

Question 23

A long, narrow depression in the oceanic crust

Answer 23

Ocean Trench

Question 24

True or false. Winds are named for the direction in which they are traveling.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

The circle of volcanoes that surrounds the Pacific Ocean Plate is known as the

Answer 25

The Ring of Fire

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT a type of plate boundary?

Answer 26

Submergent

Question 27

II

Answer 27

Lines of longitude

Question 28

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Answer 28

lines of latitude

Question 28

Rearrange these steps that lead to precipitation: (Think about cause and effect)

Answer 28

1. Air mass rises
2. Air mass cools
3. Water vapor condenses (clouds form)