intro geo test 1 NOTES

Question 1

deepest part of ocean

Answer 1

mariana’s trench

Question 2

lowest point on earth

Answer 2

dead sea

Question 3

deepest world mines

Answer 3

gold mines in south africa

Question 4

highest mountain in world

Answer 4

everest, aisa

Question 5

coldest place on earth

Answer 5

vostok antartica

Question 6

hottest place on earth

Answer 6

death valley, california

Question 7

driest desert

Answer 7

atacoma desert, south america

Question 8

technically highest mountain in ocean

Answer 8

mt. mauna kea

Question 9

2nd highest mountain

Answer 9

k2

Question 10

longest river

Answer 10

nile, africa

Question 11

2nd longest river

Answer 11

amazon, south africa

Question 12

3rd longest river

Answer 12

yangtze, asia

Question 13

result of fault line

Answer 13

rift valley

Question 14

people who study weather

Answer 14

climatologist

Question 15

big five animals

Answer 15

lion
cape buffalo
leaopard
rhino
elephant

Question 16

aslps, volga river

Answer 16

eruope

Question 17

_% of earth covered in water

Answer 17

75%

Question 18

water comes from?

Answer 18

volcanoes, comets

Question 19

oxygen comes from

Answer 19

phytoplankton, trees

Question 20

thick atmosphere planet

Answer 20

venus

Question 21

no atmosphere

Answer 21

mars

Question 22

line above equator

Answer 22

tropic of cancer

Question 23

line below equator

Answer 23

tropic of capircorn

Question 24

threats to mankind

Answer 24

global warming, nuclear war, asteroids, gases, natural disasters, terrorism, starvation/food

Question 25

what height determines a mountain

Answer 25

2,000 ft.

Question 26

world jungles

Answer 26

amazon rain forest (south america) and congo (africa)