Intro to geography

Question 1

What is geography?

Answer 1

Social/physical science, spatial and earth description

Question 2

What is an example of what a physical geographer studies?

Answer 2

Plants and animals

Question 3

What is not a componet of the scientific method?

Answer 3

Proving a hypothesis

Question 4

Which unit of measurement is apart of the international system of measurement?

Answer 4

Kilometers

Question 5

Which environmental sphere includes all of life on earth?

Answer 5

Biosphere

Question 6

Which environmental sphere includes inorganic materials?

Answer 6

Lithosphere

Question 7

Which term describes a connected collection of things and processes as a whole?

Answer 7

Systems

Question 8

Which term describes the process that occurs as arctic ice melts which then leads to more warmth?

Answer 8

Positive feedback

Question 9

In the solar system, what is earths order away from the sun?

Answer 9

Third

Question 10

What is not one of the reference features that the grid is based on?

Answer 10

Prime meridian

Question 11

What is an example of a great circle?

Answer 11

Equator

Question 12

What is not a line of latitude?

Answer 12

Interanational date line

Question 13

Which location would have the shortest distance between meridians?

Answer 13

North Pole

Question 14

Which of the following is not a result of the rotation of earth?

Answer 14

365 day year

Question 15

What is the plane of earth’s orbit known as?

Answer 15

Plane of the elliptic

Question 16

Which location experiences 24 hours of darkness at the winter solstice ?

Answer 16

Arctic circle

Question 17

How many hours of day light will Texas have during the march equinox ?

Answer 17

12

Question 18

Which feature of the geographic grid is the basis for time zones?

Answer 18

Prime meridian

Question 19

If it is 8 am UTC what time is it in NY?

Answer 19

3 am

Question 20

A cross section of the earth would be what shape?

Answer 20

Ellipse