MS Studies Ch. 1-2

Question 1

George Perkins Marsh

Answer 1

One of the authors to write about human impact on the environment

Question 2

Delta

Answer 2

Western boundary of the Loess Hills

Question 3

Lithosphere

Answer 3

Outermost shell of solid Earth

Question 4

Ecology

Answer 4

Concerned with the interrelationships between organisms and their environment

Question 5

Flora

Answer 5

Natural vegetation

Question 6

Fauna

Answer 6

Animal life of a particular area

Question 7

Hardwoods

Answer 7

Trees with broad flat leaves

Question 8

Relative location

Answer 8

Describes where a place is compared to other places

Question 9

Catfish Farms

Answer 9

Farm that raises catfish

Question 10

Hilly Coastal Plain

Answer 10

Over one half of the Mississippi

Question 11

Biosphere

Answer 11

Contains all the regions that support the earths living things

Question 12

Saffir Simpson Scale

Answer 12

Hurricane scale 1-5

Question 13

North Central Hills

Answer 13

400-600 above sea level

Question 14

Biosphere

Answer 14

Contains all the regions that support the living things

Question 15

Topography

Answer 15

Physical features such as mountains or plateaus

Question 16

Climate

Answer 16

Long term average of weather

Question 17

Surface water

Answer 17

Water in lakes, ponds, rivers, and the ocean

Question 18

Alluvial soil

Answer 18

Soil deposited by water

Question 19

WES

Answer 19

Waterways Experiment Station

Question 20

4 geographic areas

Answer 20

Delta
Hills
Piney woods
Gulf coast

Question 21

4 river systems that drain into the MS River

Answer 21

Yazoo River
Big Black River
Bayou Pierre-Coles Creek
Homochitto

Question 22

3 textures of soil

Answer 22

Loams
Loess
Alluvial

Question 23

4 states that boarder MS

Answer 23

Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alabama

Question 24

5 states that boarder the Gulf of Mexico

Answer 24

Texas 
Florida 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
Alabama

Question 25

How many NASA centers in U.S.

Answer 25

10

Question 26

How many landforms in Mississippi

Answer 26

10

Question 27

What River borders west MS

Answer 27

Mississippi River

Question 28

What is important about cotton

Answer 28

It’s a cash crop

Question 29

Capital of Mississippi

Answer 29

Jackson

Question 30

Classifications of tornadoes

Answer 30

F1-F5

Question 31

% catfish supplied in MS

Answer 31

80% more

Question 32

% earths surface is water

Answer 32

80%

Question 33

Most powerful hurricane

Answer 33

Katrina or Camille

Question 34

Longest river

Answer 34

Missouri

Question 35

Lightning strikes how many times per minute

Answer 35

6,000

Question 36

What types of farms does MS have more than any other state

Answer 36

Tree farms