Geography MCQ Questions Answers

1. Lithogenous sediments include all of the following except __________.

2. In arid regions, differential erosion tends to be best developed in areas of ________.

3. In terms of remote sensing, geographers ________.

4. In polar areas, solar radiation strikes earth at a _____.

5. Ozone is a major component in a noxious mixture of gases and particles called ________.

6. The brilliant colors around hot springs and geysers are ________.

7. Just beneath the surface of yellowstone national park is a large ________.

8. Presently, the most widely used classification system was derived by ________.

9. Plants which survive seasonal climatic fluctuations from year to year are ________.

10. The biosphere is dominated on both land and ocean by __________.

11. The detachment and removal of fragmented rock material is known as ________.

12. In the system of stream orders, the smallest unit in the network is at the ________.

13. A(n) ________ is a silicate structure where no silica tetrahedra share any oxygen ions.

14. Siltstone is made mostly of _____

15. Sediments in sedimentary rocks are often ____

16. Virtually the entire area of the tibetan plateau is higher than ________ feet above sea level.

17. A(n) __________ is a warm, dry wind that blows down the side of a mountain.

18. The world's longest expanse of coastal dunes is located in ________.

19. In a "true sandstorm," ________.

20. Ice, when it is frozen year-round in the ground, is termed ________.

21. Ice wedging is brought about by ____.

22. Ice is a substance with a high albedo, which means it ________.

23. Glaciers often polish rock to form grooves and smaller, similar features called ________.

24. First order streams are the ________ of all streams.

25. Europes many __________ are widely used for transportation, leisure, and tourism.

26. Eroded debris dropped at the glacier's farthest extent is called ________ moraine.

27. Clay has a high ________ and low ________ because it has a great many, small interstices.

28. At its maximum extent, ice covered almost ________ of the earth's land surface.

29. An urban hydrograph shows ____ a rural hydrograph does.

30. A(n) ________ is created by a group of cirques eroding into a mountain peak.

31. A typical heart rate for a vigorously exercising child is _____ beats per minute.

32. When the temperature of a lava flow drops, viscosity ____, and silica content ____.

33. When a stalactite meets a stalagmite the result is a ________.

34. Underground water is a weak ________ acid.

35. The rock cycle _____.

36. The proof for the long-doubted idea of drifting continents came in the form of ________.

37. The primary way in which underground water shapes topography is through ________.

38. The partial melting of ____ will yield mafic (basaltic) magma.

39. The maximum displacement along the fault during the magnitude 7 earthquake in haiti was ________.

40. Most limestone is ________ mechanical surface weathering.

41. Modern seismographs rely on ________ to record the ground motion from an earthquake.

42. Lignite and bituminous coal are ____ rocks

43. The u.s. version of gps is dependent on triangulation using a network of ________ satellites

44. The tropopause altitude is highest ________ because of the ________.

45. The ocean is ___________ a major reservoir in biogeochemical cycles operating on earth.

46. Within the a group of climates, the two main types are wet tropical climates and tropical ________.

47. Weathering and mass wasting can be classified as ________ processes.

48. There are more square kilometers of a climates in ________ than in any other region.

49. The wind-caused etching or pitting of rock surfaces is termed ________.

50. The shape of a(n) ________ can be likened to an amphitheater.

51. The richest assemblage of flora and fauna outside the tropics are in the ________ biome.

52. The property of equivalence portrays accurate size although it ________.

53. The polar front and subtropical jet streams are both high-altitude flows which circulate ________.

54. The major constituents of seawater occur in _________ relative concentrations throughout the ocean.

55. The major absorber of terrestrial radiation is ________.

56. The main culprit for global warming appears to be ________.

57. The global westerly wind zone most heavily impacts the ________ latitudes.

58. The general term applied to stream-deposited debris is ________.

59. The ________ is the layer of the atmosphere where electrified atoms are plentiful.

60. Shrubland has a wide distribution but is most common in ________ locales.

61. Running water is referred to as a(an) ________ process in terms of being a landform creator.

62. On earth, the sun passes directly overhead at 25 north latitude ________ times a year.

63. On a cold, windy day, the air feels ________ because the wind ________.

64. Of the states below, ________ has the greatest extent of interior drainage basins.

65. Of the places listed below, ocean waters generally have the least salinity in ________.

66. Most surface winds in the tropics ________.

67. Most desert streamflow eventually ________.

68. Laterally, at the surface, winds blow from regions of ________ to regions of ________.

69. A(n) ________ scale remains correct even if the map is enlarged or reduced when reproduced.

70. ________ is a sedimentary rock formed mechanically from fine silt and clay particles.

71. ________ and nickel are thought to comprise significant portions of earth's inner and outer cores.

72. _____ stress results in rocks being shortened or flattened.

73. Foraminifera study has shown the oceans are becoming ________.

74. A stove that circulates heated air to uniformly cook food is an example of ________ heat transfer.

75. A scale of one inch equals one mile is ________ in a representative fraction.

76. A line connecting points with equal precipitation is known as an ________.

77. ________ and amount of moisture present can be used to classify types of mass wasting.

78. In the united states educational services account for about ________ percent of jobs.

79. In comparison to suburban governments, cities ________.

80. Other standard-of-living measurements besides real gdp per capita may include _____.

81. Pastoral farming is best described as _______.

82. A _____ is an urban area consisting of at least two metropolises and their many suburbs.

83. Within a country, push factors are conditions characterized by ________.

84. In a multinational state the population consists of _____ or more nations.

85. In a country where there are increasingly more households, ________.

86. Because of the success of china's population control programs, ________.

87. An ecologist would suspect a population to be growing rapidly if it _____.

88. According to this graph, the world population doubled between _______.

89. The nation believed to employ the practice of female infanticide most often is ________.

90. The most densely populated valley in central asia is the __________.

91. On average, developed countries spend about $________ annually per capita on health care.

92. Malthus noted that human populations grow ___ while food supply grows ____.

93. Malthus argued that ________

94. Large cities tend toward _______________ relationships, while smaller ones tend toward ___________.

95. Gender studies of migration indicate that men ______________ than women.

96. Fertility rates decline as _______.

97. A country has net in-migration if immigration ________ emigration.

98. Farms owned by retirees who no longer cultivate crops are __________.

99. Farming varies around the world because of ________ across space.

100. The united nations measurement of a country's gender inequality is the country's ________.