Basic Geography MCQ
1. Lithogenous sediments include all of the following except __________.
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Calcareous and siliceous oozes
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2. The coconut palm is now widely dispersed in the world because of ________.
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The ability of its coconut to float long distances
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3. In mexico the poorest states tend to lie ________________.
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South of Mexico City
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4. The circle of illumination just touches the antarctic circle on or about ________.
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December 21
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5. In comparison with a gentle slope, a steep slope _____.
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Requires more force over a shorter distance
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6. In candombl, orixs are __________.
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Lesser deities with individual personalities who serve the all-powerful god Olodumare
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7. In addition to coffee, costa rica also produces _____________
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All of the above
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8. Regions that produce surpluses of goods needed elsewhere exhibit ______:
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Complementarity
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9. The doctrine of christs incarnation is best seen in ____________.
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John 1:14
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10. In most of south asia, the winter is characterized as a ________ climate.
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Cool and mainly dry
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11. The continental margins of the pacific ocean are _____.
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12. The central plateau contains most of mexicos population because this region has _____.
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Close connections with the United States
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13. Inexhaustible and renewable resources are used less than ______ resources.
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14. Doubling time concept may be applied to _____.
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Population Growth
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15. A school of tuna fish exhibits a ____________ distribution pattern.
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16. A species that has experienced a severe bottleneck event would be expected to _______.
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Be more susceptible to disease and famine
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17. If a population overshoots its _________, it may have a population crash. (2 words)
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Carrying capacity
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18. Between 1849 and 1852, the population of __________ more than doubled.
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California
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19. An age structure diagram plots the number or percentage of ____.
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Males and females among age groups in a population
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20. The type of lava least likely to form a pyroclastic flow is _____.
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21. The southernmost of china's three great rivers is the _______________.
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22. The area of japan best situated to do business with korea and china is _____________.
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Kitakyushu
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23. The achievements of the tang and song dynasties include __________.
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The invention of gunpowder and the growth of Confucianism
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24. The "eye" of the hurricane is a zone characterized by ________.
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Sinking air
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25. Stable anticyclones act as a ________ to moving cyclones.
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26. In a grassy pine savannah, a longer interval between prescribed burns typically leads to _____.
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The elimination of woody species
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27. In 1453 the ___________________ conquered constantinople and renamed it istanbul.
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Ottoman Empire
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28. If alaska and california are ignored, the list of 10 largest u.s. earthquakes shows ____________.
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10 events affecting at least 10 different states
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29. How explosively or quietly a volcano erupts is not affected by the _____.
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Size of the volcano's cone
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30. Glen murcutts plan of the minerals and mining museum is long and narrow in order to ____________.
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Take advantage of orientation and cross ventilation
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31. Ghana relies on __________ for most of its national budget.
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Foreign aid
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32. Geologists use _________________ to determine a rock layer's absolute age
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Radioactivity
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33. For a ______ conviction of a dui you could be imprisoned for not more than twelve months.
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34. Followers of dharmic religions, such as hinduism and buddhism, __________.
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Believe in a constant cycle of life and rebirth
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35. Cultures often develop along with science and ____________.
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Agriculture
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36. Concerning the biosphere, the geographic viewpoint is most often concerned with ________.
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Distributions and relationships
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37. Between 25 and 35 latitude, salinity is likely to be ________.
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38. Beryl is shaped like a six-sided prism. beryl is part of the _____.
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Hexagonal crystal system
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39. Because of russia's religion and geography, the country was ____________ in the 1600s.
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Isolated from Europe
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40. Because of isostasy, a mountain will ultimately _____.
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Be eroded to near sea level
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41. An effusive eruption ________, whereas an explosive eruption ________.
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Is an outpouring of low-viscosity magma onto the ground; is a violent explosion of magma, gas, and pyroclastics
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42. An atoll is approximately ________ in shape because it forms ________.
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Circular; around submerged volcanic islands
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43. An area in which a single culture or cultural trait is dominant is called a ____________.
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Culture region
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44. All spheres of earth are interrelated or interdependent. this means _____.
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They all depend on each other to function; an impact to one sphere usually affects another
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45. Air pressure is greatest ____ because there are more molecules of air pushing down from above.
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At sea level
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46. Africa's best example of an exotic river is the ________.
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47. Addiction is __________
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Compulsive
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48. A large percentage of the population of both latvia and estonia is _____.
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49. ________ is the term for solution topography in areas of limestone bedrock.
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50. When air __________, it is compressed and warmed.
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51. Animals in the desert have adopted a ___________ lifestyle to survive the heat.
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Nocturnal
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52. The nigerian letter scam is an example of ________.
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Errors and accidents.
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53. When land has been overfarmed or overgrazed, _______ occurs.
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Wasteland
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54. Unlike a volcanic mountain, a batholith forms from magma that _____.
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All of these
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55. The suns absolute magnitude is described as _______ in comparison to other stars.
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Very large
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56. The __________ are nomadic hunter-gatherers who inhabit the kalahari desert.
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San Bushmen
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57. The united states trade deficit first became a problem in the 1970s because _____.
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The price of foreign oil was raised by OPEC
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58. Water entering a confined aquifer takes ________________.
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Centuries
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59. Research since the 1970s has identified the cause of plate tectonics to be ________.
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Convection
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60. The most massive form of igneous intrusion is a ________.
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Batholith
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61. The most advanced stage of tropical reef formation is exhibited in ________.
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62. In folded terrain, a simple symmetrical downfold is termed a(n) ________.
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63. Geography as a discipline links the _________________ with the _____________________.
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Physical sciences; social sciences
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64. Exfoliation and pressure-release jointing are examples of ________ weathering processes.
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65. Water moving roughly parallel to the shoreline is called ________.
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A longshore current
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66. The rub al khali (empty quarter) lies near the border between saudi arabia and ______________.
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67. Most orogenesis occurs along ________ plate boundaries.
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Convergent
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68. Alluvial fans are formed as flowing water ________ as it leaves a constricted channel.
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Loses velocity
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69. After the rainforest is cleared for agriculture, the most typical occurrence is that ________.
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The soils soon lose their fertility
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70. Prescribed burns would be used in forests ________.
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That are subject to severe wildfires to remove fuel load and stimulate new growth
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71. About ___ percent of australians live in cities or towns.
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72. A meteorologist might forecast precipitation if he sees _____.
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A cold front coming in
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73. Africas largest lake is lake __________.
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74. Prevailing surface winds are named for the ________.
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Direction to which they blow
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75. Southeast asian physiography is dominated by _____________.
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High relief
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76. A midlatitude anticyclone ________.
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Is associated with sunny, dry weather
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77. Most dry lands lie between ________ degrees north and south of the equator.
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20 and 30
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78. A rainshadow desert forms ________.
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In places where mountain ranges act as barriers to the movement of water vapor
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79. In contact metamorphism, ________ is the dominant agent of change.
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Limestone
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80. An individual raindrop consists of approximately ________ moisture droplets.
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1 million
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81. The ________ is a prominent location of sinking water in earth's thermohaline circulation.
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North Atlantic
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82. Near the north pole, one degree of latitude extends ________ kilometer(s) on the ground.
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83. Most of the earth's cloudiness results directly from ________.
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Adiabatic cooling
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84. An example of a geostrophic wind is ________.
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Jet stream
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85. ________ is the type of remote sensing imagery best suited to use at night.
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Thermal infrared
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86. Europe?s relative location is ____:
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One of centrality within the land hemisphere
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87. Europeans took bananas from their point of origin in ________ and replanted them in south america.
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South Asia
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88. An important tool in understanding the actual numerical dates of past geologic events is ________.
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Radioactivity
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89. About 80% of the ocean's water exists in the ________.
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Deep zone.
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90. Guangdong province faces the _________________.
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South China sea
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91. In central america, the richest people are _____.
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92. Soils in ____ contain little organic material and are thin.
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93. Granitic igneous rocks are all of the following except ____.
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High in iron content
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94. _______ refers to a series of vertical zones with distinctive climate and vegetation regimes
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Altitudinal zonation
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95. Because desert soils contain little organic material, their soil profiles have ____ horizons
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96. The height, length, and period of a wave comprise the _____.
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The Length of time the wind has blown
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97. Melinda lives in a larger, u-shaped valley. it was most likely formed by _____.
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98. In a destructive wave ___
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Backwash is stronger than swash
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99. Demonstrations quickly picked up momentum during the ""arab spring"" due to the use of _____.
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Social media
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100. Deforestation in the amazon peaked in _____. since then, deforestation has been __________.
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2004 . . . decreasing
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101. A population that has stopped increasing in size because of limited resources has __________.
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Reached its carrying capacity
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102. Clouds release moisture on the ____ of mountains
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Windward side
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103. As a market moves from a single seller to a competitive one, a product's price _____.
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Decreases
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104. A volcanic island arc forms when ________.
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A continental plate meets a oceanic plate and form an subduction zone
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105. A foliated metamorphic rock forms when crystals _____.
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Combine and form visible bands
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106. A fault is a _____ in the earth's crust, and a fold is a _____ of the earth's crust.
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Crack, bending
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107. Cotopaxi is the ___
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Volcano located on "volcano boulevard."
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108. Cerro tololo is home to ___
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One of the world's largest observatories.
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109. The greatest level of biodiversity in the tropical rainforest is found in the _______.
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The ground
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110. One reason that life as we know it is unlikely to exist on venus is because _____.
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The surface temperature is too high.
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111. The sun has _____ times more mass than the earth.
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112. _____ are geological features created by rhyolitic magma. rhyolitic magma promotes _____ eruptions.
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Lava domes, plinian
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113. The benguela current, the peru current, and the california current _____.
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114. The total amount of water vapor leaving the earth's surface is called ________.
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Evapotranspiration
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115. The following picture shows the cycle for the production of _______.
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Igneous rocks (extrusive)
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116. Sublimation can occur because solids, like liquids, have a _____.
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A vapor pressure.
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117. Our sun is not ____.
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Part of a binary system
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118. In the atmosphere, liquid water collects around minute particles called ________.
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Condensation nuclei
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119. Out of all the water present in the earth systems, ________ is stored in the atmosphere.
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Less than 0.03%
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120. Elastic rebound is similar to what happens when you release _____.
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A stretched rubber band
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121. An unusually high tide is called a _______ tide.
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122. Oftentimes, our physical environment is _______________.
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Determined by factors outside our control
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123. Mexico city is an example of how humans alter their environment because it was __________.
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Built on drained and filled lake beds
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124. ________ is not one of the world's biomes.
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Ice field
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125. An alternate term for tropical rainforest biomes is ________.
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126. A hot spring which lacks water is known as a ________.
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Hot spring.
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127. The moon's average density is about the same as the density of earth's ____________________ layers.
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128. Most grasses of the prairies _____.
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Grow in tufts
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129. Kashmir has a predominately ________ population.
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130. A mt air mass is likely to be ________ than a ct air mass because the mt air mass ________.
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Wetter;forms over the ocean
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131. A mt air mass ________ than a ct air mass.
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132. In the northern hemisphere gyres _____
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Spin clockwise
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133. Both steppe and tundra vegetation zones have ________ in common.
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Absence of trees
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134. __________ is the study of fauna in spatial perspective.
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Zoogeography
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135. ________ is famous for diamonds in sub-saharan africa.
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South Africa
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136. Biomagnification is most closely associated with ________.
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137. As the speed and length of a wave decrease, the wave _____.
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Grows higher
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138. In which part of India is known as the Land of Sunrise?
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Arunachal Pradesh
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139. Yellow river is
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140. The tiger sanctuary in Tamil Nadu is located at
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Kalakad(Tirunelveli)
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141. Diamond mines in India are found in
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Madhya Pradesh
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142. Corbett National Park is in
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Uttarakhand
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143. Security Printing Press is at
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144. Silver is found in
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Karnataka
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145. The country with the largest population of Muslims is
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Indonesia
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146. Which one of the following states is landlocked
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147. Calcutta is situated on the banks of the river
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148. The longest river in the world is
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149. The state which has the largest forest area is
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Madhya Pradesh
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150. Earth revolves around the sun in every
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365 1/4 days
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151. The Newzealanders are known as
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152. The largest mountain range in the world is
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The Andes
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153. Rice is produced more in
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West Bengal
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154. Indian standard time is the local time of
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Allahabad
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155. The most populous city in the world is
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156. Which is the Land of the Rising Sun?
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157. The farthest planet from the Sun is
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158. Gol Gumbaz is
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Karnataka
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159. The capital of Uttar Pradesh is
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160. Minerals and fossil fuels are examples of ______ resources
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Non-Renewable
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161. _______ receives the highest rainfall in India
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Cherrapunji
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162. India is politically divided into ________.
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28 states 7 union territories
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163. India is the _______ largest country in Asia?
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164. India is connected to European countries through the _______ canal
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165. The Himalayas are known as_____.
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Abode of snow
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166. The source of River Ganga
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167. The Bay of Bengal is located to the of _____ India?
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South-East
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