1. In arid regions, differential erosion tends to be best developed in areas of ________.
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Multiple sedimentary layers
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2. In terms of remote sensing, geographers ________.
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Should not stop using maps and field study
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3. In polar areas, solar radiation strikes earth at a _____.
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Small angle
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4. Ozone is a major component in a noxious mixture of gases and particles called ________.
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Photochemical smog
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5. The brilliant colors around hot springs and geysers are ________.
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Due to algae
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6. Just beneath the surface of yellowstone national park is a large ________.
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Magma chamber
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7. Presently, the most widely used classification system was derived by ________.
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Wladimir Koppen
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8. Plants which survive seasonal climatic fluctuations from year to year are ________.
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Perennials
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9. The biosphere is dominated on both land and ocean by __________.
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Bacteria and single-celled plants and animals
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10. The detachment and removal of fragmented rock material is known as ________.
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Erosion
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11. In the system of stream orders, the smallest unit in the network is at the ________.
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1st order
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12. A(n) ________ is a silicate structure where no silica tetrahedra share any oxygen ions.
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Independent
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13. Siltstone is made mostly of _____
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Silt
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14. Sediments in sedimentary rocks are often ____
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Held together with natural cements
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15. Virtually the entire area of the tibetan plateau is higher than ________ feet above sea level.
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12,000
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16. A(n) __________ is a warm, dry wind that blows down the side of a mountain.
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Foehn.
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17. The world's longest expanse of coastal dunes is located in ________.
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France
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18. In a "true sandstorm," ________.
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The moving sand rarely reaches head level
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19. Ice, when it is frozen year-round in the ground, is termed ________.
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Permafrost
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20. Ice wedging is brought about by ____.
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Water freezing and thawing
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21. Ice is a substance with a high albedo, which means it ________.
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Reflects most of the light that falls on it
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22. Glaciers often polish rock to form grooves and smaller, similar features called ________.
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Striations
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23. First order streams are the ________ of all streams.
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Shortest
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24. Europes many __________ are widely used for transportation, leisure, and tourism.
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Canals
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25. Eroded debris dropped at the glacier's farthest extent is called ________ moraine.
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Terminal
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26. Clay has a high ________ and low ________ because it has a great many, small interstices.
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Porosity, permeability
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27. At its maximum extent, ice covered almost ________ of the earth's land surface.
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1/3
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28. An urban hydrograph shows ____ a rural hydrograph does.
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A more rapid response to precipitation and higher peak flow than
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29. A(n) ________ is created by a group of cirques eroding into a mountain peak.
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Horn.
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30. A typical heart rate for a vigorously exercising child is _____ beats per minute.
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60-80.
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31. When the temperature of a lava flow drops, viscosity ____, and silica content ____.
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Lower High
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32. When a stalactite meets a stalagmite the result is a ________.
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Pillar
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33. Underground water is a weak ________ acid.
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Carbonic
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34. The rock cycle _____.
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Changes and recycles Earth's rocks.
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35. The proof for the long-doubted idea of drifting continents came in the form of ________.
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Analysis of magnetic and seismic patters
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36. The primary way in which underground water shapes topography is through ________.
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Chemical action
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37. The partial melting of ____ will yield mafic (basaltic) magma.
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Peridotite
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38. The maximum displacement along the fault during the magnitude 7 earthquake in haiti was ________.
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16 feet
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39. Most limestone is ________ mechanical surface weathering.
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Neutral to the effects of.
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40. Modern seismographs rely on ________ to record the ground motion from an earthquake.
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Inertia
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41. Lignite and bituminous coal are ____ rocks
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Sedimentary rocks
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42. The u.s. version of gps is dependent on triangulation using a network of ________ satellites
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24
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43. The tropopause altitude is highest ________ because of the ________.
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At the equator; intense heating from the surface
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44. The ocean is ___________ a major reservoir in biogeochemical cycles operating on earth.
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Typically
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45. Within the a group of climates, the two main types are wet tropical climates and tropical ________.
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Rain forest
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46. Weathering and mass wasting can be classified as ________ processes.
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Denudational
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47. There are more square kilometers of a climates in ________ than in any other region.
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Africa
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48. The wind-caused etching or pitting of rock surfaces is termed ________.
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Abrasion
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49. The shape of a(n) ________ can be likened to an amphitheater.
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Cirque
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50. The richest assemblage of flora and fauna outside the tropics are in the ________ biome.
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Midlatitude deciduous forest.
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51. The property of equivalence portrays accurate size although it ________.
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Distorts shapes
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52. The polar front and subtropical jet streams are both high-altitude flows which circulate ________.
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From west to east
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53. The major constituents of seawater occur in _________ relative concentrations throughout the ocean.
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The same
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54. The major absorber of terrestrial radiation is ________.
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Water vapor
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55. The main culprit for global warming appears to be ________.
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Carbon Dioxide
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56. The global westerly wind zone most heavily impacts the ________ latitudes.
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Middle
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57. The general term applied to stream-deposited debris is ________.
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Alluvium.
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58. The ________ is the layer of the atmosphere where electrified atoms are plentiful.
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Ionosphere
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59. Shrubland has a wide distribution but is most common in ________ locales.
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Semiarid
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60. Running water is referred to as a(an) ________ process in terms of being a landform creator.
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Fluvial
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61. On earth, the sun passes directly overhead at 25 north latitude ________ times a year.
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0
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62. On a cold, windy day, the air feels ________ because the wind ________.
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Colder; increases evaporative heat loss from our skin
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63. Of the states below, ________ has the greatest extent of interior drainage basins.
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Nevada.
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64. Of the places listed below, ocean waters generally have the least salinity in ________.
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Polar regions.
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65. Most surface winds in the tropics ________.
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Come from the east
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66. Most desert streamflow eventually ________.
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Runs to the sea
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67. Laterally, at the surface, winds blow from regions of ________ to regions of ________.
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High pressure; low pressure
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68. A(n) ________ scale remains correct even if the map is enlarged or reduced when reproduced.
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Graphic.
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69. ________ is a sedimentary rock formed mechanically from fine silt and clay particles.
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Shale
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70. ________ and nickel are thought to comprise significant portions of earth's inner and outer cores.
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Iron
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71. _____ stress results in rocks being shortened or flattened.
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Compressive
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72. Foraminifera study has shown the oceans are becoming ________.
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More acidic
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73. A stove that circulates heated air to uniformly cook food is an example of ________ heat transfer.
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Convection
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74. A scale of one inch equals one mile is ________ in a representative fraction.
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1:63,360
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75. A line connecting points with equal precipitation is known as an ________.
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Isohyet
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76. ________ and amount of moisture present can be used to classify types of mass wasting.
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Speed of movement
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77. Natural glass is not considered a mineral because it ________.
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Does not have a fixed crystalline structure
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78. Plants introduced into new habitats in which they were not originally raised are ________.
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Exotic
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79. The single most important force in shaping coastal topography is the ________.
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Waves
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80. The single most important agent of landscape formation in deserts is ________.
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Water
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81. The paleozoic era lasted about _____.
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292 million yrs
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82. Seafloor sediments are very important in discovering paleoclimate because they ________.
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Contain the remains of organisms, which change with changing climate
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83. A drumlin is____________.
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Geological land formation
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84. A ________ is a crescent-shaped dune whose tips point downwind.
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Barchan
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85. The suspended load of a stream _____
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Usually consists of fine sand, silt, and clay-sized particles
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86. A rivers ____ is the sediment and other deposits picked up as a result of abrasion.
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Load
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87. The process that causes dissolution of limestone bedrock in a stream is ______.
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Corrosion
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88. The himalayas were formed by crumpling of plate edges in a ________ zone.
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Convergent
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89. Streams that exhibit flow only during wet periods are called ________.
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Dissolved load
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90. A monsoon climate is characterized by ________ summers and ________ winters.
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Wet;dry
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91. ________ make up the suspended loads of most rivers and streams.
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Silt and clay-sized, detrital grains
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92. ________ is the dominant lava erupted from volcanoes on hawaii and iceland.
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Basalt
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93. Crevasses (deep fractures or cracks) form because ________.
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As the glacier moves over irregular topography, the brittle upper layer or zone of fracture is subject to tension and cracks above the ductile layer
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94. The physiologic density of india is ________ the arithmetic population density.
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Greater than
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95. The movement of sand parallel to the shore ________.
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Is achieved by longshore currentsis created by waves approaching at an oblique anglemay create spits
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96. The existence of a stream terrace is sure evidence of ________.
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Rejuvenation
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97. ________ is granular snow which is beginning to coalesce into glacial ice.
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Neve / Firn
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98. A ________ is an intrusive, igneous rock body that is tabular and concordant.
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Sills
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99. Vertical uplift of water vapor in the atmosphere is known as ________.
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Convection
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100. A place located along a windward coast will probably have ________.
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Cooler summer temperatures than an inland location at the same latitude
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101. The peeling of thin layers of stone off a large rock is ________.
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Exfoliation
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102. _______ support mangrove trees out of the water
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Prop roots
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103. Confining pressure results from the ________ of rocks.
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BURIAL
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104. Coarse-grained granite is most similar in mineral composition to fine-grained ________.
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Rhyolite.
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105. The two types of dry (b) climates are desert and ________.
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Steppes
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106. The name ________ climate is often used as a synonym for the dry-summer subtropical climate.
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Mediterranean
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107. The major end product of chemical weathering is(are) ________.
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Clays
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108. The main downslope movement of subarctic and arctic landscapes is ________.
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Mud slide.
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109. The k?ppen classification system for climate is widely used because _______.
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It uses easily obtained data, and the system is relatively unambiguous
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110. In a climatological sense, dryness is a function of both annual rainfall and ________.
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Evaporation.
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111. Exfoliation and pressure-release jointing are examples of ________ weathering processes.
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Physical
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112. Compared to places at lower elevations, highland climates are usually cooler and ________.
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Wetter.
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113. As one approaches the equator, the angle of incidence ____ and the atmosphere attenuation ______.
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Increases; decreases
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114. Af and am climates form a discontinuous belt astride the ________.
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Equator
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115. A wet monsoon is associated with high rainfall totals and is caused by ________.
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A seasonal reversal of winds.
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116. A sandbar that completely crosses a bay, sealing it off from the open ocean is a ________.
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Non of these.
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117. The ________ climatic type has, by far, the smallest annual temperature range of any climatic type.
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Af
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118. The climate of ________ is dominated by the westerly wind belt.
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Australia
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119. One degree of longitude equals 0 miles on the ground at the ________.
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North Pole
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120. Moving through trophic levels _______.
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All of the above
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121. Most present atolls are on former ________ islands.
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Volcanic
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122. Mass movements are likely to happen after ________.
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Heavy rains
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123. Liquid water that has cooled below the dew point becomes ________.
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Supercooled
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124. Liquid water at temperatures below freezing is termed ________.
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Supercooled
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125. Limestone is dissolved primarily as __________ reacts with water to form a weak acid.
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Carbon dioxide
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126. Generally, ________ waves are gentle phenomena.
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Oscillation.
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127. On a map, black and red numbers most likely indicate the __________ .
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Route number of a particular road
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128. A(n) ________ is the generic term for any map line which joins points of equal value.
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Isoline
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129. In general, warm ocean currents are located ________ of the continents.
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East
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130. Under the theory of plate tectonics, the plates themselves are ____________.
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Discrete pieces of lithosphere at the surface of the solid Earth that move with respect to one another
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131. Geologists use a(n) ______ to measure the tilting of the ground along a fault.
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Tiltmeter
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132. Health-related fitness is to health as skill-related fitness is to _____.
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Performance
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133. If your goal is unreachable, despite your full commitment and best effort, you should ____.
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Reassess the goal
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134. Fine-grained, wind-blown sediments are eventually deposited as ________.
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Loess
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135. The thermosphere has _____ air pressure than the mesosphere.
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Less
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136. The mass extinction at the end of the mesozoic era was caused by ______.
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A meteor or asteroid colliding with Earth
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137. Surface fires ____.
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Usually burn only undergrowth and leaf litter on the forest floor
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138. Soil forms in _______, which together make up the soil profile.
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Layers
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139. Parts of a metropolitan area outside the central city is a(n) ________.
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Suburb
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140. One of the main features of the western siberian plain is that it __________.
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Has a very low population due to its harsh climate
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141. Mineral x is scratched by a diamond. mineral x _____.
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Is softer than a diamond
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142. Many factories in northern italy use _____ for energy.
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Hydroelectricity
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143. Longshore currents move sediment as they _____.
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Move parralel to the shore
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144. Granite is _____.
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Igneous
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145. The average directional movement of hurricanes is ________.
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East to west
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146. Most soil development takes place ________.
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On scales of time longer than human life spans
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147. Wegener's work is a good demonstration of the scientific method because ________.
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His hypothesis did not pass all of the scientific tests to become a theory
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148. Tornadoes, although erratic in their pathways, are always characterized by ________ pressure.
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Low.
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149. To represent elevation on maps, cartographers use ________, which are a form of isoline.
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Contour lines.
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150. Throughout elementary and secondary school, __________ predicts academic success.
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Self-regulation
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151. Three-quarters of the soil's metabolic activity is generated by ________.
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Microorganism
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152. The world's largest expanse of middle latitude dry climates is on the continent of ________.
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Asia
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153. The tides migrate following ________ course around the earth.
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Moon's.
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154. The reddish tint of the sun in the late afternoon results from ________.
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Scattering.
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155. The cascading forward motion of breaking waves as they rush upon the shore is called ________.
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Swash
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156. When rocks form and cool, _____ particles align according to the magnetic poles.
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Iron
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157. Rotation of the earth does not cause ________.
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Seasons
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158. Detrital rocks are ____.
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Made from broken fragments of other rocks
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159. An aquifer recharge zone is _______.
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Any area where water infiltrates Earth's surface and reaches an aquifer below
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160. A ________ is formed by abrasion of rocks by windblown sand.
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Ventifact
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161. __________ are underground areas that have the ability to contain and provide water sources.
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Aquifers
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162. The intertropical convergence zone is _____.
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A low-pressure area that influences climate
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163. The higher latitudes receive much less intense insolation than tropical zones because of ________.
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The Sun's angle of incidence
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164. Solar energy and terrestrial reradiation are usually measured in units of length called ________.
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Micrometers.
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165. Earth's reradiation to space consists mainly of ________ rays.
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Longwave rays
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166. Speleothems are associated with the ________ stage of cavern formation.
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Decoration.
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167. In karst landscapes of slight relief, ________ is(are) the most common feature(s).
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Sinkholes
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168. The rotting of rock by the various types of chemical weathering takes place best in ________.
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Humid regions
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169. The largest contemporary u.s. glacier is in ________.
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Alaska
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170. The process of evaporation of water to gas releases stored energy called ________.
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Latent heat.
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171. Streams which flow for only a part of the year are ________.
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Intermittent
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172. Taproots, thorns, and fleshy stems are characteristics of ________.
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Xerophytes
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173. The physical disintegration of rocks affects ___________ development and texture.
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Soil
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174. The __________ serves as a border between the northeastern united states and canada.
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St. Lawrence River
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175. In dry climates, ________ is a (are) prevalent process(es).
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Salt wedging.
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176. The angle of the wind flow across the isobars ________.
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Becomes smaller with height
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177. The youngest rocks are found near the center of _____.
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Downwarping, known as a basin
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178. The smallest scale of the following is ________.
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1:900,000
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