The art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops and raising livestock for humans.
What is agriculture?
100
Jethro Tull invented this in the UK and it improved the efficiency of farming.
What is the seed drill?
100
You "read" these lines on a map.
What are contour lines?
100
The difference between north on a map and north on a compass is ______________
What is declination?
100
This is the type of fault line where two tectonic plates slide past each other laterally.
What is transform fault?
200
Before agriculture became widespread, people spent most of their lives doing what?
What is searching for food—hunting wild animals and gathering wild plants?
200
This invention made it possible to work the tough prairie soil with much less horsepower.
What is the steel plow?
200
This geographic feature is represented by "arrows" pointing uphill and the lines are very far apart.
What are valleys?
200
Seattle would be _____ degrees east of true north.
What is 20 degrees?
200
This is one of three types of convergence zones that produce subduction leading to mountains and volcanism.
What is ocean-continental?
300
The first domesticated plant was....
What is rice or corn?
300
Gregor Mendel conducted heredity experiments using these plants.
What are pea plants?
300
This geographic feature is represented by "arrows" pointing downhill and are typically close to a mountain peak.
What is a ridgeline?
300
This is the kind of map we would use (with "lines") with a compass to find our way.
What is a topographical map?
300
This is the layer of the Earth crust that makes up the tectonic plates.
What is lithosphere?
400
Agriculture and the surplus of food it produced provided the foundation for .......
What is civilization/culture?
400
In the early 1900's, the average farmer produced enough food to feed a family of this size.
What is a family of 5?
400
When taking a bearing after your map is oriented and your line is drawn. You must rotate the ___________ so the magnetic needle lines up with the ____________.
What is compass housing : orienting arrow?
400
_________ scale maps shows small detail and _________scale maps show large detail.
What is large : small ?
400
What type of volcano is sitting underneath Yellowstone National Park?
What is a caldera volcano?
500
Around 5500 BCE, farmers in Mesopotamia developed simple...
What is irrigation systems
500
Materials such as manure, wood ash, ground bones, fish or fish parts, and bird and bat waste called guano are considered what?
What is natural/organic fertilizer?
500
Maps are oriented towards ______ north and compasses are oriented towards _______ north.
What are true/map : magnetic?
500
What is the difference between a valley and a drainage on a map?