Place in the World
What is a very large land area, usually with water on several sides?
A. City
B. Continent
C. Landform
D. Mountain
B. Continent
Which of the following is a natural feature?
A. Plants
B. School
C. Highway 30
D. Windmill
A. Plants
What 2 hemispheres is the United States in?
A. Northern and Eastern
B. Southern and Western
C. Southern and Eastern
D. Northern and Western
D. Northern and Western
What is Hydroelectricity?
A. electricity made by water power
B. electricity made by wind power
C. electricity made by the sun
A. electricity made by water power
What is an Aquifer?
A. A natural land feature
B. An underground layer of earth that traps water
C. Electricity made by water power
D. A waterfall
B. An underground layer of earth that traps water
What does extinct mean?
A. no longer existing on Earth
B. in danger of not existing
C. plenty available to be found forever
A. no longer existing on Earth
What is the study of the earth and the people, plants, and animals living on it?
A. Biology
B. Chemistry
C. Geography
D. Geology
C. Geography
Which of the following is a human feature?
A. Soil
B. Water
C. Bridge
D. Trees
C. Bridge
Which one of the following states is a border state of Nebraska?
A. Colorado
B. Texas
C. Michigan
D. Florida
A. Colorado
What is a natural resource?
A. Something made by man
B. Something found in nature that people use
B. Something found in nature that people use
The weather of a place over a long period of time:
A. Climate
B. Weather
C. Precipitation
D. Weather Vane
A. Climate
What holiday is J. Sterling Morton known for starting?
A. Valentine's Day
B. Arbor Day
C. Labor Day
D. Vetern's Day
B. Arbor Day
This type of map shows what the land is like and shows rivers, lakes, and mountains:
A. Political Map
B. Road Map
C. Physical Map
C. Physical Map
Which one is not an example of a natural resource?
A. Soil
B. Shoe
C. Grasslands
D. The Ogallala Aquifer
B. Shoe
What region of the United States is Nebraska in?
A. West
B. Midwest
C. Southwest
D. Northeast
B. Midwest
What is a renewable resource?
A. resources that can't be used again
B. resources that can be used again
B. resources that can be used again
The practice of farming or ranching:
A. Agriculture
B. History
C. Government
D. Education
A. Agriculture
Relating to the city and the people who live there:
A. Urban
B. Rural
A. Urban
The imaginary lines that measure north and south of the equator and are the horizontal lines on the map or globe?
A. Longitude Lines
B. Latitude Lines
B. Latitude Lines
What is a landform?
A. a natural land feature
B. able to be broken down into basic natural elements
C. a feature found under the ocean
A. a natural land feature
What is a drought?
A. a dry season, little or no rain
B. no longer existing
C. dark rich soil lift by glaciers
D. underground water
A. a dry season, little or no rain
What does Non-renewable mean?
A. resources that can't be used again
B. resources that can be used again
A. resources that can't be used again
To save or cut back on using something so that it will last:
A. Spend
B. Waste
C. Conserve
D. Recycle
C. Conserve
Relating to the countryside and the people who live there:
A. Urban
B. Rural
B. Rural
The imaginary lines that measure east and west of the prime meridian and meet at the poles?
A. Longitude Lines
B. Latitude Lines
A. Longitude Lines
A bluff, canyon, prairie, and valley are examples of what?
A. Buildings
B. Landforms
C. Human Features
D. Water Features
B. Landforms
What does irrigate mean?
A. man-made uses of water for farming
B. to plant crops in a row
C. to hold back water from being used
A. man-made uses of water for farming
Which category does the following word belong in? PLANTS
A. Renewable Resource
B. Non-renewable Resource
A. Renewable Resource
The process of depositing something is called:
A. Banking
B. Conserve
C. Deposition
D. Irrigation
C. Deposition
Which one of the following is an example of an absolute location?
A. across the street from the library
B. 712 North Elm Street
C. 3 houses down from the school
B. 712 North Elm Street
What is special about Cozad's location?
A. It is in the Sandhills
B. It is next to the equator
C. We are on the Prime Meridian
D. We are on the 100th Meridian
D. We are on the 100th Meridian
Geologists know Nebraska was once covered by an ocean because:
A. there are many lakes here
B. they have found fossils of sea creatures and salt deposits
C. we have till soil
D. they have found dinosaur bones
B. they have found fossils of sea creatures and salt deposits
Which one of the 5 regions is our town located in, in Nebraska?
A. The Sandhills
B. Rolling Hills (Till Plains)
C. Loess Hills and Plains
D. The High Plains
C. Loess Hills and Plains
Which category does the following word belong in? HYDROELECTRICITY
A. Renewable Resource
B. Non-renewable Resource
A. Renewable Resource
The natural process of wearing away by wind, water, or other elements:
A. Groundwater
B. Landform
C. Erosion
D. Cyclone
C. Erosion
Which one of the following is an example of a relative location?
A. 420 E 14th
B. 100th Meridian
C. green house next to the bank
C. green house next to the bank