True or False: The truest representation of the earth is a polar projection.
What is false?
True or False: Physical geography is the study of physical features of the earth.
True
True or False: Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world, is located in Asia.
True
True or False: Most of the land masses in the world are in the Northern Hemisphere.
True.
What type of projection is this?
a. Interrupted-Area
b. Mercator
c. Polar
b.
The study of culture is called _____________ geography.
a. applied
b. cultural
c. urban
d. political
True or False: Mountains have the highest temperature of any landform.
False.
For every 300 feet in elevation, the temperature falls one degree.
Choose the location that best describes FORESTS.
a. plains
b. mountains
c. oceans
d. plateaus
b. mountains
True or False: All maps have distortions.
True.
The study of climates and their effect on people is called:
a. astronomy
b. geology
c. meteorology
d. climatology
d. climatology
Choose the best location for easy transportation.
a. plains
b. plateaus
c. mountains
d. oceans
a. plains
Transportation is easiest here because of mostly flat land.
Choose the best location for EASY TRANSPORTATION.
a. plains
b. plateaus
c. mountains
d. oceans
a. plains
Transportation is easy because of the relative flatness of the land...no major changes in elevation.
True or False: An interrupted-area projection shows the least distortion in land areas.
True.
The study of the earth's atmosphere and the factors that are important in weather analysis and forecasting is called:
a. astrology
b. astronomy
c. meteorology
d. geography
c. meteorology
Choose the best location for MINING.
a. mountains
b. plateaus
c. plains
d. oceans
a. mountains
One of the three most common occupations in the mountains besides grazing and logging. Mountains are "storehouses of minerals".
Choose the answer that best describes COOL and DRY.
a. plateaus
b. mountains
c. oceans
d. plains
a. plateaus
Plateaus are cool because of their higher elevation and they are dry because clouds lose their moisture through condensation before they blow over the plateaus.
The disadvantage of an interrupted-area projection is that it is hard to see the relationship between ____________________.
a. bodies of water
b. water and land
c. continents
d. none of the above
c. continents
The study of the earth's surface, climate, continents, countries, peoples, industries, and products is called:
a. geography
b. anthropology
c. geometry
d. geology
a. GEOGRAPHY!!
Choose the best location for INDUSTRIES (factories, manufacturing, etc.).
a. mountains
b. plains
c. oceans
d. plateaus
b. plains
Trade and manufacturing are developed more easily on the plains because of good transportation due to the flatness of the land.
Choose the best TWO locations for GRAZING.
plains
plateaus
oceans
mountains
plains and plateaus