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Question #1

Another name for the process of mountain building is what?

A. Orogeny

B. Down cutting

C. Elevation formation

D. Eolian activity

Question #2

The Erie Canal was constructed to provide water route between the Atlantic Coast and what?

A. The Great Lakes

B. Lake Powell

C. The Ohio River

D. The Mississippi River

Question #3

The San Andreas Fault is located in which part of North America?

A. The southeast

B. The Great Plains

C. California

D. The northwest

Question #4

According to the video, which is NOT a component of GIS?

A. Network

B. Database

C. All of the these answer choices are components of GIS

D. Software

E. People

Question #5

The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic province has which of the following characteristics?

A. Low, rolling hills

B. Folding, uplift, and faulting

C. Many fertile swamps and marshes

D. Small mountain ranges and flat valleys

Question #6

http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the USGS, which mountains in the Cascade Range are monitored for volcanic activity?

A. Mount Adams and Mount Baker

B. Mount Hood and Crater Lake

C. Currently all volcanoes in the Cascade Range are monitored

D. Mount Jefferson and Newberry Volcano

E. Mount Rainier and Mt. St. Helens

Question #7

In general, warmer air masses can hold ________ moisture than colder air masses.

A. More

B. About the same

C. Actually there isn't a stable relationship between temperature and moisture in the air.

D. Less

Question #8

The first mountain chain that slowed the western movement of early American settlers was ________.

A. The Rocky Mountains

B. The Ozark Mountains

C. The Sierras

D. The Appalachian Mountains

Question #9

Orographic precipitation is caused by what?

A. Moist air warming as it is forced to lower elevations

B. Dry air cooling as it is forced to lower elevations

C. Dry air warming as it is forced to higher elevations

D. Moist air cooling as it is forced to higher elevations

Question #10

Which of Koeppen’s six major climatic zones is characterized by warm and humid weather year round?

A. E

B. B

C. H

D. C

E. A

Question #11

How are people living near the Great Lakes impacted by the weather changes related to presence of a large body of water?

A. Temperatures are moderated by the presence of the lakes, but precipitation is increased.

B. Temperatures are moderated by the presence of the lakes, but precipitation is decreased.

C. Temperatures are unaffected by the presence of the lakes, and precipitation is decreased.

D. Temperatures are unaffected by the presence of the lakes, and precipitation is increased.

Question #12

Most of North America is located on which tectonic plate?

A. The Pacific Plate

B. The North American Plate

C. The Atlantic Plate

D. The Juan de Fuca Plate

Question #13

Which major physical feature in North America did glaciers create?

A. The Erie Canal

B. The Grand Canyon

C. The Rocky mountains

D. The Great Lakes

Question #14

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shield/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, which of these is NOT a geologic region in the Canadian Shield?

A. Toronto Province

B. Southern Province

C. Bear Province

D. Nain Province

E. Superior

Question #15

Which variable influences that amount of solar radiation of a place, and the length of day in that place?

A. Angle

B. Longitude

C. Latitude

D. Time

Question #16

The Intermontane physiographic province has which of the following characteristics?

A. Steep canyons, mesas and buttes

B. Widespread volcanism and tectonic uplift

C. Low, rolling hills

D. Many fertile swamps and marshes

Question #17

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the physical geography of the United States?

A. Land heats faster and cools faster than water

B. One would find midlatitude deciduous forests in states like Ohio and Kentucky

C. In the United States, oil fields and natural gas fields tend to overlap

D. Being close to the ocean will moderate your temperature - you will have lower highs and higher lows

E. Continental air masses tend be moist and unstable most of the year

Question #18

When depositional forces are dominant on a coastline, those forces produce which of the following features?

A. Sea stacks (isolated columns of rocks)

B. Sea cliffs

C. Broad beaches

D. Rugged, narrow beaches

Question #19

On average, temperatures decline about 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit for every 1000 ft rise in elevation. What is this temperature decline called? (Note that the book says 2.5 degrees F; this is incorrect - it is 3.5 degrees F)

A. Vertical thermic lapse

B. Normal lapse rate

C. Nominal rate of decline

D. Altitudinal decline

Question #20

The study of the environmental characteristics of Earth is called what?

A. Environmental geography

B. Earth studies

C. Human geography

D. Physical geography

Question #21

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/shield/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the webpage, which of these natural resources is NOT found in the Canadian Shield?

A. Silver

B. Nickel

C. Gold

D. Plutonium

E. Copper

Question #22

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the physical geography of the United States?

A. The Great Lakes and the Great Salt Lake are examples of closed waterway systems

B. Deforestation, overgrazing, and overcropping are the three main human factors in the process of erosion

C. There are four marine air masses and one continental air masses influencing the climate of the United States

D. The Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Gulf of Mexico are the main drainage areas for the continental United States

E. Precipitation in the state of Washington tends be caused by orographic lifting

Question #23

The lava of a shield volcano

A. Has a low viscosity and so flows across the landscape

B. Erupts explosively, spreading ash and debris through the atmosphere

C. Is the hottest form of lava because it comes from deeper within the earth

D. Tends to contain a large amount of gas bubbles

Question #24

Areas with dry climates on the leeward (downwinD. side of mountain ranges are said to be located in the what?

A. Arroyos

B. High deserts

C. Rain shadow

D. Nonprecipitous zones

Question #25

Looking at the map (Figure 2.13), during what time of the year does Toronto, Ontario have the most precipitation?

A. Actually the precipitation is even all year round

B. During the summer

C. During the spring and fall

D. During the winter

Question #26

Sinkholes are associated with which type of landscape?

A. Karst

B. Glacial

C. Volcanic

D. Fluvial

Question #27

Which major physical feature in North America was created by down-cutting?

A. The Erie Canal

B. The Grand Canyon

C. The Great Lakes

D. The Appalachian mountains

Question #28

Differences in atmospheric pressure are measured using what?

A. A barometer

B. A thermometer

C. A pressure gradient

D. A compression meter

Question #29

Looking at the maps (Figure 2.12), what part of North America receives the highest levels of precipitation during the summer?

A. New England

B. The Gulf Coast

C. The Pacific Northwest

D. The Great Plains

Question #30

According to the lecture, which of the following is INCORRECT regarding soil types in the United States?

A. Utisols dominate the southeastern part of the United States

B. Oxisols are the best for growing wheat and potatoes

C. Mollisols are the 'soils of the grasslands'

D. Alfisols have high native fertility and are found in the humid and subhumid parts of the United States

E. Darker colors mean more organic material in the soils

Question #31

What kind of climate does Coastal California have?

A. Highland

B. Steppe

C. Tropical Wet

D. Humid Subtropical

E. Mediterranean

Question #32

https://www.geolounge.com/continental-divide/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. According to the map on the webpage, the westernmost continental divide in the lower 48 states is

A. The Great Basin

B. The St. Lawrence Divide

C. The Great Divide

D. Triple Divide Peak

E. The Laurentian Divide

Question #33

The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of what mountain range?

A. The Olympic Mountains

B. The Rocky Mountains

C. The Appalachians

D. The Cascade Range

E. The Sierra Nevadas

Question #34

If the same amount of sunlight was hitting an area of land and an area of water, which area would heat more rapidly?,,

A. The water would heat more rapidly.

B. The land would heat more rapidly.

C. It would depend on the characteristics of the water and land.

D. They would both heat at about the same rate

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