Question 1

1 What are two reasons people settle in a particular region?

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climate, availability of resources

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to see people and mountains

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to watch  animals and trees

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to enjoy nice building and  deserts

Question 2

2  what is are geographic information systems?

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special software that helps geographers gather and use information

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landforms such as mountains, valleys, hills; bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

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theory that the earth's crust consists of huge slabs of rock that move

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particular features of the land

Question 3

3 what its mean by fault?

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a crack in the earth's crust

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when day and night are of equal length

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a process that breaks surface rocks into gravel, sand, or soil

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landforms such as mountains, valleys, hills; bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

Question 4

4 what is a Global Positioning System?

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a group of satellites around the earth

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height above sea level

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special software that helps geographers gather and use information

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the day with the most hours of sunlight

Question 5

5 what its mean by Landform?

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particular features of the land

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a group of satellites around the earth

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the day with the most hours of sunlight

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height above sea level

Question 6

6  what is an Elevation?

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height above sea level

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theory that the earth's crust consists of huge slabs of rock that move

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particular features of the land

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the day with the most hours of sunlight

Question 7

7 what is a weathering?

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a process that breaks surface rocks into gravel, sand, or soil

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bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

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a crack in the earth's crust

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A place is a specific location, a region is a group of places that have some characteristic in common.

Question 8

8 what is a summer solstice?

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the day with the most hours of sunlight

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a group of satellites around the earth

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when day and night are of equal length

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theory that the earth's crust consists of huge slabs of rock that move

Question 9

9 Give three examples of the physical characteristics of a place,

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landforms such as mountains, valleys, hills; bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

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A place is a specific location, a region is a group of places that have some characteristic in common.

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government leaders planning new community services, civic leaders expanding city services, realtors identifying apartment locations

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a group of satellites around the earth

Question 10

10 what are plate tectonics?

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theory that the earth's crust consists of huge slabs of rock that move

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the day with the most hours of sunlight

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special software that helps geographers gather and use information

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a group of satellites around the earth

Question 11

11 How is a region different from a place?

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A place is a specific location, a region is a group of places that have some characteristic in common.

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a group of satellites around the earth

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community services, civic leaders expanding city services, realtors identifying apartment locations

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bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

Question 12

12 give an example of how people use geographic knowledge.

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government leaders planning new community services, civic leaders expanding city services, realtors identifying apartment locations

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bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

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landforms such as mountains, valleys, hills; bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

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A place is a specific location, a region is a group of places that have some characteristic in common.

Question 13

13 How does Earth's revolution around the sun relate to the season

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As Earth revolves around the sun, the sun's rays hit parts of the earth more or less directly. Areas that are struck by the sun directly have summer; those with only indirect sunlight have winter.

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water that fills tiny  cracks and holes in the rock layers below the earth's surface

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

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rotating on its axis every 24 hours

Question 14

14 How many planets are in the solar system?

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Nine

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six

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tine

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seven

Question 15

15. What movement of Earth causes day and night?

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rotating on its axis every 24 hours

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rotation of sun on its axis every 24 hours

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rotation of moon on its axis every 24 hours

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bodies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

Question 16

16. How do the plates in the earth's crust move?

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They float on liquid rock in the mantle.

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

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River water wears away the soil on river banks.

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rotating on its axis every 24 hours

Question 17

17.  what its mean by rain forest?

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dense forest that receives much rain

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desert with less trees

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an area with too much rain

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dense forest that receives less rain

Question 18

18. Give an example of erosion

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River water wears away the soil on river banks.

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They float on liquid rock in the mantle.

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water that fills tiny  cracks and holes in the rock layers below the earth's surface

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

Question 19

19. In which part of the water cycle does water return to the earth?

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precipitation

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underground rock layer that water flows through

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water that fills tiny  cracks and holes in the rock layers below the earth's surface

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giant slow -moving  sheets of ice

Question 20

20.what is a water vapor?

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water in the form of gas

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water in form Ice

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Process in which water moves from the oceans the air to ground  and finally back to the oceans

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process in which air rises and cools, which makes the water vapor it holds change back into a liquid.

Question 21

21. Which has a higher elevation plains or plateaus?

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plateaus

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valley

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they are of the same size

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plains

Question 22

22  What is an evaporation?

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

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water in the form of gas

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Process in which water moves from the oceans the air to ground  and finally back to the oceans

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process n which air rises and cools, which makes the water vapor it holds change back into a liquid.

Question 23

23 What is  water cycle

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Process in which water moves from the oceans the air to ground  and finally back to the oceans

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climate, availability of resources

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River water wears away the soil on river banks.

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

Question 24

24 What is a condensation?

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process in which air rises and cools, which makes the water vapor it holds change back into a liquid.

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

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water in the form of gas

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Process in which water moves from the oceans the air to ground  and finally back to the oceans

Question 25

25 What are the five types of climate regions?

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tropical, mid-latitude, high latitude, dry, and Highland

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landforms ,mountains, valleys, hills; bodies of water

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Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, winter

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typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources, summer

Question 26

26 What it mean by precipitation

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water that falls back to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

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giant slow -moving  sheets of ice

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process in which air rises and cools, which makes the water vapor it holds change back into a liquid.

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

Question 27

27 How can farmers restore the minerals in the soil?

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by rotating crops (crop rotation)

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by rotating on its axis

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They float on liquid rock in the mantle.

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dense forest that receives much rain

Question 28

28 What is a glacier?

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giant slow -moving  sheets of ice

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water that fills tiny  cracks and holes in the rock layers below the earth's surface

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process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water vapor

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process n which air rises and cools, which makes the water vapor it holds change back into a liquid.

Question 29

29 What it mean by groundwater?

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water that fills tiny  cracks and holes in the rock layers below the earth's surface

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giant slow -moving  sheets of ice

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Process in which water moves from the oceans the air to ground  and finally back to the oceans

Question 30

30. crop rotation 	alternating what is planted in a field

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alternating what is planted in a field

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when day and night are of equal length

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a process that breaks surface rocks into gravel, sand, or soil

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tropical, mid-latitude, high latitude, dry, and Highland

Question 31

31 What are the world's four oceans?

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Arctic, Atlantic, Indian, Pacific

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black sea, red sea, indian, dead sea

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pacific, arabian's Gulf, Nile River, Arctic

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Atlantic, baltic, south China's Sea, Gulf of Iden

Question 32

32 What it mean by aquifer?

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underground rock layer that water flows through

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Process in which water moves from the oceans the air to ground  and finally back to the oceans

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the day with the most hours of sunlight

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process in which air rises and cools, which makes the water vapor it holds change back into a liquid.

Question 33

33  What percentage of the earth is covered by water?

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70 percent

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50 percent

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90 percent

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30 percent

Question 34

34. what is a equinox?

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when day and night are of equal length

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a crack in the earth's crust

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a process that breaks surface rocks into gravel, sand, or soil

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landforms such as mountains, valleys, hills; bod ies of water; typical rainfall and temperature; soil; resources

Question 35

35 What kind of vegetation grows in the tundra climate zone?

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sturdy grasses and low-growing berry bushes

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forest bushes, and tall trees

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apple, carrot

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sands desert

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