The geography of north america environment culture economy 2nd edition hardwick test bank

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The Geography of North America, 2e (Hardwick)

Chapter 2 North America's Environmental Setting

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

A) Human geography

B) Physical geography

C) Earth studies

D) Environmental geography

Answer: B

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Chapter Section: Introduction

Bloom's Taxonomy: 1 Knowledge - Select

GeoStandard1: 3 How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments

on Earth's surface

GeoStandard2: 7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface

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

A) The Appalachian mountains

B) The Erie Canal

C) The Great Lakes

D) The Grand Canyon

Answer: D

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Chapter Section: Landforms, Hydrology, Soils

Bloom's Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension - Select

GeoStandard2: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface

3) Which major physical feature in North America did glaciers create?

A) The Rocky mountains

B) The Erie Canal

C) The Great Lakes

D) The Grand Canyon

Answer: C

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4) The first mountain chain that slowed the western movement of early American settlers was

A) The Rocky Mountains

B) The Appalachian Mountains

C) The Ozark Mountains

D) The Sierras

Answer: B

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Bloom's Taxonomy: 3 Application - Relate

GeoStandard1: 2 How to use mental maps to organize information about people, places, and environments

GeoStandard2: 15 How physical systems affect human systems

5) The Fall Line is an imaginary line formed by points

A) Along eastern rivers that was the limit of accessibility for ocean going ships

B) At which draft animals of settlers moving west would drop from exhaustion

C) Along eastern rivers where there were waterfalls

D) All of the above

E) Both A and C

Answer: E

Diff: 2

GeoStandard1: 15 How physical systems affect human systems

GeoStandard2: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface 6) Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain in the Appalachians is the highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada

A) Much higher than

B) Much lower than

C) About the same elevation as

D) Almost as high as

Answer: B

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Bloom's Taxonomy: 3 Application - Compare

GeoStandard1: 4 The physical and human characteristics of places

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7) The Erie Canal was constructed to provide water route between the Atlantic Coast and what? A) The Great Lakes

B) The Mississippi River

C) The Ohio River

D) Lake Powell

Answer: A

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GeoStandard1: 14 How human actions modify the physical environment

8) Most of North America is located on which tectonic plate?

A) The Juan de Fuca Plate

B) The Pacific Plate

C) The Atlantic Plate

D) The North American Plate

Answer: D

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

A) The southeast

B) The northwest

C) The Great Plains

D) California

Answer: D

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10) Another name for the process of mountain building is what?

A) Orogeny

B) Elevation formation

C) Eolian activity

D) Down cutting

Answer: A

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11) Explosive eruptions of pyroclastic debris and gases are associated with which type of volcanoes?

A) Shield volcanoes

B) Composite cone volcanoes

C) Bulging volcanoes

D) Concave volcanoes

Answer: B

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GeoStandard2: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface 12) 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

Answer: A

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GeoStandard2: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface 13) During the maximum extent of glaciation in North America, continental glaciers extended how far south?

A) Ohio

B) Tennessee

C) Oklahoma

D) Florida

Answer: A

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Bloom's Taxonomy: 2 Comprehension - Locate

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14) Sinkholes are associated with which type of landscape?

A) Glacial

B) Karst

C) Volcanic

D) Fluvial

Answer: B

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

A) Rugged, narrow beaches

B) Sea cliffs

C) Broad beaches

D) Sea stacks (isolated columns of rocks)

Answer: C

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16) The Mississippi-Missouri river basin flows into the

A) South-east, Atlantic Ocean

B) North, Hudson Bay

C) South, Gulf of Mexico

D) South-west, Pacific Ocean

Answer: C

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17) The Great Lakes-St Lawrence system flows into the

A) South-east, Atlantic Ocean

B) North, Hudson Bay

C) North-east, North Atlantic

D) South, Gulf of Mexico

Answer: C

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GeoStandard2: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface 18) The Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain physiographic province has which of the following characteristics?

A) Many fertile swamps and marshes

B) Low, rolling hills

C) Folding, uplift, and faulting

D) Small mountain ranges and flat valleys

Answer: A

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GeoStandard1: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface GeoStandard2: 4 The physical and human characteristics of places

19) The Intermontane physiographic province has which of the following characteristics? A) Low, rolling hills

B) Many fertile swamps and marshes

C) Steep canyons, mesas and buttes

D) Widespread volcanism and tectonic uplift

Answer: C

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20) The Canadian Shield covers about how much of the area of Canada?

A) 10%

B) 30%

C) 50%

D) 80%

Answer: C

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

A) Latitude

B) Longitude

C) Angle

D) Time

Answer: A

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Chapter Section: Weather and Climate

22) 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 land would heat more rapidly

B) The water would heat more rapidly

C) They would both heat at about the same rate

D) It would depend on the characteristics of the water and land

Answer: A

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Bloom's Taxonomy: 4 Analysis - Compare

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23) Differences in atmospheric pressure are measured using what?

A) A thermometer

B) A barometer

C) A pressure gradient

D) A compression meter

Answer: B

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GeoStandard2: 3 How to analyze the spatial organization of people, places, and environments

on Earth's surface

24) On average, temperatures decline about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit for every 1000 ft rise in elevation What is this temperature decline called?

A) Altitudinal decline

B) Nominal rate of decline

C) Normal lapse rate

D) Vertical thermic lapse

Answer: C

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25) Orographic precipitation is caused by what?

A) Moist air cooling as it is forced to higher elevations

B) Dry air warming as it is forced to higher elevations

C) Moist air warming as it is forced to lower elevations

D) Dry air cooling as it is forced to lower elevations

Answer: A

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

A) High deserts

B) Rain shadow

C) Nonprecipitous zones

D) Arroyos

Answer: B

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27) The Chinook winds in the Rocky Mountains and the Santa Ana winds in Southern California are both examples of winds caused by changes in what?

A) Topography

B) Climate

C) Weather

D) Water temperatures

Answer: A

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28) In general, warmer air masses can hold moisture than colder air masses

A) More

B) Less

C) About the same

D) Actually there isn't a stable relationship between temperature and moisture in the air

Answer: A

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

A) The Pacific Northwest

B) The Gulf Coast

C) New England

D) The Great Plains

Answer: B

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GeoStandard1: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface GeoStandard2: 7 The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface

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

A) During the summer

B) During the winter

C) During the spring and fall

D) Actually the precipitation is even all year round

Answer: D

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GeoStandard2: 8 The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface 31) The process of orographic uplift cools air as it rises over mountain ranges, the opposite process, in which air warms as it descends in elevation, is called what?

A) Adiabatic heating

B) Prothermic depression

C) Cyclic winds

D) Depressive heating

Answer: A

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32) 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 unaffected by the presence of the lakes, and precipitation is increased B) Temperatures are unaffected by the presence of the lakes, and precipitation is decreased C) Temperatures are moderated by the presence of the lakes, but precipitation is increased D) Temperatures are moderated by the presence of the lakes, but precipitation is decreased Answer: C

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33) Parts of the Subarctic climate zone are characterized , in which soils that are totally

or partial frozen all year

A) Permafrost

B) Subthermic

C) Glacial

D) Arctic

Answer: A

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34) What type of natural vegetation covers most of Canada?

A) Grassland

B) Tundra

C) Needleleaf evergreen forest

D) Mixed broadleaf deciduous and needleleaf evergreen forest

Answer: C

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Chapter Section: Biogeography and Ecology

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