Geography

All of Earth's frozen water is called the ________. A) solid sphere B) cryosphere C) ice sphere D) glaciosphere Group of answer choices
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Which best explains why the order in which the subtraction occurred did not cause a difference in the answersdetermined by the two girls?O The differences are each squared.O The differences are added together.O The square root of the differences is taken.O The differences are the same regardless of order.
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The mid-ocean mountains, such as the ridges and rises: Group of answer choices are similar in origin to the Alps, the Rockies, and the Appalachians are constructed of volcanic basalt. are similar in size and features to most continental mountains are composed of folded and faulted marine sedimentary rocks
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A common way in which Philadelphia-size or bigger bodies of rock that were heated and squeezed deep in a mountain range then end up at the surface of the Earth is:
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Landslides and other slope failures can overrun existing topography, replacing it with a random looking assemblage of bumps and pits called ________
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Which stream drainage pattern would consist of a central high elevation region with several streams draining away from it in all compass directions
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If central Pennsylvania had a really dry year, and received only one-third of our usual rainfall, we would be just dry enough to be a called a desert if such dry years stayed for a long time. How much rainfall per year would we be receiving per year then
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Scientists found large fossil deposits in Canada in the early 1900s. In the 1980s scientists found a rock formation with similar fossils in China. Which conclusions can be supported by evidence from the geologic record
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The type of stream drainage pattern that develops in an area with radiating stream channels from a central point is known as ____________.
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The percentage of rock or sediment that consists of voids or openings and is a measure of a rock's ability to hold water is its
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about 1 million to 600,000 years ago, a large lake was present in the much of the great valley forming the _____.
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A protolith a. is always igneous rock. b. is always sedimentary rock. c. may belong to any of the three primary rock types. d. is always metamorphic rock.
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In the low pressure center of a mid-latitude cyclone, replacement air coming from the north produces a __________________ front, wheel replacement air from the south produces a __________________ front.
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Explain why Hard Wood considered to some is an unsustainable material. (6 Marker question for D&T GCSE)
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Muqua is a valley surrounded by two tall canyon walls. On a sunny day in the winter, there is a very cold layer of air on the ground, and there is a high level of smog. This is due to ___. temperature inversions people burning coal to heat their homes topography temperature fluctuations
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The tropical rain forest climate receives most of its rainfall as a result of... Group of answer choices frontal uplift. frontal uplift. convectional uplift. None of these answer choices are correct.
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What is the term for small, shifting channels that carry water away from the main river channel and distribute it over the surface of the delta
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What type of volcano is made by a mound of pyroclastic cinders and bombs accumulating around the volcanic vent, and is usually small in size
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Pictures of the different types of droughts
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Which famous Pacific Northwest clam is large, sometimes growing up to 10 pounds, with a long siphon that looks like a neck?
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The higher the gas pressure builds in a magma, Group of answer choices the more explosive an eruptions it is likely to produce. the less explosive an eruption is likely to produce. the longer the lava flows an eruption will produce. the shorter the lava flows an eruption will produce.
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Lava flows are produced by basaltic magmas that contain ______ than those that produce scoria cones.
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This geophysical data is used to assess the ______ in a basin. This information is then used groundwater in the basin.
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Why is it important that we learn about the geologic time scale's epochs, periods, eons, and eras (precambrian, paleozoic, mesozoic, cenozoic)
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