Chapter 1 Review
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| What is elevation? | height above sea level
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| What is a landform? | particular features of the land
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| Describe the summer solstice. | the day with the most hours of sunlight
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| What are plate tectonics? | theory that the earth's crust consists of huge slabs of rock that move
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| What is a geographic information system? | special software that helps geographers gather and use information
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| What is a global positioning system? | a group of satellites around the world
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| What is erosion? | wearing away the earth's surface.
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| What is an equinox? | when day and night are of equal length.
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| What is a fault? | a crack in the earth's crust.
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| What is weathering? | a process that breaks surface rock into gravel, sand, or soil.
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| What is absolute location? | A precise point where lines of latitude and longitude crisscross.
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| What is the equator? | A line that divides the earth into a northern and southern hemisphere.
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| What is the prime meridian? | A line that divides the earth into an eastern and western hemisphere.
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| What is a hemisphere? | Half of the earth.
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| What is a canyon? | A deep and narrow valley with steep walls
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| What is a channel? | A wide strait between two landmasses.
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| What is elevation? | height of land above sea level.
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| What is an isthmus? | A narrow stretch of land connecting two larger land areas.
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| How many days are in a year? | 365 1/4
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| What is magma? | Melted rock.
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| Where is Mt. Everest? | The Himalayas
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