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geography final exam
Question | Answer |
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Peninsula : | piece of land with water on three sides |
water covers what precentage of the earth's surface. | 70% |
Drought : | long period of extrem dryness and water shortages |
As elevation gets higher. | tempature gets lower |
land covers _ of the earth's surface | 30% |
renewable resources can be | Replaced |
elevation : | height above sea level |
nothern and southern hemisphereres have _ seasons. | oppisite |
The shorest day of the year occurs in what season ? | winter |
Valleys ,mountains, and plains are examples of | landforms |
Largest Ocean | pacific |
_ climates are hot | Tropical |
Hottest temperatures on earth found at what latitude line? | 0 the equater |
_______ basin has the largest rain forest in the world. | Amazon river |
coal and oil are examples of __ fuels | fosiol |
Deforestation: | widespread cutting of forest |
Physical geography | land and climate ,water , plants |
human geography | culture and language |
goegraphers | a person who studies specializes in geographical research |
Name three uses of geography | physical,political, themetical |
Landforms | Individuals features of the land |
GPS | group of satellites that travels around the world |
GIS | special software that helps goegraphers gather and use information about a place |
enviorment | natural surroundings |
There are___ themes in geography | 5 |
Globe | sphereical model of the earth |
the earth has ___ hemispheres | 4 |