Introduction to Physical and Human Geography Quizzes and Test Practice Questions and answers already passed
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Introduction to Physical and Human Geography Quizzes and Test Practice Questions and answers already passed Introduction to Physical and Human Geography Quizzes and Test Practice Questions
Which statement is the most accurate definition of physical geography? - correct answer The study of the...
Introduction to Physical and Human
Geography Quizzes and Test Practice
Questions
Which statement is the most accurate definition of physical geography? -
correct answer ✔The study of the earth and each of its natural components.
Which item accurately describes the study of human geography? - correct
answer ✔The study of human evolution, economic, and migratory patterns
across the planet
In the 2016 U.S. federal election, areas of debate included healthcare,
immigration, engagement with international partners, the rural-urban divide,
gun control, abortion, the national debt, jobs, and overall economic growth.
Which of these issues are related to human geography?
Choose 4.
A. Abortion
B. Engagement with international partners
C. Gun control
D. Immigration
E. Jobs
F. Overall economic growth
G. The national debt
H. The rural-urban divide - correct answer ✔1. Engagement with
international partners
2. Immigration
,3. Overall economic growth
4. The rural-urban divide
A farmer grows corn to feed chickens, which then excrete waste pellets that
the farmer uses as fertilizer on the corn. The farmer, a vegetarian, does not
eat the chickens. Which items correctly categorize the elements of this biotic
community? Choose 3 answers.
A. Chickens = consumer
B. Corn = producer
C. Fertilizer = producer
D. Gardener = consumer
E. Pellets = decomposer - correct answer ✔A. Chickens = consumer
C. Corn = producer
E. Pellets = decomposer
Which items describe ways in which an ecosystem can be naturally changed
instantaneously? Choose 3 answers.
A. Flash flooding
B. Hurricane
C. Insect damage to a forest
D. Long-range droughts
E. Minor temperature fluctuations
F. Minor volcano eruption - correct answer ✔A. Flash flooding
B. Hurricane
E. Minor temperature fluctuations
, Cocoa plants, from which chocolate is made, grow in certain areas close to
the equator. Countries such as Ghana, Nigeria, Indonesia, Brazil, and
Malaysia produce most of the world's cocoa.
Which statement explains this? - correct answer ✔Physical geography
affects local economies.
In coastal towns in Maine, fishing and fish-packing industries sprang up due to
ocean proximity. Shortly thereafter, seafood product companies and seafood
restaurants became prevalent. Later, ocean tourism companies, hotels, and
entertainment venues opened.
Which statements explain this? Choose 3 answers.
A. Cultural influences in coastal Maine are founded on the economy.
B. Economic activities developed due to relational geographies in coastal
Maine.
C. Industrialization in coastal Maine can be attributed to the locale.
D. Physical geography impacted the agglomeration of businesses in coastal
Maine.
E. Urbanization of coastal Maine occurred due to economic development. -
correct answer ✔B. Economic activities developed due to relational
geographies in coastal Maine.
D. Physical geography impacted the agglomeration of businesses in coastal
Maine.
E. Urbanization of coastal Maine occurred due to economic development.
Which statements accurately describe global political development based on
the heartland and rimland theories? Choose 2 answers.
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