Geography Final Exam ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Geography
Geography Final Exam ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How does the average daily water consumption per person in the United States compare to
other countries? - CORRECT ANSWER- It has the leading water consumption per
person in the world.`
What will be the status of future water availab...
Geography Final Exam ACTUAL
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How does the average daily water consumption per person in the United States compare to
other countries? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔It has the leading water consumption per
person in the world.`
What will be the status of future water availability in the US if water consumption trends
continue as they have been? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Water availability may become a
crisis as the demand for water is greater than the supply.
Why did Las Vegas introduce aggressive water conservation programs? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Most of their water comes from Lake Mead, and its capacity has dropped to
less than half of what it had in 1998.
What would be the consequences of Lake Mead's water level dropping to a surface elevation
of below 1500 feet? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Hoover Dam would no longer be able to
produce hydroelectric power.
How have issues related to water availability affected management of water in the Great
Lakes? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The states containing the lakes have banned the export
of water outside the region.
Canada's literacy rate is approximately - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔99%
The literacy rate in the US is approximately - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔99%
What is Canada's approximate total fertility rate? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1.5
What is the approximate total fertility rate in the US? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔2.0
Canada's population is approximately what percentage of the US's population? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔10%
, What is the approximate percentage of arable land in the US? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔18%
What is the approximate percentage of arable land in Canada? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔5%
What is the approximate per capita gross domestic product purchasing power parity in
Canada? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔$39,000
Approximately what percentage of the US population are Internet users? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔78%
Approximately what percentage of the Canadian population has access to mobile cellular
phones? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔68%
On average, how far do agricultural products travel from farm to plate in the US? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1400 miles
Today it takes about _______ calories of energy to produce about 1 calorie of food. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔55
When does Cognito Farm use antibiotics on its cattle? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Only
when they are sick.
It has been estimated that confined animal feeding operations contribute to about _______ of
world carbon dioxide emissions. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔15%
What is used at Cognito Farm to control fly larvae in the pasture? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Chickens
Cognito Farm avoids washing chicken carcasses with _______, which is done at many
packing plants in the US. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔bleach
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