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Chapter 01 Introducing Geology, the Essentials of Plate Tectonics, and Other Important Concepts   
True / False Questions
  1.  We depend on geologists for the raw materials we need for survival.  
TRUE   
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  2.  Most deaths associated with volcanic eruptions are due to burns of lava flows.  
FALSE   
Bloom's Level: 1. Remember
  3.  A tsunami has a small wave height, travels rapidly, and is not noticed by people in boats.  
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The longest mountain range on land - answer-Andes Mountains The highest peak in the Western Hemisphere - answer-Mount Aconcagua the largest river basin in the world - answer-Amazon River Basin Largest rainforest in the world - answer-Amazon Rainforest World's highest waterfall - answer-Angel Falls Mestizos - answer-A person of mixed Native American and European ancestory Tepuis - answer-A chain of high plateaus in the Guiana Highlands Creóles - answer-Spanish children born...

1. population composed of all individuals that belong to the same species and live in a given area at a particular time 2. community incorporates all of the populations of organisms within a given area 3. population ecolo- gy the study of factors that cause populations to increase or decrease 4. population size the total number of individuals within a defined area at a given time 5. population densi- ty 6. population distriu- tion the number of individuals per unit area (or v...

Which mountain range contains the active volcanoes Mount Hood and Mount St. Helens? - Cascade Mountain Range Which region makes up the inland portion of the Pacific Northwest, east of the Cascade Mountain Range? - Columbia Plateau True or False? In 1911, the amount of salmon and steelhead caught in the Columbia River amounted to 20 million pounds, which was the highest yield of all time. - False. In 1911 the amount of salmon and steelhead caught was around 47 million pounds. This is the hi...

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C: Rogue River War (1827-1856) - ANSWER-Miners behave bad to natives Donation Land settlers - violate treaties - RR native pop dropping - remove hunt gun eliminated economic opp - res open to US structure destined to fail -- bad bloody miner vs native conflicts Raped in public others tormented ~ US not honoring ~ no law for racial native trauma help > Table Rock Jackson ville militia exterminator group called Lupton massacre families killed but even after this some native still refuse to f...

The Cascades Western North America Extending from southern British Columbia through Washington and Oregon to Northern California The Himalayas Asia separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau Has many of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest The Appalachians Eastern North America From Pennsylvania to Georgia The Alps Highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe Stretche...

WEEK 4 MIDTERM EXAM DOC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2021 Question 1 (Worth 1 points) The term that is used to indicate decreasing levels of spatial interactions with increasing distances is: A. distance delay B. state’s rights C. diversity theory D. oblast E. distance decay ________________________________________ Question 2 (Worth 1 points) Central America, as defined by geographers, is: A. a region within Middle America between Mexico and Colombia B. a region that i...

The Geography of North America. This includes the Panama Canal, the island nations in the Carribbean Sea, the Artic North, the Canadian Shield, the State of Alaska, the Canadian Rockies and the Denali Range in Alaska, the Appalachian Mountain, Great Plains, Western US, Northern California, the Central Mexican Plateau, Yucatan Peninsula, Yellowstone National Park, Columbia Ice Fields, and Macmillan Provincial Park. Download Now and Support Me!