Cultural geography chapter 2 test BJU 9th grade

The three layers of the earth's surface are the crust, the outer core, and the inner core.

False, crust, mantle, core

The three major types of landforms are mountains, plains, and plateaus.

True

The Amazon River drains a rainforest that covers 75 percent of the South American continent.

False

More than two-thirds of the earth's fresh water is in polar icecaps, in glaciers, or underground.

True

The climate of the earth stabilized quickly after the Flood.

False

Wind erosion is strongest in dry areas.

True

The most powerful erosion force is running water.

True

Sulfur is a mineral in the production of gunpowder

True and petroleum, steel, to produce fertilizer, improve texture and strength of rubber, make matches

The four features used to compare river systems are length, width, distance navigability.

False. Only length, discharge and navigability

People are stewards of God's resources.

True

How can people stewards of God's resources

Fd

What idea claims that the forces that shaped the earth as we now see it operated in the past at the same rate at which they do today?

Uniformitarianism

Scientists have developed models that divide the planet into what four physical systems?

atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, biosphere

What are deep cracks in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions?

Faults

What term is used for rivers that "feed" other rivers?

tributaries

What term refers to the breakdown of rocks by water, plant roots, and temperature changes?

weathering

What theory states that the earth's surface is broken into pieces that crash into and pull apart from each other, releasing energy that causes earthquakes?

Plate tectonics

What process created the fords?

Glaciation

The Sierra Nevada range is an example of what type of mountains?

Fault block

The process of the Flood breaking apart the supercontinent and setting it in motion is called what?

continental drift

What are the two main branches of agriculture:

farming and animal husbandry

What is the molten rock in the carts mantle called

Magma

What is the process by which the relatively thin and dense oceanic crust slides down and under the more massive continental crust?

Subduction

What is the natural removal of small pieces of rock or soil?

Erosion

Every variation in the landscape is called a

landform

Some scientists believe all of the continents were once linked together as one supercontinent called

Pangea

Many of the earth's mountains seem to have been formed by

Faulting and folding

What is the most powerful force of erosion?

Running water

The growing oflarge cash crops for profit is

Commercial farming

The ore from which aluminum is made is

Bauxite

Wetlands can include

Swamps

Swamps can include

Wetlands

are an example of the combined effects of plate tectonics and mantle activity.

The Hawaiian islands

Where did the greatest land displacement ever recorded happen as the result of an earthquake in 1964?

Alaska

What is the term for a violent upheaval or change in the earth's crust?

cataclysm

What are the most valuable landforms for farmers?

Plains

Shipping products by

is the least expensive way for nations to trade with one

another.

Water

Solid crystals that occur naturally, have a definite chemical composition, and are extracted

from rock are called

minerals.

What are rich nutrients that help farmers produce large quantities of food?

alluvium

Subsistence husbandry, also known as

is common in mountainous and dry areas

where farming is difficult.

Normadic herding

Cultivation or farming of seafood in a controlled, artificial environment is called

aquaculture

How do oceans benefit humans

Oceans distribute thermal energy from the sun. Provide water for rain clouds. Guard nations from invasion. Provide fish. Rivers are highways useful from irrigation. Lakes providw fresh water

Group of islands

archipelago

a deep valley with steep sides carved by a river

Canyon

An artificial water way usually connected to existing bodies of water

Canal

A strip of land with water on two sides connecting two larger areas to

each other

isthmus

a piece of land jutting out into water

peninsula

an area of water bordered by land on three sides: smaller than a gulf

Bay

an area of land between hills or mountains

Valley

steep face of rock and soil

Cliff

Describe how mountains plains and plateaus are different

Plains are large expanses of flat or gently rolling land. Plateaus are wide areas of relatively flat lands that rise abruptly above surrounding land. Mountains stand way above the surrounding landscape and generally are not flat