Earth System

Getting Ready for Chapter 2
Earth Systems

Review what prior knowledge is helpful for understanding the chapter content and complete the quiz or skip it and begin reading this chapter.

What you should already know ...

Chapter 2 concerns the earth system, what it is, how it formed, and the material cycles between the various system components. Have a good understanding of how physical systems are visualized (See Tools of the Geographer) and modeled.

Quiz

1. Which of the following best describes geography?

The study of where things are.
The study of the distributions and interrelationships of earth phenomena.
The study of the earth.
The study of landforms and weather.

2. Live vegetation appears _____ on a false-color infra-red image.

red
green
black
blue

3. Which scale will show the most detail on a map?

1:24000
1:62500
1:100000
None of the above as the amount of detail will be the same no matter the scale.

4. If you were half way between the equator and the north pole and one quarter of the way around the earth west of the prime meridian you will be at:

45 N; 90 W
45 N; 180 W
45 N; 90 E
45 N; 180 E

5. Use the data set below to determine the correct annual average temperature (AT) and temperature range (TR).

AT = 10.025; TR =18.6
AT = 18.6; TR =10.025
AT = 31; TR =10.025
AT = 10.025; TR =31

6. The prime meridian is located at

90 W
180 W
0
90 N

7. 45 degrees North latitude falls in the _______ geographic zone.

subtropical
midlatitude
subarctic
arctic

8. Lines of longitude

converge at the poles.
measured north or south of the prime meridian.
are parallel to each other.
all the above.

9. Lines connecting points of equal elevation are called

topographic lines.
elevation lines.
isobars.
contour lines.

10. You measured 5.5 inches between two points on a 1:24000 scale map. The actual distance in miles is

25 miles
2.08 miles
240 miles
1100 miles

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