Test Bank for Elemental Geosystems, 9th Edition

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1Elemental Geosystems, 9e(Christopherson/Birkeland)Chapter 1Essentials of Geography1) A physical geographer would likely NOT studyA) the impact of a hurricane's landfall along the U.S. East Coast.B) where pollutants move in the atmosphere.C) the 2015 earthquake in Nepal.D) the spread of various religions.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.2) Geography is different from other sciences suchas geology and biology because it isA) an Earth science.B) a human science.C) a physical science.D) a spatial science.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.3) The word spatial refers toA) the nature and character of physical space and the distribution of phenomena within it.B) items that relate specifically to society.C) things that are unique and special.D) eras of time.Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.

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24) Which is NOT true of geographers?A) They are Earth systems scientists.B) They are primarily concerned with placenames.C) They are concerned with spatial and temporal relationships.D) They use spatial analysis.Answer: BChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.5) GeographyA) is not a science.B) does not use systems analysis.C) does not consider process in explaining systems.D) is derived from geo and graphein; literally, "to write Earth."Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom'sTaxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.6) "Geography" literally meansA) place memorization.B) the study of rocks.C) map making.D) to write (about) Earth.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to makeconnections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.

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37) The main methodology governing geographic inquiryA) is behavioral analysis.B) involves spatial analysis.C) uses chronological organization.D) is field work.Answer:BChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.8) Which of the following best describes the field of physical geography?A) Understanding soil developmentB) Mapping ofrock typesC) The study of weatherD) The spatial analysis of all the physical elements, processes, and systems that make up theenvironmentAnswer: DChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.9) Which of the following most accurately characterizes the goal of geography?A) The production of mapsB) Memorization of the names of places on world and regional mapsC) Memorization of the imports and exports of a countryD) Understanding distributions and movements across EarthAnswer: DChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.

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410) Geography is often divided into the two subfieldsofA) physical geography and human/cultural geography.B) physical geography and economic geography.C) economic geography and political geography.D) political geography and environmental geography.Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the abilityto make connections across geography.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.11) Which of the following is NOT true of scientific theories?A) They are based on hypothesis testing.B) They are broad in scope because they unify known facts aboutthe world.C) They are based on natural laws (such as those pertaining to gravity, relativity, atomic theory,etc.).D) They are absolute truths and can never be proven wrong.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles ofscientific inquiry.LO: 1.3 Summarize the scientific process.12) The key idea behind the scientific method isA) the use of intuition in testing theories.B) an appeal to supernatural explanations when natural explanations have not yet been found foraphenomenon.C) the testing of ideas through controlled observations and experiments.D) unbridled speculation about the world.Answer: CChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How touse maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry.LO: 1.3 Summarize the scientific process.

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513) The scientific method is described by which of the following?A) A single, definitive method for doing scienceB) The acceptance of supernatural explanations for phenomenon until science proves otherwiseC) The development of hypotheses for testing and predictionD) Irreproducible results accepted as theoryAnswer: CChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of scientific inquiry.LO: 1.3 Summarize the scientific process.14) Which of the following is TRUE of human population trends?A) Most of the growth in population is in the more developed countries (MDCs).B) World population reached 8 billion in 1999.C) World population reached 7 billion in 2012.D) 83% of the world lives in a more developed country (MDC).Answer: CChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.4 Discuss human population growth as it relates to geographic science.15) Which of the following is TRUE of human population trends?A) People in more developed countries (MDCs) have more impact per person than people in lessdeveloped countries (LDCs).B) 5% of the world's population lives in a less developed country (LDC).C) Almost all of the population growth is occurring in the more developed countries (MDCs).D) 83% of the world lives in a more developed country (MDC).Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.4 Discuss human population growth as it relates to geographic science.

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616) ________ is mass that assumes a physical shape and occupies space.A) EnergyB) EntropyC) MatterD) A systemAnswer: CChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographicrepresentations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 7. Demonstrate the ability to make connections across geography.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.17) The capacity to change the motion of, or to do work on, matter is the definition ofA) energy.B) plasma.C) thermodynamics.D) acceleration.E) system.Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.18) Which of the following is an example of a closed system?A) A forestB) A river drainage basinC) An automobileD) Earth (in terms of matter)Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.

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719) In terms of matter and resources, Earth is essentially a(n) ________ system; In terms ofenergy, Earth is a(n) ________ system.A) closed; closedB) closed; openC) open; openD) open; closedAnswer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.20) Which of the following is INCORRECT?A) Earth represents a vast integrated system.B) Earth represents an open system in terms of energy.C) Earth represents a closed system in terms of matter.D) Large amounts of new matter are being added to Earth's systems all the time.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.21) Systems encountered in nature at Earth's surface, such as a forest, areA) open systems in terms of energy.B) closed systems in terms of energy.C) open systems in terms of matter.D) both open systems in terms of energy and open systems in terms of matter.E) both closed systems in terms of energy and open systems in terms of matter.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.

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822) With respect to air, water, andmaterial resources, which of the following is TRUE?A) A forest is a closed system.B) A forest is an open system.C) A forest is an open system in terms of air, but closed in terms of material resources.D) A forest is an open system in terms of water, but closed in terms of energy resources.Answer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.23) What type of feedback maintains stability in a system; i.e., what type of feedback keeps asystem functioning properly?A) PositiveB) NegativeC) NeutralAnswer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.24) Which type of feedback encourages change in a system?A) PositiveB) NegativeC) NeutralD) Not enough information is given to indicate what type of feedback has occurred.Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatialthinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarthsystems.

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925) Which of the following is CORRECTLY matched?A) Threshold—balance of inputs and outputsB) Steady state equilibrium—feedback encourages changeC) Dynamic equilibrium—large fluctuations that change abruptly over timeD) Tipping point—same as steady state equilibriumAnswer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understandand communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.26) Which ofthe following best describes the condition of steady-state equilibrium?A) System inputs always exactly balance outputs so the system never changes.B) System inputs and outputs fluctuate around a stable average so the system does not move farfrom its average condition.C) System inputs produce large, random fluctuations in output, forcing the system into a newstate of equilibrium.D) Systems slowly adjust to long-term changes in input and output.Answer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to thinkcritically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.27) As arctic temperatures rise, summer sea ice and glacial melt accelerates; lighter colorsurfaces are thereby replaced with darker-colored surfaces leading to more absorption andsurface heating. This is an example of a(n) ________ feedback.A) negativeB) positiveC) reverseD) dynamicAnswer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.

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1028) If increased levels of carbon dioxide lead to further increases in temperature by promotingthe release of even more carbon dioxide from the oceans, this means that ________ feedback hasoccurred and that the planet is ________.A) positive; in equilibriumB) positive; out of equilibriumC) negative; in equilibriumD) negative; out of equilibriumAnswer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.29) The carbon dioxide absorbed by plants is an example of an ________ to a forest and an________ from the atmosphere.A) input; inputB) input; outputC) output; outputD) output; inputAnswer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.30) A large flood in a river may cause abrupt shifts leading to the carving of a new channel. Thepoint when change occurs is a(n)A) type of dynamic equilibrium condition.B) type of metastable equilibrium.C) threshold.D) input.Answer: CChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.

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1131) If global temperatures increased and caused more water vapor to enter the air and more snowto fall in cooler latitudes, then the initial increase in snowfall would be a ________ feedback,whereas a sustained increase in the temperatures could lead to the loss of snow cover even atthose latitudes and cause a ________ feedback.A) positive; positiveB) positive; negativeC) negative; positiveD) negative; negativeAnswer: CChapter/Section: 1.2 EarthSystems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 3/4 Application/AnalysisGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.32) Which of the following is TRUE of models?A) They complicate our understanding of Earth system science.B) They perfectly replicate the real world, but at a different scale.C) They are simplified, idealized representations of the real world.D) They are never used in physical geography because of their inherent limitations.Answer: CChapter/Section: 1.1 The Science of GeographyBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.33) According to the text, the three inorganic Earth realms are theA) hydrosphere, lithosphere, and atmosphere.B) thermosphere, lithosphere, and heterosphere.C) atmosphere, geoid, and homosphere.D) stratosphere, magnetosphere, and troposphere.Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstratethe ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.

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1234) Living systems are calledA) biotic.B) inorganic.C) part of the lithosphere.D) abiotic.Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstratethe ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.5 Describe open and closed systems, feedback, and equilibrium concepts as they relate toEarth systems.35) Which of the following is TRUE of the biosphere?A) It is never referred to as the ecosphere.B) It is static, never to rarely changing.C) It is not connected to the overlapping inorganic spheres.D) It extends from the floor of the oceans to 8 km (5 mi.) into the atmosphere.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.36) Which of the following is TRUE of the biosphere?A) It is more a hypothetical concept than an actual "sphere" in physical geography terms.B) Life processes generally are shaped to the abiotic spheres.C) It is the least important of the four "spheres."D) It only occurs in the hydrosphere.Answer: BChapter/Section: 1.2 Earth Systems ConceptsBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.1 Define geography and physical geography.

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1337) The realization that Earth was a sphereA) did not occur in Europe until the first voyages of Columbus.B) had to wait until the modern era (1800s).C) was first made by Pythagoras, 580—500 B.C.D) was made by Isaac Newton.Answer: CChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinkingto understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid: latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.38) Which of the following statements about Earth is CORRECT?A) It is elongated.B) Earth is the second largest planet in the solar system.C) The equatorial diameter is approximately 42 km (26 mi.) greater than the polar diameter.D) Earth is perfectly spherical.Answer: CChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understandand communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid: latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.39) Theoblateness of Earth occurs at theA) poles.B) equator.C) subtropics.D) prime meridian.Answer: AChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid:latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.

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1440) The diameter of Earth is largest when measured around theA) poles.B) equator.C) subtropics.D) prime meridian.Answer: BChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid: latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.41) Who divided the circumference of Earth into 360°, with each degree comprising 60 minutes,and each minute comprising 60 seconds.A) Pythagoras—in the sixth century B.C.B) Sir Isaac Newton—in the seventeenth century A.D.C) Magellan—in the sixteenth century A.D.D) Ptolemy—in the second century A.D.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstratethe ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid: latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.42) A parallel of latitudeA) is used to measure distances east andwest of the prime meridian.B) measures longitude.C) is called a meridian.D) is used to measure distances north or south of the equator.E) is a line which passes through both poles.Answer: DChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid: latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.

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1543)The horizontal lines used to measure angles north and south areA) parallels of longitude.B) parallels of latitude.C) zenith of longitude.D) meridians of latitude.Answer: BChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid: latitude,longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.44) An angular distance measured north or south of the equator is termedA) longitude.B) latitude.C) zenith.D) Greenwich distance.Answer: BChapter/Section: 1.3 Location and Time on EarthBloom's Taxonomy: 1/2 Knowledge/ComprehensionGeo Standard: 01. How to use maps and other geographic representations, geospatialtechnologies, and spatial thinking to understand and communicate information.Global Sci. LO: 2. Demonstrate the ability to think critically and employ critical thinking skills.LO: 1.6 Explain Earth's shape and reference grid: latitude, longitude, latitudinal geographiczones, and time zones.

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