GEO 100 – Environmental Geology - Final Exam Multiple Choice 1. Most astronomers believe that the universe a. has existed in its present state since the beginning of time. b. formed from a huge rotating cloud of gas. c. came into existence as the result of a “Big Bang.” d. is no more than five billion years old. 2. Most of the mass of the solar system is concentrated in a. Jupiter and Saturn. b. Earth. c. the planets. d. the sun. 3. The solar system formed about a. 5 million years ago. b. 4.5 billion years ago. c. 10 billion years ago. d. 15 to 20 billion years ago. 4. The planet closest to Earth is a. Venus. b. Mars. c. Mercury. d. Jupiter. 5. Which of the following planets most closely resembles Earth in size? a. Mercury b. Mars c. Pluto d. Venus 6. A planet whose density reflects a significant iron content and relatively little gas is a. Neptune. b. Jupiter. c. Venus. d. Saturn. 7. A gaseous planet is a. Earth. b. Mars. c. Mercury. d. Jupiter. 8. Which of the following was an important heat source for melting of the primitive earth? a. volcanic activity b. the “Big Bang” that started the universe c. collisions of infalling particles d. heat energy radiated by the sun 9. Continental crust differs from oceanic crust in that it a. has a composition more like that of the mantle. b. is denser than oceanic crust. c. is thinner than oceanic crust. d. contains more light minerals than oceanic crust. 10. Of the earth’s major compositional zones, the largest is the a. inner core. b. outer core. c. mantle. d. crust. 11. The earth’s outer core is a. solid.…
Ionosphere- The layer of the earth's atmosphere that contains a high concentration of ions and free electrons and is able to reflect radio waves. It lies above the mesosphere and extends from about 50 to 600 miles (80 to 1,000 km) above the earth's surface.…
1. Relative Location: This is one of the 5 themes of geography. It is telling where one place is located compared to another. For example, Jacksonville is north of Miami. The key is to use the directional term (north, south, east, or west).…
a. This concept is important because it shows the relationship between different regions, as well as colonized countries and their colonizers. The different boundary types either create more difficult ways of transportation/trade, or ease transportation/trade, etc.…
MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.…
When the Southeast Asian sailors started out on their odyssey they were not yet identifiably Polynesian. Only after many years of learning how to voyage long distances, and to survive on the high islands and atolls they found in the sea, did the ocean-oriented Polynesian culture take on its classic…
* Australia * Brunei * Cambodia * People's Republic of China * Hong Kong * Macau * Fiji * Indonesia * Japan * Kiribati * North Korea * South Korea * Laos * Malaysia * Marshall Islands * Federated States of Micronesia * Nauru * New Zealand * Palau * Papua New Guinea * Philippines * Samoa * Singapore * Solomon Islands * Thailand * Timor-Leste * Tonga * Republic of China (Taiwan) * Tuvalu * Vanuatu * Vietnam * United States Territories - * American Samoa * Guam * Northern Mariana Islands * Sometimes included - * India (member of the East Asia Summit) * Mongolia (landlocked country in East Asia) * Myanmar (Burma) (member of the ASEAN) * Russia (the Russian Far East borders the Pacific Ocean…
Religion is a system of beliefs and practices that attempts to order life in terms of culturally perceived ultimate priorities.…
Many students find the course content on world regions, countries, and places to be some of the most challenging material to learn. The combination of student unfamiliarity with the world regions and the large volume of information to be learned can be overwhelming. To help you organize your studies, keep in mind WGU’s intention behind this course, which is for competent students to have a strong grasp of the major human and physical geographic conditions that interact to shape our world. When you are studying world region, we want you to emphasize the 1) “big picture” of the geographic conditions in each world region, 2) the major countries of that region, and 3) how that region relates to the rest of the world.…
The physical environment is one of the well-known factors that affect the distribution and density of Australia’s population. This refers to the landforms, climate, flora and fauna and of course the components including people constantly interact and affect each other. Australia is very famous with its diversity of animals and plants that are able to survive in the harsh and extreme climate such as the marsupials and eucalypts, which had, actually attracts many people to live in this unique land. The climate is rather dry due to the little rainfall, and this caused mass migration of people to other places. Therefore, this results in the different population density in different region.…
The majority of Australia's population is distributed along the coastline. The current population of around 20 million is concentrated mainly in the large coastal cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.…
Area wise, Australia is the 6th largest country in the world, but its population density is one of the lowest in the whole world. This is due to the fact that three quarters of the country is completely uninhabitable.…
Should be the 1st thing we attempt to do to adapt the building to the climate…
- Lack of trained health workers & health facilities → 54.4 (1980) → 37.8 (1990) → 10.2 (1980) → 3.4 (2011)…
It was believed that in the Pacific there a lot of conflicts happening in each island, diseases and more varieties of reasons which caused the decline of population in the nineteenth century. There are assumptions and debate from historians, missionaries, explorers and other people about depopulation and many evidences provided to support documents and articles. So, it is clear that there is decline of Islander population in the nineteenth century but it is difficult estimate and gives the exact number of people. Therefore, this essay will base on the three reasons including evidences from different places, books, people and website. These reasons are known as war, outward migration and diseases and lastly it will state the most convincing reason for declining.…