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Prentice Hall
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Geography
9th Grade
08/18/2010

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map a section of the ocean floor[image]

 

 

 

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A geographer would most likely use sonar to do what?

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people, goods, and ideas.
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The movement about which geographers talk usually refers to
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Latitude, longitude, equator, prime meridian[image]

 

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Name 3 things used by geographers to determine absolute location.
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water freezes in a crack in a rock.

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The most common type of mechanical weathering occurs when

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volcanism

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An internal force that helps create new landforms is

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relief

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Landforms are commonly classified according to differences in

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moving water
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The largest canyons and deepest valleys were created by
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convection
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The force that probably propels the movement of the earth’s gigantic rock plates is
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a glacier once covered the area
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When geographers observe moraines—ridgelike piles of rock and debris—they conclude that
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human-environment interaction
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The building of dams and canals to irrigate desert regions is an example of the geographic theme of
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detailed information about a location
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A geographer would most likely use GPS for
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Prime Meridian
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Longitude is measured in degrees east or west of the
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movement
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The conquest of Mexico by the Spanish best illustrates the geographic theme of
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formal regions
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Similar climates, vegetation, or landforms can be used to divide the earth into
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human-environment interaction
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Converting land used for farming into land used for a housing development is an example of which of the following?
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large moving slabs of rock slide slowly over a layer of the mantle
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The theory of plate tectonics affirms that
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frozen water causes frost wedging
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The most common type of mechanical weathering takes place when
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running water
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The greatest agent of erosion is
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