Answer Choices:
a shear wave that travels through both solids and fluids
a sound wave that travels through the earth at a fixed rate
a wave that travels through solids only
a shear wave that travels through liquids only
Answer: a wave that travels through solids only
Question: There is only one part to geography which is physical geography.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: If diastrophism is happening at a faster rate than degradation, then you are considered “safe” in terms of natural disasters.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Being angry or stressed would cause the CMC to do which of the following?
Answer Choices:
a. increase vasoconstriction
b. increase vasodilation
Answer: a. increase vasoconstriction
Question: The terms weathering and erosion have the same meaning. They could be used interchangeably.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: The fastest form of mass movement involves liquids.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: At the equator, the length of day and the length of night are equal, 12 hours each, no matter what time of year it is.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Isovolumetric relaxation occurs when both ventricles are fully relaxed and all valves are closed.
Answer Choices:
a. True
b. False
Answer: a. True
Question: During Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes the sun’s rays are overhead at noon at:
Answer Choices:
The equator
23.5 degrees South latitude
23.5 degrees North latitude
45 degrees North latitude
Answer: The equator
Question: Land subsidence occurs when groundwater is over-pumped over-used and the ground compresses, which lowers the surface height of the ground surface. Good examples of this were seen in Houston and the San Joaquin valley.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Ground that is not porous and not permeable will make a good aquifer.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Folds form due to:
Answer Choices:
heat
compression
both
neither
Answer: compression
Question: When pacemaker cells reach the end of the tunica intima they ___?
Answer Choices:
a. All of these are occurring.
b. The atria are contracting.
c. The atria are in diastole.
d. The ventricles are in repose.
Answer: c. The atria are in diastole.
Question: Geography mainly focuses on country names and capitals.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: Earth’s distance from the Sun is the reason for the seasons.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False