,1. Multiple Choice: Which of the following is not a primary factor
influencing global climate patterns?
a) Latitude
b) Ocean currents
c) Soil composition
d) Elevation
Correct Answer: c) Soil composition
Rationale: Soil composition does not directly influence global climate
patterns like latitude, ocean currents, and elevation do.
2. Fill-in-the-Blank: The term "________" refers to the movement of
tectonic plates beneath the Earth's surface.
Correct Answer: Plate tectonics
Rationale: Plate tectonics is the scientific term for the large-scale
movement of seven major and many minor plates on the Earth's
lithosphere.
3. True/False: The concept of environmental determinism argues that
human behaviors are strongly influenced by the natural environment.
Correct Answer: True
Rationale: Environmental determinism posits that the physical
environment, especially the climate and terrain, actively shapes cultures.
, 4. Multiple Response: Select all that apply. Which of the following are
considered renewable resources?
a) Solar energy
b) Coal
c) Wind power
d) Natural gas
Correct Answers: a) Solar energy, c) Wind power
Rationale: Solar energy and wind power are renewable resources because
they are naturally replenished on a human timescale, unlike coal and
natural gas.
5. Multiple Choice: What is the term for the practice of rotating use of
different fields from crop to crop each year, to avoid exhausting the soil?
a) Monoculture
b) Crop rotation
c) Terracing
d) Slash-and-burn
Correct Answer: b) Crop rotation
Rationale: Crop rotation is the practice of growing different types of crops
in the same area across a sequence of seasons.
6. Fill-in-the-Blank: "________" is the process by which an urban area
expands outward and spreads into rural land.
Correct Answer: Urban sprawl
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