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GEOG 101 Quiz 1 - Questions & Answers The "natural" baseline which serves as a baseline to measure longitude (such as the Equator, which is used as a baselines for latitude) ________. does not exist The best description of the actual shape of the Earth is as a(n) ________. oblate spheroid At times, latitudes higher than ________ degrees can have 24 hours or more of continuous darkness. 66.5 Longitude is divided into multiples of ________ degrees for the purpose of delimiting standard time zon...

GEOG 101 Quiz 3 - Questions & Answers The Sun is directly on the horizon. The angle of incidence ________. is 0° In the electromagnetic spectrum, visible light occupies the band between 0.4 and 0.7 ________. Micrometers The specific heat of water is greater than that of land. This means ________. water cools more slowly than does land On the average, sunlight received on the Earth's surface is only ________ as strong as that received at the edge of the atmosphere. ½ Which substance is the be...

GEOG 101 Quiz 7 - Questions & Answers The hottest places on Earth are ________. associated with a lack of clouds The mountain, or H climates, exhibit a vertical temperature decrease on the order of ________°C per 300 meters of elevation increase. 2 City A and City B are located 500 km from one another and are the same latitude. City A has a much greater annual temperature range than City B. The most likely explanation for this fact is that City A ________. is in a more continental climate than...

American Military University GEOG 101 Week 1 Quiz

GEOG 101 Week 5 Quiz North Africa/Southwest Asia 2023/2024 Graded A+. Which of the following countries is not a major oil producer?  A. Azerbaijan  B. Iraq  C. Turkey  D. Kuwait Question 4 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Which of the following statements about the Maghreb states is false?  A. In Algeria, oil revenues have replaced farm produce as the major export.  B. Morocco became embroiled in a territorial dispute when it annexed Western Sahara.  C. Thrivi...

GEOG 101 Week 6 Quiz South Asia and East Asia | Questions and Answers (GRADED). India, Pakistan, and China are unlikely to risk a significant conflict over their competing claims in Kashmir because _______.  A. there's little of value there  B. the people of Kashmir are united in their desire for independence  C. the harsh conditions there  D. all three have nuclear weapons Question 4 of 25 4.0/ 4.0 Points Unlike the United States and Western Europe, Japan has not ma...

GEOG 101 Quiz Week 2 Europe and Russia

GEOG 101 Quiz Week 2 Europe and Russia

2023 GEOG 101 Week 5 Quiz North AfricaSouthwest Asia {Questions and Answers}(Verified Answers)