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Cards in this guide (21)
What type of rock is most likely to form in an earthquake zone

A metamorphic rock is most likely to form in an earthquake zone.

Ninety percent of the worlds earthquakes occur around the

Pacific Ocean rim.

Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a given

time and place.

Desalination is expensive because it requires

It is expensive because if requires a great deal of energy or electricity.

Which is the most important factor in determining where civilizations start

Plenty of food

Kenyan culture includes an emphasis on running in part because its are ideally suited to this sport

high grasslands000 APEX

In most places where people live the biggest changes to the landscape in the past 500 years are due to

human activity.

The primary consideration of humans when they choose to settle one area over another is whether the location is

near needed resources.

What are the ecosystems in order of least biodiversity to most biodiversity

Arctic ocean

Mediterranean forest

Indonesian rain forest

Fijian cultures are located primarily in a biome

coastal, tropical forest

Which of these would be the best indications that a given mountain range was not formed by subduction

No oceanic coastline Absence of volcanic activity

What were the intellectual changes in the Neolithic revolution

characters of civilization

What are the characteristics of a feudal society

industrial based economy

How much water does a person in the United States use each day

An average person in the US uses over 80 gallons a day.

If you are in the middle of a large city with no natural areas how might you determine which ecosystem you are in Apex

Turn around and look to see want plants and animals live there. :)

Two vast areas of air have different temperatures and pressures but within the regions the temperatures and pressures are similar. The line where these regions are colliding is called a(n)

weather front.

Put these layers of the Earth in order starting at the outermost layer and going inward. crustmoho barriercoremantle

Crust, Moho barrier, Mantle, Core

Match the water cycle element in column 1 with the characteristic in column 2.

Hot weather: Scant clothing, Scarce food: Conservation and hospitality, Many lakes: Use boats for trade, Tall trees with fruit: Climbing skills

What Civilization developed along rivers about year's ago during the revolution

Neolithic

The state of the atmosphere at a given time and place is known as

Weather

City X has summers around 25 degrees centigrade and winters around 5 degrees centigrade. City Y has summers around 30 degrees centigrade and winters around -20 degrees centigrade. What might cause this difference

City Y is in the middle of a continent, while city X is on a coast.

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