Grimes 1st Semester Exam Review- General Info Questions – Flashcards

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Why are transport category aircraft equipped with a master caution and warning system?
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To alert the crew that a malfunction has occurred and corrective action may be required.
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What type of representation of the Earth are globes?
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Three-Dimensional
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What type of representation of the Earth are maps?
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Flat
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A particular address is what Theme of Geography?
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Absolute Location
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The West is what Theme of Geography?
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Region
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If it is Spring in the United States, what season is it in Paraguay?
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Fall
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What divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere?
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Equator
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What divides the Earth into the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere, and is located at 0 degrees longitude?
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Prime Meridian
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What divides the Earth into Eastern Hemipshere and Western Hemisphere and is located at 180 degrees latitude?
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International Dateline
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What are the Cardinal Directions?
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North-East-South-West
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What are the Intermediate Directions?
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Northwest-Northeast-Southwest-Southeast
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Transferring to another state for a job, is an example of what Theme of Geography?
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Movement
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How you distinguish from one area and another is an example of what Theme of Geography?
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Place
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Giving directions to a specific place by saying it is near Smith's grocery, is an example of what "Theme of Geography?"
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Relative Location
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These are imaginary lines which run East and West and measure North and South?
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Latitudes
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These are imaginary lines which run North and South and measure East and West?
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Longitudes
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The Antarctic Circle, Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn and Equator are what kinds of coordinates, Latitudes or Longitudes?
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Latitudes
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The layers of the Earth include the Mantle, Crust, and what other layer?
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Core
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Which of the following is a non-renewable resource, Trees, or Oil?
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Oil
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What are fossils?
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Remains of once living things
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What is a volcano?
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Mountainous vent in the Earth's Crust that spews out lava and ash.
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