WG Unit 1 Common Assessment 24/25

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The table above lists possible uses of which geospatial technology?

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Global Positioning System (GPS)

Front

A city wants to determine the best location for a landfill by creating a composite map based on a terrain map, a land-use map, a road map, and 3D images of groundwater reservoirs. What technology is the city relying on?

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Geographic Information Systems

Front

Which is the main purpose for global positioning technology?

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Determining absolute location

Front

The diagram shows the position of the Southern Hemisphere in which season?

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Summer

Front

The equinox is a day on which the sun is directly over the

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Equator

Front

When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

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Autumn

Front

Which physical process formed the landforms along the northeastern border of India?

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The collision of tectonic plates.

Front

Which choice is accurate about transform plate boundaries? (WG.3B) Options: The plates move towards each other and create mountains, The plates move away from each other and create river valleys, The plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes, The plates create an opening through which magma leaks

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The plates slide past each other and cause earthquakes

Front

Weathered rock, air, and decomposed organic matter (both plant and animal) are the main components of?

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Soil

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The movement or transport of material broken down by water, wind, and gravity is known as (WG.3B)

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Erosion