Fall Benchmark #1 Study Guide

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What line is located at 0 degrees latitude?

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Equator

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What type of tectonic plate movement is most likely to cause an earthquake? Options: Divergent, Convergent, Transform

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Transform

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What is the name of the molten rock material that is located below the earth's surface?

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Magma

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What type of erosion would you most likely find in a desert?

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Wind

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What type of erosion is illustrated when a river carries silt and deposits it down stream?

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Water

Front

How many time zones are there in the world?

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24

Front

Which is an example of how people have become so connected? Buying and selling goods worldwide, Facebook, The use of internet and email, All of the above

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All of the above

Front

What is the term for people in politics, economics, and culture that do business all over the world?

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Globalization

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An opening in earth's surface, through which lava flows:

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Volcano

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Low land between hills or mountains

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Valley