Chapter 1 Quiz Review

What is geography?

• The study of the people

• The study of the world and the people and things that live there

• The study of plants

• The study of the globe

A plateau

• A hill

• A high steep-sided area rising above the surrounding land

• The space between two mountains

• Water

Climate is

• Temperature for a day

• an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth

• A feature of land, such as a mountain

• The type of weather a place has over a long period of time

Climate is affected by

• landforms

• Distance from the equator

• Plants

• All of the above

What is NOT an example of a natural resource?

• Water

• Oil

• Table made from wood

• Soil

Which is a renewable resource?

• Wind

• Natural gas

• Trees

• Iron ore

What is needed to turn natural resources into things we use?

• Conservation

• Capital and human resources

• Scarcity

• Opportunity

What is conservation

• Using natural resources until they run out

• Using only renewable resources

• Using natural resources wisely

• Never using natural resources

What is scarcity

• Not enough of something for everyone

• To conserve

• the things you give up when you decide to do or have something else

• The protection of natural resources

What is opportunity cost

• The thing you give up when you decide to do or have something else

• Not having enough for everyone

• The protection of natural resources

• a type of landform