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______ describes where a geographic feature is located by referring to other features around it.

• relative location

• absolute location

• The Global Positioning System

• A Geographic Positioning System

The path each planet follows around the sun is called its _____.

• axis

• orbit

• revolution

• solar system

In the Northern Hemisphere, the day of the year with the fewest hours of sunlight is the _____?

• fall equinox

• winter solstice

• spring equinox

• summer solstice

The geographic theme that involves characteristics that make a location unique is "regions."

• True

• False

5. _____ provide(s) detailed photographs for creating maps.

• A globe

• A satellite

• A Global Positioning System

• Geographic Information Systems

The Earth circles the sun every 365.25 days?

• True

• False

8. Areas that have similar patterns of temperature and precipitation are known as _____.

• climate zones

• biomes

• El Nino

• currents

Almost 97% of the planet's water is _____.

• groundwater

• freshwater

• salt water

• frozen in glaciers and ice sheets

10. The careful use of resources to avoid wasting them is called _____.

• deforestation

• biodiversity

• irrigation

• conservation

Geographers measure _____ to determine how crowded a country or region is.

• refugees

• population density

• death rates

• birthrates