WorksheetsGeography | 1st Moment
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 43mins
What's the etymology of Geography?
Description of the natural world, from geo- "natural" + graphia- "world"
Geography doesn't really have an etymology but it certainly refers to the science that allows us to know the planet.
Description of the earth's surface, from geo- "earth" + graphia- "description"
Geographic space is the physical space made up of natural elements.
True
False
Geographic (a) are short-lived events that are seen with the naked eye as they develop.
This is an element of the geographic space, that refers to the aspects that allow an organization of society, such as choosing leaders, discuss laws and punish the acts against them.
Natural
Economic
Political
Cultural
What does GIS stand for?
Geographic Information System
Geographic Information Sources
General Intelligence System
GIS allows users to analyze spatial information, edit data, maps and present the results of all these operations.
True
False
Which option better describes a Global Positioning System?
We use it to adjust the time of our watches, to identify new routes to reach our destination, to delimit, and even to fire nuclear missiles.
It is based on the use of artificial satellites.
Both of the above.
None of them.
What's cartography?
The discipline that addresses the creation of maps.
The discipline that studies landforms and the processes that shape them.
The study of Earth’s water.
Are semi-circles drawn from one pole to another and perpendicular to the equator. The most important ones are Greenwich and 180°
Parallel
Geographic poles
Meridians
(a) : imaginary circle located 90° from the poles, divides the earth into 2
Map element that refers to the relationship of the data frame extent to the real world (ratio)
Projection
Scale
Symbols
This isn't a map projection
Turnpike
Planar
Cylindric
These are the 2 types of maps
Coastal and flat
Semi-diurnal and neap
Thematic and general reference.
The (a) maps, illustrate the routes and stations within a public transport system
These waters cover 60% of the earth's surface
Inland
Oceanic
Rivers
Varies according to the water salt content and its temperature. It has a direct proportion to salt level and inverse with temperature
Salinity
Temperature
Density
Nutrients and gases
It is acquired through the erosion of rocks and soil at the bottom of water streams flowing into the sea
Salinity
Temperature
Density
Nutrients and gases
Marine organisms that perform photosynthesis, produce around (a) % of the oxygen we breathe
It is water with low salt content because it comes essentially from rain.
Cave waters
Inland water
Oceanic waters
They are the main water source of our planet
Oceans, seas, and bays
Lakes, rivers, and ponds
Poles, glaciers, and permafrost
