UST 289 - Midterm 1 Exam Questions with 00% Verified
Answers (2023-2024 Update)
1. Physical Geography - correct answers ✅study of earths living and nonliving
systems/ study of landscapes
2. Geographers' considerations - correct answers ✅Spatial considerations
(related to physical space) and Temporal considerations (related to changes
of time
3. Atmosphere - correct answers ✅the envelope of gases surrounding the
earth or another planet.
4. Biosphere - correct answers ✅part of Earth in which life exists including
land, water, and air or atmosphere (all three)
5. Hydrosphere - correct answers ✅All the water at and near the surface of
the earth, 97% of which is in oceans
6. Lithosphere - correct answers ✅A rigid layer made up of the uppermost
part of the mantle and the crust.
7. Eratosthenes - correct answers ✅Greek mathematician and astronomer
who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the
moon and sun (276-194 BC)
8. Scientific method - correct answers ✅formal process that a scientist uses to
solve a problem
9. Scientific method steps - correct answers ✅generate inquiry, formalize
questions, select methods of analysis, collect data, conduct experiments,
reject or accept, and document results. (gfsccrd)
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, 10.Hypothesis - correct answers ✅logical explanation for a process that allows
prediction and testing
11.theory - correct answers ✅hypothesis that has been tested and is strongly
supported by experimentation, observation, and evidence
12.Shape of the Earth - correct answers ✅spherical but not perfect, bulge
around equator (.3%)
13.Poles - correct answers ✅two points on the earths surface where the axis
emerges
14.Axis - correct answers ✅imaginary straight line through the center of the
Earth around which the Earth rotates (tilted 23.5%)
15.Latitude - correct answers ✅angular distance for a point north or south of
the equator as measured from the Earth's center
16.Longitude - correct answers ✅angular distance for a point east or west of
the prime meridian(greenwich) as measured from the Earth's center
17.Solar time - correct answers ✅based on earth's rotation, one day equals 24
hrs
18.Solar noon - correct answers ✅time of day when sun is highest in sky
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Answers (2023-2024 Update)
1. Physical Geography - correct answers ✅study of earths living and nonliving
systems/ study of landscapes
2. Geographers' considerations - correct answers ✅Spatial considerations
(related to physical space) and Temporal considerations (related to changes
of time
3. Atmosphere - correct answers ✅the envelope of gases surrounding the
earth or another planet.
4. Biosphere - correct answers ✅part of Earth in which life exists including
land, water, and air or atmosphere (all three)
5. Hydrosphere - correct answers ✅All the water at and near the surface of
the earth, 97% of which is in oceans
6. Lithosphere - correct answers ✅A rigid layer made up of the uppermost
part of the mantle and the crust.
7. Eratosthenes - correct answers ✅Greek mathematician and astronomer
who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the
moon and sun (276-194 BC)
8. Scientific method - correct answers ✅formal process that a scientist uses to
solve a problem
9. Scientific method steps - correct answers ✅generate inquiry, formalize
questions, select methods of analysis, collect data, conduct experiments,
reject or accept, and document results. (gfsccrd)
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, 10.Hypothesis - correct answers ✅logical explanation for a process that allows
prediction and testing
11.theory - correct answers ✅hypothesis that has been tested and is strongly
supported by experimentation, observation, and evidence
12.Shape of the Earth - correct answers ✅spherical but not perfect, bulge
around equator (.3%)
13.Poles - correct answers ✅two points on the earths surface where the axis
emerges
14.Axis - correct answers ✅imaginary straight line through the center of the
Earth around which the Earth rotates (tilted 23.5%)
15.Latitude - correct answers ✅angular distance for a point north or south of
the equator as measured from the Earth's center
16.Longitude - correct answers ✅angular distance for a point east or west of
the prime meridian(greenwich) as measured from the Earth's center
17.Solar time - correct answers ✅based on earth's rotation, one day equals 24
hrs
18.Solar noon - correct answers ✅time of day when sun is highest in sky
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