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The climate of the earth stabilized quickly after the Flood
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

At the center of the earth's interior is a core that has a liquid outer part AND inner part
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Plateaus are often called tablelands because they are elevated and flat.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

More than 2/3 of the earth's fresh water is in polar icecaps, in glaciers, or underground.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

The Great Lakes are the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world.
a) True
b) False
c)
d)

Grasslands in temperate regions where rainfall is 10-30 inches each year and soil is fertile but very hard
a) permafrost
b) savannas
c) shrub forest
d) steppes

Areas in the tropics that support many trees, the leaves and branches of which forms a canopy over the forest floor.
a) shrub forest
b) steppes
c) tropical rain forest
d) tundra

Tropical grasslands with only a few scattered trees
a) permafrost
b) savannas
c) shrub forest
d) steppes

Areas that have dense bushes but are too dry to support many trees in the dry, mediterranean climate
a) permafrost
b) savannas
c) shrub forest
d) steppes

Areas with trees, such as pines and firs, that can grow in cold harsh, subpolar climates
a) coniferous forest
b) deciduous forest
c) deserts
d) permafrost

Cold areas that support only limited vegetation on only light precipitation, mainly snow.
a) shrub forest
b) steppes
c) tropical rain forest
d) tundra

Soil that remains frozen all year
a) coniferous forest
b) deciduous forest
c) deserts
d) permafrost

Areas with trees that require much water, grow broad, flat leaves, and have a growing season of at least four months
a) coniferous forest
b) deciduous forest
c) deserts
d) permaforst

Christians generally believe that the earth's features were altered by a great
a) evolution
b) bang
c) cataclysm
d) development

Every variation in the landscape is called a
a) deformity
b) landform
c) variegation
d) fault

Wide areas of level land are called
a) buttes
b) plains
c) savannas
d) deserts

Nutrient-rich soil deposited by rivers is called
a) runoff
b) fertilizer
c) alluvium
d) depositional soil

Wide areas of flat land that rise abruptly above surrounding land are
a) plateaus
b) buttes
c) mountain ranges
d) faults

Another term for the source of a river
a) mouth
b) face
c) headwaters
d) alluvium

The amount of water that flows from a river is called its
a) alluvium
b) drainage
c) production
d) discharge

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