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Which of the following is a lake made for storing water for cities?
a) well
b) reservoir
c) tributary
d) shipping channel

What are resources that cannot be replaced by Earth's natural processes?
a) renewable resources
b) rare earth minerals
c) nonrenewable resources
d) oil and gas reserves

By holding soil in place, what do wildflowers help prevent?
a) pollution
b) irrigation
c) overgrowth
d) erosion

What is the largest underground source of water in Texas?
a) Edwards Aquifer
b) Bay of Houston
c) Ogallala Aquifer
d) Choke Canyon Reservoir

Who was a well-known Texan that was responsible for establishing the National Wildflower Research Center in Austin?
a) Ann Richards
b) Lady Bird Johnson
c) Roy Bedichek
d) Stephen F. Austin

Which of the following are resources that are replaced by Earth's natural processes?
a) renewable resources
b) irrigation
c) erosion
d) environment

Which of the following are smaller streams or rivers that flow into a larger river?
a) lakes
b) ponds
c) tributaries
d) channels

Which of the following are natural formations of gravel, rock, and sand that trap and hold water?
a) craters
b) aquifers
c) tributaries
d) basin

Which of the following means the number of births per 1,000 people?
a) population
b) census
c) birthrate
d) demographic

Which of the following is the study of human populations?
a) birthrate
b) population
c) demography
d) heredity

Which of the following means the amount of moisture in the air?
a) arid
b) tributary
c) humidity
d) oasis

Which of the following means a long period without rain?
a) humidity
b) drought
c) precipitation
d) renewable resource

Which of the following is an area of flat or rolling land with no sharp rise or fall in elevation?
a) plateaus
b) demography
c) hills
d) plains

Which of the following means died out completely?
a) habitat
b) extinct
c) surplus
d) birthrate

Which of the following means the environmental home of an animal?
a) plains
b) demography
c) habitat
d) plateaus

An ecosystem includes
a) taxes paid on pollution-control equipment.
b) an area's plants and animals, together with the nonliving parts of their environment.
c) only the area outside cities.
d) everything that the government can do to control pollution.

A time line is a form of chart that can
a) show a sequence of events.
b) actually help you tell time by the Sun.
c) be preapred quickly.
d) show the relationship between various numbers.

The compass rose on a map
a) defines the special symbols used.
b) points to north, south, east, and west.
c) will tell you when the map was published.
d) first appeared in Texas in 1810.

In order to know a city's exact location on earth, you would need to know
a) its zip code.
b) what cities it is nearest to.
c) its latitude and longitude.
d) its time zone.

Geography is the study of
a) agricultural techniques.
b) cultural and historical change.
c) map making.
d) a place or region's special physical and human characteristics.

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