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By: Mackenzie Campbell and Jessica Meyer
1.
Which New York landscape region includes the location 43 º 30’ N and
75 º 45’ W?
1) Adirondack Mountains
2) Erie – Ontario Lowlands
3) St. Lawrence Lowlands
4) Tug Hill Plateau
2.
How are longitude and latitude lines drawn on a globe of earth?
1) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the poles
2) Latitude lines are parallel and longitude lines meet at the equator
3) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the poles
4) Longitude lines are parallel and latitude lines meet at the equator
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Contour interval: 20 ft.

What is the gradient of the map, from Point X to Point Y?
1) 5 ft/mi
2) 5 mi/ft
3) 25 ft/mi
4) 25 mi/ft
4.
When it is 7 p.m. in New York (75 º W), what time is it at the Prime
Meridian?
1) 2 a.m.
2) 12 a.m.
3) 2 p.m.
4) 12 p.m.
5. A stream is at 900 ft and it ends at an elevation of 200 ft. The lake is
100 km away from the stream, what is the gradient?
1) 10 ft/km
2) 26 ft/km
3) 7 ft/km
4) 7 km/ft
6. Polaris is 47 º above the horizon, what latitude are you?
1) 27 º
2) 47 º
3) 133 º
4) 180 º
7. Which line passes through the geographic South Pole and the
geographic North Pole?
1) 25 º W
2) 0 º latitude
3) 23.5
º S
4) 90 º N
8. Which city is located at 42 º 25’ N and 78 º 48’ W
1) Elmira
2) Niagara Fall
3) Genesee River
4) Buffalo

9. An airplane takes off from a location of 17 º S latitude and flies to a
location 55 º due north of the starting point. What latitude has the
plane reached?
1) 27 º N
2) 72
3) 38
º
º
S
4) 0 º W
10. Oxygen is the most abundant element by volume in earth’s . . . .
1) Crust
2) Mesosphere
3) Ocean
4) Mantle
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