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  1. 1.What is the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone)?

    • •An oceanic current that regulates tropical temperatures
    • •A belt near the equator where northeast and southeast trade winds converge, causing heavy rainfall
    • •A zone of volcanic activity encircling the tropics
    • •A border zone between tropical and subtropical climates

  2. 2.What is a 'continental divide'?

    • •Political line across a continent
    • •Ridge separating opposite drainage basins
    • •Edge where continental crust ends
    • •Fault where continents split apart

  3. 3.What is an atoll?

    • •Submarine canyon cut by turbidity
    • •Reef fringing a continent
    • •Isolated plateau on the seafloor
    • •Ring reef enclosing a lagoon

  4. 4.What phenomenon causes the Coriolis effect?

    • •Land-sea heating contrast alone
    • •Lunar gravity redirecting wind belts
    • •Earth's orbit shifting currents seasonally
    • •Earth's rotation deflecting moving flows

  5. 5.What is the deepest point in the ocean?

    • •Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (~10,935 meters)
    • •Java Trench (~7,725 meters)
    • •Tonga Trench (~10,820 meters)
    • •Puerto Rico Trench (~8,376 meters)

  6. 6.What is the Dinaric Alps' significance in European geography?

    • •Submerged ridge below the Adriatic
    • •Main border between Italy and Austria
    • •Europe's longest mountain chain
    • •Karst barrier along the Adriatic Balkans

  7. 7.What is the Coriolis effect?

    • •The gravitational pull of the Moon on tides
    • •The deflection of moving objects caused by Earth's rotation
    • •The warming of ocean currents near the equator
    • •The difference in temperature between day and night

  8. 8.What is the 'world systems theory' in human geography?

    • •Single-database model of global GIS
    • •River-network model of linked regions
    • •Core, semi-periphery, and periphery model
    • •Climate linkage theory for all regions

  9. 9.What is the difference between weather and climate?

    • •Daily climate versus yearly weather
    • •High-altitude air versus sea-level air
    • •Short-term conditions versus long-term averages
    • •Ocean state versus atmospheric state

  10. 10.What is the principal difference between a continental shelf and an abyssal plain?

    • •Shallow margin versus deep flat floor
    • •Bare shelf versus sedimented plain
    • •Pacific-only shelf versus Atlantic-only plain
    • •Volcanic shelf versus erosional plain