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What is true about Delaware’s estimated population from 2020 to 2025?

  • Delaware’s estimated population grew about 14.1 percent from the April 2020 estimate base to July 2025
  • Delaware’s estimated population grew about 7.1 percent from the April 2020 estimate base to July 2025
  • Delaware’s estimated population grew about 10.1 percent from the April 2020 estimate base to July 2025
  • Delaware’s estimated population grew about 5.1 percent from the April 2020 estimate base to July 2025
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware's estimated population grew about 7.1 percent from the April 2020 estimate base to July 2025

Which description of Brandywine Creek is accurate?

  • Snake River flows through northern Delaware
  • Rio Grande flows through northern Delaware
  • Brandywine Creek flows through northern Delaware
  • Colorado River flows through northern Delaware
Correct answer(s):
  • Brandywine Creek flows through northern Delaware

Which fact best describes the Christina River?

  • The Susquehanna River helped shape the growth of Wilmington
  • The Missouri River helped shape the growth of Wilmington
  • The Christina River helped shape the growth of Wilmington
  • The Tennessee River helped shape the growth of Wilmington
Correct answer(s):
  • The Christina River helped shape the growth of Wilmington

Which option accurately explains the Nanticoke River?

  • The Columbia River is an important waterway in southwestern Delaware
  • The Nanticoke River is an important waterway in southwestern Delaware
  • The Arkansas River is an important waterway in southwestern Delaware
  • The Hudson River is an important waterway in southwestern Delaware
Correct answer(s):
  • The Nanticoke River is an important waterway in southwestern Delaware

What is the correct interpretation of Delaware’s Coastal Plain wetlands?

  • Wetlands are common in Maryland’s Coastal Plain
  • Wetlands are common in Delaware’s Coastal Plain
  • Wetlands are common in Virginia’s Coastal Plain
  • Wetlands are common in New Jersey’s Coastal Plain
Correct answer(s):
  • Wetlands are common in Delaware's Coastal Plain

Which statement best summarizes Delaware’s coastal environments?

  • Dunes, tidal marshes and coastal bays are important parts of New Jersey’s coast
  • Dunes, tidal marshes and coastal bays are important parts of Maryland’s coast
  • Dunes, tidal marshes and coastal bays are important parts of Virginia’s coast
  • Dunes, tidal marshes and coastal bays are important parts of Delaware’s coast
Correct answer(s):
  • Dunes, tidal marshes and coastal bays are important parts of Delaware's coast

What is true about Lewes?

  • Lewes is located near Delaware Bay and the Atlantic coast
  • Lewes is located near San Francisco Bay and the Atlantic coast
  • Lewes is located near Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic coast
  • Lewes is located near Mobile Bay and the Atlantic coast
Correct answer(s):
  • Lewes is located near Delaware Bay and the Atlantic coast

Which description of Cape Henlopen is accurate?

  • Cape Henlopen is close to where Delaware Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico
  • Cape Henlopen is close to where Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean
  • Cape Henlopen is close to where Delaware Bay meets the Lake Erie
  • Cape Henlopen is close to where Delaware Bay meets the Pacific Ocean
Correct answer(s):
  • Cape Henlopen is close to where Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean

Which fact best describes Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay help?

  • The Pacific Ocean and Delaware Bay help moderate temperatures near Delaware’s coast
  • The Lake Erie and Delaware Bay help moderate temperatures near Delaware’s coast
  • The Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay help moderate temperatures near Delaware’s coast
  • The Gulf of Mexico and Delaware Bay help moderate temperatures near Delaware’s coast
Correct answer(s):
  • The Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay help moderate temperatures near Delaware's coast

Which option accurately explains Delaware’s climate?

  • Delaware has four distinct seasons and a generally humid climate
  • Virginia has four distinct seasons and a generally humid climate
  • Maryland has four distinct seasons and a generally humid climate
  • New Jersey has four distinct seasons and a generally humid climate
Correct answer(s):
  • Delaware has four distinct seasons and a generally humid climate

Where on the Delmarva Peninsula is Delaware located?

  • Entirely west of the peninsula
  • On the northeastern side
  • On the far southwestern side
  • Only at the southern tip
Correct answer(s):
  • On the northeastern side

What makes Red Rocks near Morrison unusual?

  • It is a floating stadium
  • Natural sandstone formations surround an outdoor amphitheater
  • It is an underground coral cave
  • It is a tropical plantation
Correct answer(s):
  • Natural sandstone formations surround an outdoor amphitheater

Why are Colorado’s eastern plains important to agriculture?

  • Their flatter land supports farming and ranching
  • They are entirely alpine tundra
  • They are covered by ocean water
  • They contain no usable soil
Correct answer(s):
  • Their flatter land supports farming and ranching

Why does Colorado look almost rectangular on a map?

  • Four mountain ranges form perfect straight lines
  • Many boundaries follow lines of latitude and longitude
  • Its coast was surveyed in a square
  • All borders follow rivers
Correct answer(s):
  • Many boundaries follow lines of latitude and longitude