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Geography of the United States

What is accurate about Harrisburg?

  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
  • Harrisburg demonstrates how administrative centrality can differ from demographic or economic primacy.
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  • Harrisburg demonstrates how administrative centrality can differ from demographic or economic primacy.
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How should Pennsylvania’s physiographic provinces be understood?

  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
  • Pennsylvania’s physiographic provinces are geomorphological regions rather than political or cultural regions.
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  • Pennsylvania's physiographic provinces are geomorphological regions rather than political or cultural regions.
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Which explanation best fits Pennsylvania’s physical geography?

  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Physiographic boundaries help explain variations in bedrock, relief, drainage, soils, and land use.
  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
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  • Physiographic boundaries help explain variations in bedrock, relief, drainage, soils, and land use.
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Which conclusion about Appalachian Plateau is supported?

  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
  • The Appalachian Plateau’s resource endowment influenced the geography of coal, oil, and natural gas extraction.
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  • The Appalachian Plateau's resource endowment influenced the geography of coal, oil, and natural gas extraction.
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What is the best interpretation of Pennsylvania’s physical geography?

  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Ridge-and-valley topography historically structured transportation corridors through central Pennsylvania.
  • Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
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  • Ridge-and-valley topography historically structured transportation corridors through central Pennsylvania.
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Which description of Pennsylvania drainage systems is correct?

  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
  • Pennsylvania contributes runoff to three major drainage directions: Atlantic via the Delaware, Chesapeake via the Susquehanna, and Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio-Mississippi system.
  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
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  • Pennsylvania contributes runoff to three major drainage directions: Atlantic via the Delaware, Chesapeake via the Susquehanna, and Gulf of Mexico via the Ohio-Mississippi system.
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Which relationship involving Pennsylvania climate science is correctly stated?

  • Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Lake-effect snowfall near Erie demonstrates how mesoscale atmospheric processes can create sharp local climate contrasts.
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  • Lake-effect snowfall near Erie demonstrates how mesoscale atmospheric processes can create sharp local climate contrasts.
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Which idea about Pennsylvania climate science is most accurate?

  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • Observed long-term warming trends do not imply that every year or season will be warmer than the previous one.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
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  • Observed long-term warming trends do not imply that every year or season will be warmer than the previous one.
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Which conclusion about Philadelphia and Pittsburgh is supported?

  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • Philadelphia and Pittsburgh form two major metropolitan poles separated by the Appalachian interior.
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  • Philadelphia and Pittsburgh form two major metropolitan poles separated by the Appalachian interior.
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What is the best interpretation of Lehigh Valley?

  • Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
  • The Lehigh Valley’s location helps connect Pennsylvania to the larger northeastern urban corridor.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
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  • The Lehigh Valley's location helps connect Pennsylvania to the larger northeastern urban corridor.
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Which description of Harrisburg is correct?

  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
  • Harrisburg’s political importance is greater than its population size would suggest.
  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
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  • Harrisburg's political importance is greater than its population size would suggest.
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Which relationship involving Pennsylvania’s physical geography is correctly stated?

  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
  • Pennsylvania’s physiographic diversity helps explain differences in transportation, agriculture, settlement, and resource extraction.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
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  • Pennsylvania's physiographic diversity helps explain differences in transportation, agriculture, settlement, and resource extraction.
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Which idea about Pennsylvania’s physical geography is most accurate?

  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • The Susquehanna watershed connects central Pennsylvania environmentally to Chesapeake Bay.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
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  • The Susquehanna watershed connects central Pennsylvania environmentally to Chesapeake Bay.
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What should a student understand about Ohio River system?

  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • The Ohio River system connects western Pennsylvania hydrologically to the Mississippi Basin.
  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
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  • The Ohio River system connects western Pennsylvania hydrologically to the Mississippi Basin.
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Which statement correctly explains Delaware River?

  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • The Delaware River links eastern Pennsylvania to the Atlantic drainage system.
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  • The Delaware River links eastern Pennsylvania to the Atlantic drainage system.
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What is the clearest description of Pennsylvania’s climate?

  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Pennsylvania climate patterns result from interactions among latitude, elevation, continental air masses, and Great Lakes influence.
  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
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  • Pennsylvania climate patterns result from interactions among latitude, elevation, continental air masses, and Great Lakes influence.
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Which statement best describes Pennsylvania’s climate?

  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Long-term increases in average temperature and extreme precipitation should be distinguished from short-term weather variability.
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  • Long-term increases in average temperature and extreme precipitation should be distinguished from short-term weather variability.
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Which statement best describes Pennsylvania’s physical geography?

  • Pennsylvania’s six physiographic provinces reflect differences in geology, elevation, and landform.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • Physiographic provinces are political districts created by the state legislature.
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  • Pennsylvania's six physiographic provinces reflect differences in geology, elevation, and landform.
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What is accurate about Ridge and Valley?

  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
  • The Ridge and Valley province helps explain the long, parallel mountain-and-valley pattern of central Pennsylvania.
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  • The Ridge and Valley province helps explain the long, parallel mountain-and-valley pattern of central Pennsylvania.
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How should Appalachian Plateau be understood?

  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
  • Elevation has no meaningful connection to Pennsylvania climate patterns.
  • The Appalachian Plateaus province helps explain the upland terrain of much of northern and western Pennsylvania.
  • Lake Erie has no effect on northwestern Pennsylvania’s weather.
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  • The Appalachian Plateaus province helps explain the upland terrain of much of northern and western Pennsylvania.
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