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Geography of the United States

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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Geography of the United States

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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Geography of the United States

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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Geography of the United States

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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Geography of the United States

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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Geography of the United States

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.
Correct answer(s):
  • The Susquehanna watershed connects central Pennsylvania environmentally to Chesapeake Bay.
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Geography of the United States

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.
Correct answer(s):
  • The Ohio River system connects western Pennsylvania hydrologically to the Mississippi Basin.
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Geography of the United States

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.
Correct answer(s):
  • The Delaware River links eastern Pennsylvania to the Atlantic drainage system.
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Geography of the United States

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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Geography of the United States

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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Geography of the United States

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.
Correct answer(s):
  • The Appalachian Plateaus province helps explain the upland terrain of much of northern and western Pennsylvania.
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Geography of the United States

Which explanation best fits Piedmont?

  • The Appalachian system lies entirely outside Pennsylvania.
  • Pennsylvania has uniform physical geography with little regional variation.
  • The Piedmont region helps explain agricultural and settlement patterns in southeastern Pennsylvania.
  • All Pennsylvania rivers drain through the same watershed.
Correct answer(s):
  • The Piedmont region helps explain agricultural and settlement patterns in southeastern Pennsylvania.
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U.S. Economy

Which physical geography statement is correct about Delaware agriculture?

  • Delaware’s low-relief Coastal Plain matters only for air travel
  • Delaware’s low-relief Coastal Plain affects only political party boundaries
  • Delaware’s low-relief Coastal Plain has little connection to settlement or hydrology
  • Delaware’s low-relief Coastal Plain strongly influences settlement, agriculture, hydrology and environmental risk
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  • Delaware's low-relief Coastal Plain strongly influences settlement, agriculture, hydrology and environmental risk
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