Basic Of Geography Quiz

1. What is Contagious Diffusion?

Contagious diffusion is primarily related to the spread of cultural practices within a specific community.

Contagious diffusion refers to the diffusion of information through social media platforms only.

Contagious diffusion is isolated to physical contact between individuals in close proximity.

1. Definition: Usually associated with the spread of disease, often rapid. 2. Contagious diseases such as influenza have motivated physicians around the world to find a cure for viral infections. Also, people observe items on the internet easily, and can obtain information instantaneously. 3. Example: A Live event on the Internet, where people can directly experience something happening, is a form of contagious diffusion.

Contagious diffusion is a concept that goes beyond just the spread of diseases and encompasses the rapid dissemination of ideas, information, or cultural practices through various means.

Explanation

Contagious diffusion is a concept that goes beyond just the spread of diseases and encompasses the rapid dissemination of ideas, information, or cultural practices through various means.

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2. What is density?

Singapore’s population density is far greater than India’s population density, even though India has the larger total population. India has much more land than Singapore, making its density much lower.

Physiological density refers to the total number of people divided by the arable (farmable) land.

1. Definition: How often an object occurs within a given area or space. 2. Physiological density refers to the total number of people divided by the arable (farmable) land. Arithmetic density calculates the density using all the land in a given area, less accurate than physiological density. 3. Example: Singapore’s population density is far greater than India’s population density, even though India has the larger total population. India has much more land than Singapore, making its density much lower.

Arithmetic density calculates the density using all the land in a given area, less accurate than physiological density.

Density refers to how often an object occurs within a given area or space. It is a measure of the concentration of a particular substance.

Explanation

Density refers to how often an object occurs within a given area or space. It is a measure of the concentration of a particular substance.

3. What is distance-decay?

The process of physical deterioration over time due to distance traveled.

1. Definition: A function that represents the way that some influence decays with distance from its geographical location. 2. While people use communication devices such as phones, radio and television broadcasts, and internet, the effects of distance decrease. On the graph, distance-decay is represented by a curving line that swoops concavely downward as distance along the x-axis increases. 3. Example: Once the distance is outside of two people’s activity space, their interactions begin to decrease.

The increase in communication effectiveness with greater distance.

A measure of how much space is between two geographical locations.

Distance-decay refers to the gradual decrease in interaction or influence with increasing distance from a certain geographical location.

Explanation

Distance-decay refers to the gradual decrease in interaction or influence with increasing distance from a certain geographical location.

4. What does Distribution refer to?

Distribution refers to the movement of goods from producers to consumers.

Distribution is the process of sorting and categorizing items in a warehouse.

1. Definition: Everything on the Earth’s surface has a physical location and is organized in space in some fashion. 2. Distribution involves anything from buildings, to people, to desks in a classroom. The three aspects of distribution are density, concentration, and pattern. 3. Example: People in a certain region might speak a certain language and they might have a certain pattern.

Distribution is the statistical analysis of data sets to find relationships and trends.

Distribution, in geographic terms, refers to the spatial organization of elements on Earth's surface.

Explanation

Distribution, in geographic terms, refers to the spatial organization of elements on Earth's surface.

5. What is the Equator?

The boundary line between the Earth's crust and mantle.

The line that divides the Earth into Eastern and Western Hemispheres.

The longitude line that runs in the middle of the Earth and is located at 0 degrees longitude.

The latitude line that runs in the middle of the Earth (moves horizontally) and is located at 0 degrees latitude. The highest degree of latitude that one can go is 90 degrees. This is the angle where the equator meets the lines of longitude. Ninety degrees north would be the North Pole, and ninety degrees south would be the South Pole. Example: The middle of the Earth, as you get closer to it the temperature increases, as you get farther away it gets colder.

The Equator is the latitude line at 0 degrees latitude and not related to longitude, Eastern and Western Hemispheres, or Earth's crust and mantle boundaries.

Explanation

The Equator is the latitude line at 0 degrees latitude and not related to longitude, Eastern and Western Hemispheres, or Earth's crust and mantle boundaries.

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