Geography MCQs

The taiga, or boreal forest, stretches across Canada and Eurasia.
Conifers tolerate long cold winters.

Renewable resources include sunlight, wind, and sustainably managed biomass.
Their use must still remain within renewal rates.

An emigrant leaves an origin area to live elsewhere.
Emigration reduces the origin population, other things equal.

Precipitation within a drainage basin flows toward a common river system.
Ridges commonly form the basin boundaries.

Tropical rainforests are warm and wet throughout the year.
They contain exceptionally high biodiversity.

Coal forms over geological time and is consumed much faster than it forms.
It is therefore nonrenewable.

Push factors encourage people to leave their current location.
Lack of jobs, conflict, and disasters are common examples.

Tributaries add water and sediment to the main river.
Together they form a drainage network.

Savannas have distinct wet and dry seasons.
Grasses dominate, with trees adapted to drought and fire.

Global warming is driven mainly by increasing greenhouse gases from human activities.
It is one component of broader climate change.

Pull factors attract migrants toward a new place.
Jobs, safety, education, and services are common attractions.

Distributaries are common in deltas.
They spread river water and sediment toward the sea.