The U.S. Land Ordinance of 1785 divided much of the country into a system of
A) townships, towns, cities, municipalities, and major urban centers.
B) ranges, distances, scales, projections, and map symbols.
C) town-county boundaries.
D) quarter sections, range sections, town land sections, and county sections.
E) townships, ranges, sections, and quarter sections.
Answer: E
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Which of the following statements best describes extrusive igneous rocks?
A. Cool on the surface and have a fine-grained texture (small mineral crystals). B. Cool beneath the surface and have a course-grained texture (large mineral crystals). C. Cool on the surface and have a course-grained texture (large mineral crystals). D. Cool beneath the surface and have a fine-grained texture (small mineral crystals).
The present-day tilt of Earth's axis of rotation is 23.5° degrees. What would be a result of more tilt, as shown here?
A) High latitudes would receive fewer hours of sunlight in winter
B) A decrease in glacial activity
C) An increase in the summer to winter temperature differences
D) All of these are correct.
Which of the following is true regarding the amount of water in rivers, streams, and the atmosphere?
A) They contain 0.033 percent of the world's fresh water supply. B) Combined, they contain the majority of the world's freshwater. C) The amount of the world's fresh water in rivers and streams is greater than that in the atmosphere. D) They contain 11.02% of the world's fresh water supplies.
Earth's axis is tilted at an angle of _______________ from a perpendicular to the constant plane on which it travels around the sun
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word