Question

______ is an example of a physical process that a physical geographer would study.
a. culture
b. an ocean
c. plate tectonics
d. the environment

please select the best answer from the choices provided

a
b
c
d

Explanation:

• Option A: Culture is a social construct, studied by human geographers or in social sciences, not a physical process.
• Option B: An ocean is a physical feature, but the question asks for a physical process. Plate tectonics is a process, while an ocean is a feature.
• Option C: Plate tectonics is a physical process (movement of Earth's lithospheric plates) that physical geographers study, as it relates to landform formation, earthquakes, etc.
• Option D: The environment is a broad concept; physical geographers study physical processes within the environment, not the environment as a whole as a process.

Answer:

C. Plate tectonics