Which of the following statements best describes the uses of geography, one of the six essential elements of geography? a. it people understand the ways humans have adapted to and modified their environment. b. it people interpret the past, understand the present, and prepare for the future. c. it people identify the physical processes that shape the earth's surface. d. it people organize the world spatially. select the best answer from the choices provided. a b

'It helps people interpret the past, understand the present, and prepare for the future' is the statement that best describes the "uses of geography".

Explanation:

There are "six essential elements" of geography. 'Uses of geography' is one of them. This element includes the use of geography that humans can make for interpreting the past, understanding the present, and preparing for the future. It is basically the "study of geography" that allows human beings to explain the happenings (related to Earth and the universe) in the past, understand the earthly phenomenons taking place in the present, and prepare for the planetary and extraplanetary occurrences in the future.

Geothermic gradient is the rate of increasing temperature with respect to increasing the depth in the earths interior. away from tech tonic plates boundaries, it is about 25-40 c/km (72-87 degrees f/mi) of depth near the surface in most of the world.