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GL Fall Final Review I
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Review Question for Semester Final
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1
Summers are dry/hot, and its winters cool/rainy. Supports vineyards/citrus fruit.
Humid Continentals
Mediterranean Climate
Polar/Ice Cap
2
A ____ is a giant ocean wave, caused by an underwater earthquake or volcanic eruption.
tsunami
tornado
earthquake
hurricane
3
People living in the frozen Arctic could build their homes from ______________,
wood
stone
ice
plastic
4
What process formed the Himalaya Mountains?
Tectonic Forces
Erosion
Volcanic Activity
Weathering
5
What waterway connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
The St. Lawrence Seaway
The Lawrence Seaway
The Great Lakes Seaway
The Great Lawrence Seaway
6
What is Global Positioning System?
GPS allows cars to automatically drive themselves.
GSP uses signals to show exact position on earth.
GPS uses satellites to show exact position on earth.
GPS sends signals to space so satellites can orbit the earth
7
____ is a vast area of grassland and rich soil in south-central South America.
Prairie
Pampas
Glacier
Savanna
8
Which of the following humans changing the environment?
lighting strikes
Highway construction
tectonic plates shifting
El Nino
9
A formal region is
defined as having absolute location in common.
defined as having relative location in common.
defined by a limited number of related characteristics.
defined by an unlimited number of related characteristics.
10
What type of climate can be found at the equator in most of the world?
Polar
Humid Continental
Mountainous
Tropical
11
A deep valley that forms where two plates move apart is called
none of the choices are correct.
a mountain.
a desert.
rift valley.
12
When the northern hemisphere is the summer season the southern hemisphere is in the
spring season
fall season
summer season
winter seaseon
13
If humans modify the environment they are
changing themselves .
changing the environment.
keeping the environment as clean as possible.
doing everything they can to save the earth.
14
Humans tend to live near what resource?
rain forests
bodies of water
flat plains
mountain ranges
15
What dose a divergent boundary create?
it creates all of these
a rift valley
a mountain
an ocean
16
What process formed the Grand Canyon?
chemical erosion
weathering
erosion
none of the choices are correct
17
In which of the spheres does an earthquake take place?
lithosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
18
A place organized around a set of interactions and connections or functions is classified as a
Formal region
Functional region
Perceptual region
none of these are correct
19
all of the parts of the earth where plants and animals live is called the
lithosphere
atmosphere
athenosphere
biosphere
20
If humans adapt to the environment they are
doing everything they can to save the earth.
keeping the environment as clean as possible.
changing themselves .
changing the environment.
21
This type of farming
All of the choices are correct.
does not work.
modifies the environment.
is required on flat land.
22
Latitude lines are imaginary lines that run parallel to the
Tropic of Cancer
equator
earth
Prime Meridian
23
Longitude lines are imaginary lines the run from
pole to pole
left to right
top to bottom
right to left
24
El Nino causes the waters to warm causing fish populations in South America to
increase
decrease
all of the choices are correct
stay the same
25
Name the different types of plate boundaries.
subduction, collision, transform
all of the choices are correct
divergent, convergent, transform
rift, seismograph, fault
26
The sun's rays fall directly on what line of latitude?
the tropic of cancer
the tropic of capicorn
the prime meridian
the equator
27
What important line of latitude runs through the Amazon Rainforest?
the Prime Meridian
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
the Equator
28
_____ is a thin layer of weathered rock, humus, air, and water.
the soil
the water cycle
A mountain
A biome
29
The exact location on the earth is known as
relative location
absolute location
perceptual location
all choices are correct
30
What theory explains large scale movement of the lithosphere?
Continental Divide Theory
Big Bang Theory
Plate Tectonic Theory
Erosion Theory