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Geography Chapter 2 Test
Geography Chapter 2 Test
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For Mr. Ynacay's Geography class.
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Space debris
Asteroids
Comets
Meteoroids
Meteorites
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Water under Earth's surface
Water caves
Groundwater
Underwater
Undersea lake
3
Which of the following is not one of the FIVE major oceans
Northern
Southern
Indian
Pacific
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Define what a continental shelf is.
Extension of the coastal plain
Undersea tectonic plate
Right where the water touches the land
The very top of the ocean
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When the heavier sea plate dives beneath the lighter plate
Faulting
Folding
Subduction
Spreading
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All the physical processes that make up our physical earth
Continental Drift
Faulting
Spreading
Plate Tectonics
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Define an aquifer
Cave underwater with a pocket of air
Another name for a well
Area where water is less dense than the surrounding water
Underground rock saturated with water
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Seperates Africa and Asia (it is man-made)
Mariana Trench
Sinai Peninsula
Mount Everest
Isthmus of Panama
9
All are terrestrial planets except...
Mars
Venus
Uranus
Mercury
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Theory that Earth's continents were once one landmass
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Pangea
The Ice Age
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Air that Earth's life breathes
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
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Small, planet-like objects
Meteoroids
Asteroids
Comets
Meteors
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Water vapor becoming liquid (happens in a cloud)
Precipitation
Desalination
Condensation
Evaporation
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What is not a body of salt water smaller than an ocean
Gulf
Bay
Bay
Lake
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Liquid layer just outside of the outer core
Crust
Inner Core
Mantle
Tectonic Plates
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Water changing from a liquid to a gas
Precipitation
Evaporation
Condensation
Desalination
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Define a glacier.
The main reason Earth's water level rises
A buildup of hail or snow in an area
A cause of erosion
A large, possibly destructive, body of ice
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Connects N. America and S. America
Mariana Trench
Sinai Peninsula
Mount Everest
Isthmus of Panama
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Plates grinding past each other, resulting in cracks
Fault
Accretion
Spreading
Weathering
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Earth's land
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
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The rock hard center of the Earth, or its _______, is filled with immense heat and pressure.
Crust
Nucleus
Mantle
Core
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Bending layers of rock
Accretion
Faulting
Spreading
Folding
23
Earth's water makes up about ___% of the Earth.
60
80
30
70
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Earth's water
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
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Turning salt water into fresh water
Desalination
Evaporation
Cleansation
Condensation
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Outer layer of the earth
Tectonic Plates
Mantle
Core
Crust
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Left behind by glaciers
Lakes
Snow
Moraines
Desalination
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At the center of our solar system
Sun
Mars
Earth
Pluto
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Process of rocks breaking down
Subduction
Weathering
Morain
Erosion
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Rain, snow, or sleet
Evaporation
Precipitation
Desalination
Condensation
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Most earthquake prone area on the planet
Asia
Eastern North America
Ring of Fire
The Himalayas
32
Wearing away of the Earth's surface
Erosion
Faulting
Physical Weathering
Chemical Weathering
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Icy dust particles with frozen gasses
Comets
Asteroids
Meteoroids
Meteors
34
All are gas giants except...
Mercury
Saturn
Neptune
Jupiter
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Earth's life
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
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Highest point on Earth
Mariana Trench
Mount Everest
Isthmus of Panama
Sinai Peninsula
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Sea plates pulling apart resulting sometimes in volcanoes
Folding
Faulting
Accretion
Spreading
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Molten rock underneath the Earth's surface
Magma
Spreading
Core
Lava
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Formed when continental plates collide
Faults
Fissures
Mountains
Lava
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Meteoroids that collide with Earth
Meteors
Meteorites
Asteroids
Comets
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Regular movement of water
Water Cycle
Precipitation
Hydrosphere
Desalination
