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WORLD GEOGRAPHY - CHAPTER 2 - Planet Earth SECTIONS 1- 4 REVIEW
WORLD GEOGRAPHY - CHAPTER 2 - Planet Earth SECTIONS 1- 4 REVIEW
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What does the lines in the picture show?
tilt
longitute
latitude
altitude
2
Latitude also affects the amount of solar energy a place receives.
False
True
3
The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces is called......
Erosion
sediment
Flowing
Weathering
4
How can Earth's landforms influence where people live?
People like to settle in hot and dry areas
People like to settle in very hot and humid areas
People like to settle in areas with lots of plants and water
People like to settle near certain landforms
5
What happens when plates separate?
mid-ocean ridges form
Mountains form on land
Ocean trenches form
continental drift occurs
6
What do we call the
path
the the Earth takes around the sun?
a rotation
an orbit
a revolution
the tilt of the Earth
7
Regions on Earth that is marked by rainfall rather than temperature are called _________.
wet and dry regions
the equator
the tropics
the tropic of cancer
8
Which of the following is not a problem we have with water?
lack of available freshwater
not clean enough to use
overuse
it is to hard to get in most places
9
How much of the Earth's water is salt water?
79 percent
89 percent
3 percent
97 percent
10
When plates collide they create ........
Ocean trenches
Mountain Ranges
Volcanoes
Ocean trenches and Mountain ranges but NOT volcanoes
11
Taiwan is on or near the border of which two plates?
Philippine and Pacific
Eurasian and Philippine
Indo-Australian and Eurasian
African and Indian
12
What is the Earth's axis?
It is an imaginary line around which the planet turns
It is a line than runs around the Earth at 0 latitude
it is the time it takes for Earth to make one revolution
It is how long the Earth takes to turn around the sun
13
Most of Earth's freshwater is locked in glaciers.
True
I don't know what glaciers are.
False
14
All life on Earth requires solar energy.
Kind of true
Kind of False
True
False
15
Water is the only thing on Earth that occurs naturally as a solid, a liquid, and as a gas.
True
False
It depends on certain things
16
Which of the following is not a form of precipitation?
hail
snow
waterfalls
rain
17
A trip around the sun is also called a _____________ and it takes 365 1/4 days to complete.
revolution
seasons
tropics
rotation
18
How much of our planet is covered in water?
two-thirds
one-third
one-quarter
half
19
According to your text book, how many layers is our planets made up of?
one
four
three
two
20
What causes changes in the amount of energy the earth receives from the sun?
longitude and latitute
tilt and rotation
revolution and rotation
revolution and tilt
21
What do we call one complete spin the Earth makes around its axis?
latitude
a revolution
longitute
a rotation
22
The Earth is tilted at an angle of _________ degrees from vertical.
23 degrees
22.5 degrees
24 degrees
23.5 degrees
23
Which of the following is the best definition for the word - Landforms? Landforms are _____
the things that people made and places on Earth
the everything in nature like trees and animals
the shapes on the planet's surface, like hills or mountians
the things we see everyday like buildings, roads and bridges
24
What is the correct order of the different parts of the water cycle?
condensation⇛precipitation⇛runoff⇛evaporation
It is a cycle and they all happen all the time
evaporation⇛condensation⇛precipitaion⇛runoff
runoff⇛evaporation⇛condensation⇛precipitation
25
Which of the following is not something the sun's energy helps us with?
determines longitude and latitute
warms earth
provides light
helps grow crops
26
What is one result of plates sliding past each other?
ocean trenches form
Earthquakes and volcanoes occur
continents form
Mountain Ranges form
27
Earth's movement and the sun's energy interact to create day and night, and seasons
False
True
28
The theory of plate tectonics say that Earth's surface is divided into many slow moving plates
Not enough information to give an educated answer
False
True
29
What does the picture below show you?
water vapor
precipitaion
The vapor cycle
The water cycle
30
Places tilting toward the sun will
receive less solar energy and experience cooler temperatures
receive less solar energy and experience warmer temperatures
receive more solar energy and experience cooler temperatures
receive more solar energy and experience warmer temperatures
31
The process by which sediment is moved from one location to another.
Erosion
Weathering
Tectonics
Drifting
32
What is the solid outer layer of our planet called?
The core
The mantle
The crust
33
Seasons are based on which two things?
hot or cold weather
temperature and length of day
Longitude and latitude
Tilt and rotaion
34
The sun rises in the west and sets in the east.
It depends on where you are on Earth
True
False
35
According to this map, which plate is the smallest?
Nazca
Indian
Cocos
Indo-Australian
