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Test review questions of Chapter 2, Discovering World Geography Textbook
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It is midway between the two solstices and happens around September 23 and May 21.
Summer Solstice
Winter Solstice
equinoxes
Equator
2
What is the climate zone that is found at the tops of high mountain ranges and has variable conditions?
Humid Temperate
Polar
High Mountain
Cold Temperate
3
How many layers of Earth are there?
5
2
3
4
4
How many continents are found on Earth?
8
6
5
7
5
What is the physical subsystem that includes Earth's water?
atmosphere
biosphere
lithosphere
hydrosphere
6
What is the climate zone that is hot and rainy with dense forests?
Humid Temperate
Cold Temperate
Tropical
Desert
7
A ____ is one complete orbit of Earth around the sun.
orbit
revolution
rotation
circle
8
The movement of air and water helps to change the temperature of Earth.
True
False
9
What is the physical subsystem that includes the air that we breathe?
biosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
lithosphere
10
What is the climate zone that is generally cold and windy with a short summer season?
Cold Temperate
High Mountain
Humid Temperate
Polar
11
What is the source of all energy on Earth?
Earth's oxygen
Sun
wind
Earth's coal
12
What is the climate zone that is dry, and can be hot or cold depending on latitude?
Cold Temperate
Humid Temperate
Desert
Tropical
13
What process works with weathering to change Earth's surface?
gravity
solar flares
change in seasons
erosion
14
What is the effect of a volcano erupting or the surface plates moving suddenly under the ocean floor?
landforms form
tsunamis
earthquakes
hurricanes
15
What percentage of Earth's water is salt water?
52
97
45
83
16
A _____ is a long, narrow landform that extends into a river, lake, or ocean.
Continent
Plain
Peninsula
Island
17
One _________ is completed every 24 hours.
rotation
revolution
orbit
axis
18
What is the correct term for Earth's completion of one full trip around the sun?
circle
axis
orbit
revolution
19
The layers of the Earth are the:
crust, inner core, outer core, magma
crust, inner core, outer core, mantle
none of these
crust, inner core, outer core, rocky shell
20
The Earth's atmosphere has more ___ in it.
nitrogen
photosynthesis
hydrogen
oxygen
21
What are movements of air called?
Waves
Currents
Mountain
Wind
22
It happens around December 22nd and is the day of the year when the North Pole is tilted away from the sun.
Winter Solstice
Winter
Summer Solstice
Equinox
23
What causes the seasons to change on Earth?
The North and South Poles
the wind currents
The Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun
Earth's distance from the sun
24
What is the climate zone that has all types of weather and changing seasons?
Tropical
Polar
Humid Temperate
Cold Temperate
25
What is the climate zone that is very cold and has ice and snow covering the ground most of the year?
Cold Temperate
Polar
Humid Temperate
High Mountain
26
What is the physical subsystem that includes humans?
hydrosphere
lithosphere
biosphere
atmosphere
27
What is the largest type of ice mass?
ice sheet
avalanche
glacier
ice cap
28
What does elevation describe?
how deep an ocean is
how much erosion has occurred
how many square miles of land a country has
how far above sea level a landform or location is
29
What causes earthquakes and volcanoes?
plate movement
the moon's pull on the Earth
solar flares
Earth's tilt
30
A ____ is a flat landform that rises above the surrounding land.
Hill
Valley
Plain
Plateau
31
Landforms and land masses change the strength, speed, and direction of wind and ocean currents and affect precipitation.
False
True
32
What is the effect of the surface plates that make up Earth's crust moving and shifting over millions of years?
tsunamis
earthquakes
hurricanes
landforms form
33
What is the physical subsystem that includes the North American continent?
lithosphere
biosphere
atmosphere
hydrosphere
34
What force has caused the fastest change in Earth's enviornment in the last 50 years?
human actions
volcanic eruptions
erosion
weathering
35
What are Earth's four layers?
crust, mantle, core, rocky shell
rocky shell, mantle, inner core, outer core
crust, rocky shell, magma, core
crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
36
Weather conditions that occur in an area over a short period of time determine the region's climate.
False
True
37
What is the effect of the surface plates moving suddenly along fault lines?
hurricanes
earthquakes
tsunamis
landforms form
38
What term describes the increase in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere?
global warming
climate zone
climate warming
global change
39
The atmosphere is thinner at higher elevations so the air holds less heat.
False
True
40
It happens around June 21st and is the day of the year when the North Pole is tilted toward the sun.
Summer Solstice
Winter Solstice
Summer
Equinox
