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Module 2: The Physical World
Module 2: The Physical World
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Western World Geography
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What does earth's rotation cause?
Seasons
Day and night
Months
Weather
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What would not cause a species to be extinct?
Overpopulation
Seasons (winter is coming)
World domination (urbanization)
Disease
3
What direction is the cold front headed?
South
East
North
West
4
What are landforms?
Earth's natural shape or features
Solid natural mineral
Earth's outer layer
Things that lasted from a living thing that died long ago
5
what is a cold front?
colder air being replaced by warmer air
colder air is moving to replace warmer air
colder air separated from warmer air
6
Do Tropical Savanna have Animals?
Yes
No
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What does the earth rotate on?
A pencil
An axis
A rod
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Rotation means?
To make a complete turn on an axis
To move or change
A design that is repeated
A ball of gas in space
9
How long does one rotation of the earth take?
1 week
3 days
24 hours
1 year
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What does a weather forecaster do?
Monitor and predict weather
Look at weather conditions
Write books about the weather
Present the weather on the news
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The three climate zones that depend on latitude are...
Tropical, Plants, Doggo zones
In the zone, Auto Zone!!
Tropical, Temperature, and Cloud zones
Tropical, Temperature, Polar zones
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Water contaminated with lead can…
be toxic to many organs and tissues
All of the above
cause learning disabilities
can take a while to cause symptoms
13
Most of Earth's water is....
wet
friendly
salty
full of sugar
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What is Climate ?
Seasons
The short-term state of the atmosphere.
The Average pattern of weather for a particular region.
A Water Cycle
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There are 7 climate zones around the world.
true
false
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Weather or Climate? It will be a high of 80 degrees today.
Climate
Weather
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What is a flat highland?
Plateau
Coast
Mountain
Basin
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What is not an element of the water cycle?
condensation
evaporation
precipitation
waterfall
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What is a tectonic plate?
The areas of the Earth's surface that have water
The molten rock that moves in the mantle
Large pieces of the mantle
Large pieces of the Earth's crust
20
What is a monsoon?
A warm wind that changes temperatures during winter
A cyclone wind that leads to a tornado
A wind that comes from the ocean, bringing lots of moisture
A very dry wind that kicks up dust
21
Which describes a highland climate?
Very long cold winters and very short cool summers
Long cold winters & short mild summers
Temperatures & precipitation varies as elevation changes
Freezing cold; snow and ice year-round
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The Earth is a...
star
food
planet
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how much of earth is water?
75%
over 70%
60%
over 60%
24
How many continents are there?
five
six
seven
eight
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What do we call any form of water that falls to the earth?
Water
Precipitation
Rain
26
What causes an ocean current?
all of the above
salinity
earth's rotation
wind
27
Which stage of the water cycle does the Sun's energy power?
Evaporation
Rain
Precipitation
Condensation
28
What is a global wind?
A wind that blows in a small area
A global wind!!
A wind that blows around the world
Idk
29
Where do we find most of the fresh water on Earth
The Atmosphere
Groundwater
Icecaps & Glaciers
Lakes
30
This climate has sunny dry summers and mild rainy winters.
Humid Continental
Mediterranean
Humid Subtropical
Marine west cost
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The difference between weather and climate is...
One is the average condition the other is the effect.
One is short term while the other is long term.
The humidity of the area.
The Proximity to coastlines.
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Highland climates change
once every ten years.
with the seasons.
with elevation.
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Which climate zones are Canada located in?
Polar and Tropic
Temperate and Polar
Tropic and Temperate
34
What percent of fresh water is there on earth?
50%
97%
40%
3%
35
do landforms effect the climate
yes
no
IDK
maybe
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Where can highland climate be found?
all latitudes
upper latitudes
middle latitudes
low latitudes
37
Biome
A large area where plants and animals live together.
A large area where people live.
A small area where nobody lives.
38
What Happens When a Cold Front Advances on a Warm Front?
A cold front occurs
A warm front occurs
A occluded front occurs
A stationary front occurs
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How many oceans are there?
six
five
seven
four
40
The savanna is?
Hills
Grasslands
Forests
The plains
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If there was no sun, would there be a water cycle?
No one can know for sure.
It depends.
No.
Yes.
42
What does the water cycle refer to?
Why we have clouds
Why it rains
How water moves in different stages
How water ends up in the ocean
43
Two dry climates are
desert and highland
steppe and highland
desert and steppe
desert and mediteranean
44
What is considered a revolution?
When a planet or moon travels once around an object
when a planet or moon spins really fast
when planets don't crash
history of planets
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Why do most earthquakes take place at tectonic plate boundaries?
Earthquakes only occur where magma can reach the surface .
Energy is transferred to rock by the motion of the plates.
Earthquakes take place when one plate moves over another
the middle of a plate is stronger, it does not deform.
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What Can Water Be Found On Earth As?
Solid, Liquid, Gas
Liquid, Solid, Gas
All of the Above
Gas, Solid, Liquid
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What is desertification?
people abandoning their tribe
dry climate killing vegetation
change of fertile land into land that cannot support life
change in dry, desert land into fertile land
48
What is the biggest tectonic plate called?
African plate
south American Plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
49
The Tiger’s habitat would include
Trees and grass
Mud
Seaweed
Coral
50
What is precipitation
Suns energy heats up water into water vapor
Water runs off a mountian
Water vapor cools to form clouds
Rain, Sleet or, Hail
51
What is environment?
descriptive; words used
a testable explanation for a question or a problem
living and nonliving factors in an organism's surroundings
experiment in which all conditions are kept the same
52
What is an ocean current?
A continuous flow of water in the ocean
a sea creature
a newspaper about the ocean
debris in the ocean
53
Revolution creates...
day and night
the four seasons
54
Liquid water changes to water vapor, which is a gas
evaporation
runoff
condensation
precipitation
55
What is climate?
The average weather over some years
The area where you live
The temperature of an area
How close you are to the poles
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what is a warm front?
warm air moving to replace colder air
cold air replacing warm air
warm air separated by cold air
57
Which of these are not a form of precipitation?
Sleet
Snow
Wind
Rain
58
How are landforms changed because of the earth?
Wind because it blows dirt
Tectonic plates smashing against each other
Rain or water causing holes in the ground
People, they are mean
59
Examples of landforms are..?
Caves, Mountains, Tokyo.
Glaciers, Burdekin bridge, Reefs.
Hills, Mountains, plains.
Plateaus, Glaciers, Great barrier reef.
60
What color is a cold front
ugly yellow
mark fraitas the 3rd
blue
brown
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Prevailing Winds
Violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the North Atlantic
Wind that blows predominantly from a single direction
A transient storm of lightning and thunder
A localized, destructive windstorm occuring over land
62
This climate zone has a dry, grassy, treeless plain like in Texas
marine west coast
mediterranean
desert
steppe
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How many Temperate Zones are there?
4
1
2
3
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What is a monsoon
Seasonal wet and dry seasons
A flood
Thunderstorm
Sudden gust of wind
65
what is solar energy?
energy from soda
energy from the sun
energy from the dark
energy from food
66
How many polar Zones are there?
4
2
1
3
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What is a revolution?
An object spinning
An object revolving around another
An object moving up and diagonal
And object spinning around in place
68
An Ecosystem is...
more than 1 community of living organisms in an environment
any living organisms
group of individuals that live together in a specific place
set of ecosystems
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What is the percent of salt water on Earth?
93%
96%
87%
97%
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How long is a revolution?
356 Years
366 Years
365 Days
365 Years
