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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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How many polar Zones are there?
2
3
4
1
2
Why do most earthquakes take place at tectonic plate boundaries?
Earthquakes only occur where magma can reach the surface .
the middle of a plate is stronger, it does not deform.
Earthquakes take place when one plate moves over another
Energy is transferred to rock by the motion of the plates.
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What Can Water Be Found On Earth As?
Gas, Solid, Liquid
All of the Above
Liquid, Solid, Gas
Solid, Liquid, Gas
4
What is a tectonic plate?
The areas of the Earth's surface that have water
Large pieces of the Earth's crust
Large pieces of the mantle
The molten rock that moves in the mantle
5
What is a monsoon
A flood
Sudden gust of wind
Seasonal wet and dry seasons
Thunderstorm
6
what is a warm front?
warm air separated by cold air
cold air replacing warm air
warm air moving to replace colder air
7
What is the percent of salt water on Earth?
87%
97%
96%
93%
8
Which climate zones are Canada located in?
Tropic and Temperate
Temperate and Polar
Polar and Tropic
9
Two dry climates are
desert and steppe
desert and highland
steppe and highland
desert and mediteranean
10
What does the earth rotate on?
An axis
A rod
A pencil
11
Do Tropical Savanna have Animals?
No
Yes
12
what is solar energy?
energy from the dark
energy from soda
energy from the sun
energy from food
13
Water contaminated with lead can…
cause learning disabilities
can take a while to cause symptoms
be toxic to many organs and tissues
All of the above
14
How are landforms changed because of the earth?
Wind because it blows dirt
Rain or water causing holes in the ground
Tectonic plates smashing against each other
People, they are mean
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Prevailing Winds
Wind that blows predominantly from a single direction
Violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the North Atlantic
A transient storm of lightning and thunder
A localized, destructive windstorm occuring over land
16
Revolution creates...
day and night
the four seasons
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What does a weather forecaster do?
Write books about the weather
Monitor and predict weather
Look at weather conditions
Present the weather on the news
18
What does the water cycle refer to?
Why it rains
Why we have clouds
How water ends up in the ocean
How water moves in different stages
19
There are 7 climate zones around the world.
false
true
20
What is a monsoon?
A warm wind that changes temperatures during winter
A cyclone wind that leads to a tornado
A very dry wind that kicks up dust
A wind that comes from the ocean, bringing lots of moisture
21
How many oceans are there?
four
six
seven
five
22
Most of Earth's water is....
full of sugar
wet
friendly
salty
23
If there was no sun, would there be a water cycle?
No one can know for sure.
No.
Yes.
It depends.
24
How long does one rotation of the earth take?
1 week
3 days
1 year
24 hours
25
What is precipitation
Suns energy heats up water into water vapor
Water runs off a mountian
Rain, Sleet or, Hail
Water vapor cools to form clouds
26
What do we call any form of water that falls to the earth?
Rain
Precipitation
Water
27
Biome
A small area where nobody lives.
A large area where plants and animals live together.
A large area where people live.
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This climate has sunny dry summers and mild rainy winters.
Humid Subtropical
Mediterranean
Humid Continental
Marine west cost
29
This climate zone has a dry, grassy, treeless plain like in Texas
mediterranean
marine west coast
desert
steppe
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What does earth's rotation cause?
Weather
Seasons
Months
Day and night
31
What is desertification?
change of fertile land into land that cannot support life
change in dry, desert land into fertile land
people abandoning their tribe
dry climate killing vegetation
32
What is not an element of the water cycle?
evaporation
precipitation
condensation
waterfall
33
Liquid water changes to water vapor, which is a gas
runoff
evaporation
precipitation
condensation
34
Which stage of the water cycle does the Sun's energy power?
Condensation
Rain
Precipitation
Evaporation
35
do landforms effect the climate
maybe
IDK
yes
no
36
what is a cold front?
colder air separated from warmer air
colder air is moving to replace warmer air
colder air being replaced by warmer air
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An Ecosystem is...
set of ecosystems
more than 1 community of living organisms in an environment
any living organisms
group of individuals that live together in a specific place
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What is Climate ?
The Average pattern of weather for a particular region.
A Water Cycle
Seasons
The short-term state of the atmosphere.
39
What are landforms?
Earth's outer layer
Solid natural mineral
Things that lasted from a living thing that died long ago
Earth's natural shape or features
40
Weather or Climate? It will be a high of 80 degrees today.
Weather
Climate
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What is a global wind?
A wind that blows around the world
Idk
A global wind!!
A wind that blows in a small area
42
Highland climates change
once every ten years.
with the seasons.
with elevation.
43
What is an ocean current?
debris in the ocean
a sea creature
a newspaper about the ocean
A continuous flow of water in the ocean
44
What is a revolution?
An object moving up and diagonal
And object spinning around in place
An object spinning
An object revolving around another
45
The savanna is?
The plains
Forests
Grasslands
Hills
46
What Happens When a Cold Front Advances on a Warm Front?
A warm front occurs
A stationary front occurs
A cold front occurs
A occluded front occurs
47
What direction is the cold front headed?
East
West
North
South
48
What would not cause a species to be extinct?
Overpopulation
World domination (urbanization)
Seasons (winter is coming)
Disease
49
The three climate zones that depend on latitude are...
In the zone, Auto Zone!!
Tropical, Temperature, Polar zones
Tropical, Plants, Doggo zones
Tropical, Temperature, and Cloud zones
50
What is a flat highland?
Mountain
Plateau
Basin
Coast
51
What is climate?
How close you are to the poles
The area where you live
The temperature of an area
The average weather over some years
52
What percent of fresh water is there on earth?
40%
97%
3%
50%
53
How many Temperate Zones are there?
1
2
4
3
54
How long is a revolution?
356 Years
365 Days
365 Years
366 Years
55
Where can highland climate be found?
upper latitudes
low latitudes
all latitudes
middle latitudes
56
The Earth is a...
planet
star
food
57
The difference between weather and climate is...
The Proximity to coastlines.
The humidity of the area.
One is the average condition the other is the effect.
One is short term while the other is long term.
58
What is considered a revolution?
when planets don't crash
history of planets
when a planet or moon spins really fast
When a planet or moon travels once around an object
59
Where do we find most of the fresh water on Earth
The Atmosphere
Lakes
Icecaps & Glaciers
Groundwater
60
How many continents are there?
six
seven
eight
five
61
Rotation means?
A ball of gas in space
A design that is repeated
To make a complete turn on an axis
To move or change
62
Which of these are not a form of precipitation?
Sleet
Snow
Wind
Rain
63
What is the biggest tectonic plate called?
African plate
North American Plate
Pacific Plate
south American Plate
64
The Tiger’s habitat would include
Trees and grass
Mud
Coral
Seaweed
65
how much of earth is water?
60%
over 60%
75%
over 70%
66
What causes an ocean current?
salinity
earth's rotation
wind
all of the above
67
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
68
Examples of landforms are..?
Hills, Mountains, plains.
Plateaus, Glaciers, Great barrier reef.
Caves, Mountains, Tokyo.
Glaciers, Burdekin bridge, Reefs.
69
What color is a cold front
ugly yellow
brown
mark fraitas the 3rd
blue
70
Which describes a highland climate?
Long cold winters & short mild summers
Freezing cold; snow and ice year-round
Very long cold winters and very short cool summers
Temperatures & precipitation varies as elevation changes
