Physical Processes Review

Why is the area around the Pacific Ocean referred to as the Ring of Fire?

• Frequent tsunamis
• Frequent earthquakes and volcanoes
• In the path of hurricanes
• Many wildfires due to drought

What process explains the activity frequented around the Ring of Fire?

• Weathering
• Erosion
• Plate movements
• Deposition

How are climate regions classified?

• temperature and precipitation
• elevation and temperature
• landforms and bodies of water
• tilt and ocean currents

What is another name for the crust of the earth?

• hydrosphere
• atmosphere
• lithosphere
• biosphere

Which of the following defines plate tectonics?

• The earth is one large plate that is being weathered and eroded.
• The earth's core is cooling which leads to more plate movement.
• Earthquakes happen frequently in warmer regions.
• The earth's surface is divided into plates, and the plates are still moving.

What type of plate movement occurs in seafloor spreading?

• Convergent
• Divergent
• Subduction
• Transform

Where do most earthquakes occur?

• In the middle of continents
• At the Equator
• In higher elevations
• At plate boundaries

Which of the following best describes what occurs during subduction?

• The continental plate sinks into the mantle due to its density.
• The denser oceanic plate slides beneath the lighter continental plate.
• The oceanic plate diverges from the continental plate.
• Two continental plates collide causing huge mountains.

Which of the following affects climate patterns in relation to the seasons?

• Earth's revolution around the sun and the tilt on its axis
• Earth's distance from the sun
• The nearness to the oceans
• Earth's tectonic plate movement

What type of plate movement most often creates mountains?

• Divergent
• Transform
• Convergent
• Seafloor spreading