Physical Geography Test

Geography is the study of:

• The Earth's physical & living things

• Science & movement

• The sun & its energy

• The earth's rotation & revolutions

The study of ______________________ is called physical geography.

• the movement of earth's human population

• the earth's physical features

• both the physical and human features of the earth

• political, cultural, and economic factors around the world

What is another term for human geography?

• relative location

• physical geography

• cultural geography

• statistical geography

what is meant by the term relative location?

• the exact spot at which a place is found on the globe

• the location of a place unrelated to other places

• the location of a place in relation to other places

• the distance of a place from the Prime Meridin

Land make up about _____ of the earth's surface

• 70%

• 30%

• 15%

• 20%

What is the highest point on the earth?

• Mount Whitney

• Mount Denali

• the eastern highlands of Africa

• Mount Everest

Which of the following best describes the earth's inner core?

• liquid and extremely hot

• liquid and cool

• solid iron and nickel

• solid mercury

Erosion is the wearing away of the earth's:

• inner cor from tectonic activity

• mantle by the forces of magma and gravity

• surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water

• crust by the pull of the sun and the moon

What are the 3 layers of earth?

• ground, air, water

• water, mantle, crust

• core, mantle, crust

• core, mantle, air

Our solar system has ____________ planets.

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9