World Geo Unit 1 Test Practice

Advances in satellite and global positioning system (GPS) technologies have had the greatest overall impact on —

• sumo wrestlers in Tokyo, Japan

• actors in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• crab fishermen in Anchorage, Alaska

• college professors in London, England

Finding a location using an address with a GPS is an example of

• Human Environment Interaction

• Movement

• Absolute Location

• Relative Location

_____________ measures distance in degrees north or south from an imaginary line called the _________ that splits the world into Northern and Southern hemispheres.

• Latitude, equator

• Longitude, equator

• Longitude, prime meridian

• Latitude, prime meridian

Which physical feature is lowest in elevation?

• hills

• mountains

• mesas

• plains

As a river reaches its mouth, it is often affected by incoming tides, resulting in a landform called a(n) -

• caldera.

• atoll.

• delta.

• alluvial fan.

The earth’s tectonic plate movements of convergent, divergent and transformative are responsible for what landforms?

• The Atlantic ocean, the Pacific Ocean, The Indian Ocean

• The Amazon river, the Sahara Desert and the Nile river.

• White Rock Lake, Trinity River and the Gulf of Mexico

• The San Andreas Fault, The Himalayan Mountains and The Great Rift Valley

All of the tectonic forces and landforms on the above picture occurs on what part of the earth?

• biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

Which forces are responsible for the formation of soil?

• Weathering and the decay of dead organisms

• Tectonic plate movement

• Ocean currents and trade winds

• Changes in the Sun-Earth relationship

How long does it take Earth to make one full revolution around the sun?

• 365 days

• 1 day

• 365 1/4 days

• 2 years

What process causes day and night and the sun to rise and set each day?

• Condensation and evaporation

• Revolution

• Radiation

• Rotation