Physical Geography

The sun remains directly overhead in areas outside the tropics.

• True

• False

Earth has 5 basic climate zones.

• True

• False

What is the source of all energy on Earth?

• the wind

• the sun

• Eath's coal

• Earth's oxygen

What causes the seasons to change on Earth?

• the North and South Poles

• Earth's distance from the sun

• the wind currents

• the Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun

What is the correct term for Earth's completion of one full trip around the sun?

• orbit

• axis

• revolution

• circle

The process by which water, wind or ice moves bits of rock elsewhere.

• continent

• Ring of Fire

• tsunami

• erosion

a giant ocean wave

• tsunami

• glacier

• continent

• erosion

a small ice mass that spreads outward on a land surface

• continent

• glacier

• erosion

• Ring of Fire

A long, narrow band of volcanoes around the Pacific.

• continent

• glacier

• Ring of Fire

• tsunami

How many continents are on Earth?

• 10

• 4

• 7

• 15