Physical Geography Review

Located in the Pacific Ocean, the Ring of Fire is known for...

• Severe flooding

• Blizzards

• frequent droughts

• Volcanoes and earthquakes

Which of the following occurs on subducting plate boundaries?

• Continental plates run into each other

• The sea floor is spreading

• Denser ocean crust goes under the continental crust

• Fault lines are building potential energy

Like a slow-motion collision, convergent plates result in...

• Earthquakes

• Destruction of landforms

• Creation of mountains

• Trenches

The windward side of a mountain receives more rain fall than the other side because...

• Wind bring rain

• The mountain acts like a natural curtain

• It is warmer near the ocean

• Tornadoes form on the leeward side, blowing rain back

Climate zones are determined by...

• Distance from the Equator

• Elevation

• Prevailing winds

• Ocean currents

Like the spreading sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean, Africa's Great Rift Valley is caused by...

• Convergent plates

• Frequent earthquakes

• Divergent plates

• A tsunami

Summer in Southern Hemisphere occurs at the same time as winter in Northern Hemisphere because...

• It's always hot in the Southern Hemisphere

• The Sun is closer to the Northern Hemisphere

• The Southern Hemisphere is always in summer

• The Earth tilts the Southern Hemisphere towards the sun

When discussing climate factors, the example of Mount Kilimanjaro shows...

• That latitude determines climate

• That latitude does not matter

• That Mount Kilimanjaro is the only place it snows in Africa

• That even warmer climate zones get cold at higher elevations

Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core make up...

• The Earth's Layers

• Types of plate tectonics

• Climate factors

• The spheres of the Earth

The MELCO represents...

• Types of landforms

• Climate factors

• Causes of climate change

• Plate boundary movements