Geography Chapter 3 Review A

Earth's history begins with

• creation

• the Revolutionary War

• Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

• 1812

This word is used to describe a natural event that causes major changes to earth's crust is called

• cataclysm

• big bang

• tsunami

• collaboration

You believe that natural processes have taken a looooooong time to make the earth appear the way it does today. you are a(n)

• unifomitarianist

• neocatostrophist

• geologist

• young-earth creationist

you believe that the earth's crust looks the way it does today largely because of a major event. you are a

• neocatastrophist

• geologist

• uniformitarianist

• atheist

select the three parts we have divided the earth into

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• crustsphere

Which of these describes the solid part of the earth

• atmosphere

• lithosphere

• hydrosphere

• landsphere

Which of these is used to describe the water on earth's surface

• hydrosphere

• lithosphere

• atmoshpere

• oceansphere

Select all that are layers of earth's surface

• crust

• mantle

• inner core

• outer core

which of these best describes earth's main landmasses

• continents

• islands

• countries

• plateaus

True or false: earth has 7 continents but only 6 continental landmasses

• true

• false