Physical Geo Review

____________ is the chain of volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean.

• Ring of Death

• Ring of Fire

• Caldera

• Volcanic Ocean

________ is a flat treeless land forming a ring around the Arctic Ocean

• Tundra

• Savannah

• Highlands

• Coniferous

___________ is the term used for the temperate grassland region in the Northern Hemisphere

• Taiga

• Steppe

• Polar Ice Cap

• Tropical Forest

Which of the following is NOT part of the biosphere?

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Hemisphere

Giddings is 55 miles east of Austin. This is an example of what?

• Absolute location

• Relative location

• Functional region

• Psychological distance

Which of the following does NOT affect the climate of a region?

• Wind currents

• Ocean currents

• Longitude

• Latitude

Which of the following is responsible for creating seasons on the Earth?

• The rotation of the Earth on its axis

• The orbit of the Moon around the Earth

• The orbit of the Earth around the Sun

• The tilt of the Sun on its axis

________ is the result of weathering on matter, created by the action of wind, water, ice, or gravity.

• Humus

• Loess

• Erosion

• Moraine

Which "sphere" contains the rock portion of the Earth's surface?

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

What is the greenhouse effect?

• The layer of gases released by the burning of fossil fuels that traps solar energy

• A technology that uses digital map information to create a data bank

• A weather pattern created by the warming of the waters off the west coast of South America

• A ridge or hill of rock carried and finally deposited by a glacier