Geography Chapter 2 Quiz Review

What keeps Earth's water supply in balance?

• rain fall

• ground water

• snow fall

• water cycle

An important source of drinking water and irrigation of crops is:

• lakes

• ground water

• ocean

• magma

What is the process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water, wind or ice?

• flooding

• weathering

• eroding

• tsunami

What is the process by which Earth's surface is worn away by forces such as wind, rain, chemicals and the movement of ice and flowing water?

• weathering

• erosion

• floods

• tsunami

What causes the tectonic plates to move

• heat from deep within the Earth

• water

• Earthquakes

• Tsunami's within outer space

List four major subsystems of Earth's physical system

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Littlesplere

• Hydrosphere

• atmosphere

What is caused as a result of changes in air pressure caused by uneven heating of Earth's surface?

• thunderstorms

• lightening

• earthquakes

• wind

List the three layers inside the Earth

• core

• Mountains

• mantle

• crust

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

• rotation

• evolution

• revolution

• orbit

A river's end point is called the

• delta

• mouth

• lockheed

• isthmus