Quiz #1 World Geography

In the this situation, how would this barrier affect the climate on the leeward side?

• Temperatures would be warm and the amount of precipitation would be low.

• Temperatures would be warm and the amount of precipitation would be high

• Temperatures would be very cold and the amount of precipitation would be high

• Temperatures would be very cold and the amount of precipitation would be high

The Landforms listed in the box are created by the physical process of ______________

• Plate tectonics

• Wind erosion

• Weathering

• Soil-building

The Mediterranean Climate affects some areas of Europe by causing _____________________.

• Heavy rains

• Cold, snowy winters

• Warm, dry summers

• short growing seasons

How does the Earth-Sun relationship affect the climate of different regions of the world?

• Different areas of the globe receive differing amounts of sunlight

• Warm ocean currents bring monsoon rains to some regions

• Summers & Winters are longer than fall & spring seasons

• Eastern & Western hemispheres have seasonal differences

___________________ is most directly responsible for the variation in seasonal weather patterns

• Phases of the Moon

• Tilt of the Earth's Axis

• Distance from the Sun

• Rotation of the Earth on its Axis

____ is the location of the biome reflected in the graph above

• Tropical Latitudes

• Middle Latitudes

• High Latitudes

• Highlands

Physical process of Erosion is ______________________.

• wearing down of rocks by wind and water

• breaking of the Earth's crust that causes a fault

• movement of weathered materials by wind, ice, or water

• mixing of weathered rock with decayed plant & animal material

The Lithosphere is affected most by the physical process _____________.

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Erosion

• Deforestation

___________ is most responsible for creating the climate pattern show on the map.

• Wind Currents

• Erosion

• Deforestation

• Mountain barriers

The ____________________ can have human devastation and lasting changes caused by volcanic eruptions & earthquakes

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere