World Regions Chapter 2 Review

Which theory suggest that the continents were once part of one supercontinent?

• tilt and rotation

• continental drift

• Ring of Fire

• eruption patterns

The main processes of the water cycle are

• evaporation and precepitation

• drought and flooding

• saltwater and freshwater

• groundwater and surface water

Which is not a way that people change landforms?

• drilling tunnels through mountains

• building dams

• building terraces for farming

• creating sediment

What regions have seasons marked by rainfall rather than temperature?

• high latitudes

• mid latitudes

• areas near the South Pole

• the tropics

which of the following affects the amount of solar energy the planet receives?

• precepitation

• revolution

• plate collision

• plate seperation

During which season does solar energy begin to incease

• spring

• summer

• fall

• winter

Monsoons are

• seasonal winds that bring heavy rains

• volcanic eruptions

• weathered lanfprms

• low latittudes

what parts of the Earth can receive up to 24 hours of sunlight a day?

• areas near the equator

• areas with low latitude

• areas near the Artic and Antartica circles

• Areas tilted away from the sun

Every 24 hours,Earth completes one

• revolution

• axis

• tilt

• rotation

The collision of two continental plates results in

• ocean trenches

• mountain building

• plate tectonics

• lava