Physical Geography

True or False: The sun's heat causes Earth to constantly orbit around it.

• True

• False

Earth’s crust is made up of seven enormous tectonic plates.

• True

• False

Ice sheets cover most of Greenland and Australia.

• True

• False

Continents are a type of landform surrounded by water.

• True

• False

Acid rain can damage Earth’s environment.

• True

• False

A year is defined as 368 12 days.

• True

• False

Condensation turns water vapor into a denser liquid or a solid state.

• True

• False

What does elevation describe?

• how far above sea level a landform or location is

• how deep an ocean is

• how many square miles of land a country has

• how much erosion has occurred

What is the name for a long, narrow, steep-sided cut in the ground or on the ocean floor?

• a continental shelf

• a ridge

• the Continental Divide

• a trench

By which process is liquid water turned into water vapor?

• condensation

• erosion

• evaporation

• weathering