Physical geography Practice 1

What does relative location tell you?

• A place’s exact position on earth

• Why people move to a certain place

• A place’s position in relation to other people and places

• How a place is similar to other places

Which theme of geography studies how and why places are similar to other places?

• Place

• Region

• Human-Environment Interaction

• Location

Which of the following could define a physical region?

• A language

• A religion

• A mountain range

• Political borders

What are lines of latitude and longitude?

• A place’s position based on time, distance, direction, or landmark

• The borders that define cultural regions

• The number of people per unit area

• An imaginary grid that has been placed on the globe to help us locate areas using coordinates

Someone tells you about the population density, languages spoken, landforms, and animal life in Virginia. Which theme of geography is she most likely talking about?

• Location

• Place

• Movement

• Human-environment interaction

Located around the rim of the Pacific Ocean,  the Ring of Fire is known for

• Its great sushi
• Frequent droughts
• Johnny Cash songs
• Volcanoes and earthquakes

Tropical climate zones are determined by 

• Distance from the Equator
• Elevation
• Prevailing winds
• Ocean currents

Summer in Australia occurs at the same time as winter in North America because

• It's always hot Down Under
• Kangaroos like to play outside at Christmas
• The Eastern Hemisphere is closer to the sun 
• The earth tilts the southern hemisphere towards the sun then

Crust, mantle, outer core,  and inner core make up

• The spheres of the earth
• Types of plate tectonics
• Climate factors
• The earth's layers

Climate zones at high latitudes (close to the poles) are generally

• Wet
• Cold
• Windy
• Temperate