Geography Unit 1 Review

Draw and label the layers of Earth.

List the order of the planets going outward from the sun.

Label the continents and oceans.

A reading of 36 degrees North latitude and 140 degrees East longitude provides

• a relative position

• a global reckoning

• an absolute location

• a planar projection

In the grid system used to map locations on Earth’s surface, lines parallel to the Equator are called

• latitudinal lines

• geometric lines

• barometric lines

• longitudinal lines

Which is the result of faulting?

• The slow folding up of mountains as tectonic plates collide

• A sudden earthquake as bent tectonic plates release tension

• A cascade of rock and ash that spews forth along tectonic plate boundaries.

• The destruction of undersea mountains as ocean plates slide under continental plates.

The main reason for the creation of desalination plants is

• to provide freshwater to support human activities.

• to promote jobs in high-tech industries and decrease agricultural careers.

• to expand trade exports of excess salt and brine processing.

• to provide economic stability to undeveloped countries.

Earth’s lithosphere consists of

• all the land and water on Earth's surface.

• molten rock and toxic gasses.

• a mix of nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and oxygen.

• the crust, continents, and ocean basins.

Of Earth’s three structural layers, the hottest is

• the core, which includes a solid inner core and liquid outer core.

• the crust, which is heated by solar radiation.

• the atmosphere, which experiences hot summer weather.

• the mantle, which contains the magma that makes volcanoes.

Scientists think that Pangaea separated due to

• climate changes

• continental drift.

• weathering

• glaciers