MM Unit 2 Review

Which of the following BEST explains the effect weather has on environment?

• Annual precipitation levels

• Average monthly temperatures vary widely in areas with the same latitude and physical features.

• Weather is created by and impacts all four geospheres.

• Weather and climate are impacted by the gravitational pull of the moon.

Which of the following forces explain the creation of mountains?

• Hot spots

• convergent

• erosion

• El Nino

Hawaii’s location in the center of the Pacific plate indicates the archipelago was created by -

• Volcanic activity at hot spots.

• Subduction zones near plate boundaries.

• Wind erosion carrying rock particles

• Transform activity along fault lines.

Which of the following best explains the appearance of the Canadian Shield?

• Deposition of sediments has not occurred here.

• Chemical weathering has killed the vegetation in the region.

• It is a newly active tectonic region with exposed rock formations.

• Glacial erosion removed the top soil.

Why is soil building a continual process?

• Because new soil is needed for agriculture.

• Because weathering and erosion never stop.

• Because continental drift is always happening.

• Because physical geography is static.

Which of the following is a direct effect of tectonic plate movement?

• The physical topography of a mountainous region.

• The average annual precipitation that an area receives

• The distribution of biomes in an area

• Seasonal changes in weather

Which pair best describes the physical process that caused its formation?

• Hudson Bay and chemical weathering

• Great Plains and erosion

• Death Valley and asteroid impact

• Appalachian Mountains and earthquakes

Climate characteristics are best described using -

• Latitude and Longitude

• Temperature and Precipitation

• Weathering and Erosion

• Atmosphere and Biosphere

Which current makes Western Europe habitable in comparison to other regions at the same latitude?

• The Pacific Current

• The Indian Ocean Current

• The Gulf Stream

• The Alaska Current

Because mountains force the prevailing winds to rise, causing condensation than precipitation, how does this impact climate distribution?

• A Marine West Coast climate will be located on the leeward side of the mountains.

• Arid climates are found on the leeward side of the mountains.

• Semiarid climates are found on the windward side of the mountains.

• A Tropical Wet and Dry climate will be located on the leeward side of the mountains.