Test Review: Geography 9/8/2022

The proper noun name of the body of water that has the star on it is the ____________________.

• Pacific Ocean

• Southern Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

The proper noun name of the continent that has the red star on it is __________.

• South America

• Asia

• Europe

• North America

Which continent is in the image?

• South America

• Africa

• North America

• Antarctica

The proper noun name of the body of water that has a red star on it is the ______________.

• Atlantic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

Which climate zone(s) experiences all four seasons?

• the temperate zones

• the tropic zone

• the two polar zones

What are the TWO main causes of the seasons?

• The position around the orbit (or revolution)

• The Earth's distance from the sun

• The tilt of the Earth's axis

• Where the Earth is in its rotation

What is the invisible line on which our planet spins?

• prime meridan

• orbit

• equator

• axis

It takes ___________ for Earth to complete one revolution around the sun.

• 180.25 days

• 1 month

• 365 days, 5 hours, 59 minutes and 16 seconds

• 24 hours

What is climate?

• The average of weather conditions in an area over a long period.

• The look of the sky and the feel of the air outside, such as cold and cloudy.

• The daily state of the atmosphere, or air, in any given place.

• The state of the atmosphere at any given period of time.

Which of the following would be the best definition for temperate?  

• Environments with moderate rainfall spread across the year or portion of the year with sporadic drought, mild to warm summers and cool to cold winters.

• The hottest climates of the world and featuring hot temperatures year-round.

• A place where the climate usually has a temperature below freezing, is icy, and is covered with snow most of the time.