World Geography: Physical Processes

How does Earth-Sun relationship affect the climate of different regions?

• different areas receive different amounts of sunlight

• warm ocean currents

• summers and winters are longer than fall and spring seasons

• east and west have seasonal differences

What is responsible for the variation in the seasons?

• phases of the moon

• tilt of the earth's axis

• distance from the sun

• rotation of the earth

What creates mountains, rift valleys and ocean trenches?

• soil-building

• weathering

• wind erosion

• plate tectonics

What is the physical process of erosion?

• movement of weathered materials by wind, ice or water

• wearing down of rocks

• breaking of earth's crust

• mixing of weathered rock and decayed animal material

What are climatic forces?

• forces that affect the climate in a region

• forces at the end of a process

• the forces at the end of Star wars

• The endgame of the Avengers

What creates river deltas?

• Erosion

• Droughts

• Ocean currents

• Tectonic plate movement

What forms islands in the Pacific Ocean?

• Erosion

• landslides

• flood deposits

• tectonic activity

What causes a reduction in the size of the islands in the Pacific?

• Erosion

• Glaciation

• Volcanism

• Deposition

How would a mountain barrier affect the climate on the leeward side?

• warm temp and precipitation low

• warm temp and precipitation high

• temp very cold and precipitation high

• temp extremely cold and precipitation low

What happens to temperature ranges in areas near oceans?

• vary widely

• do not vary much

• vary widely because some oceans are warmer

• do not vary much because large bodies of water warm and cool slowly