Physical Geography

A solstice happens _______a year when the days are either shortest or longest.

• twice

• four

• once

• twelve

The _______ of the axis of the Earth is what causes the sun to rise and fall in the sky.

• rotation

• tilt

• revolution

• flipping

Day and night are the same length

• Solstice

• leap year

• equinox

• equator

Which layer of the earth is mostly water?

• mantle

• core

• crust

• lithosphere

What is it called when the oceanic plates spread apart, magma pushes up, which creates mountains and an expanding ocean floor.

• Subduction

• Divergence

• Convergence

• Transformative

Subduction boundaries are most responsible for

• earthquakes

• ridges

• volcanoes

• tsunamis

Water soaks into the ground and replenishes underground rivers and wells

• condensation

• evaporation

• run off

• precipatation

Total darkness in the Antarctic Circle

• Vernal Equinox

• Autumnal Equinox

• Winter Solstice

• Summer Solstice

Equal periods of day and night

• March 22

• November 22

• June 21

• December 21

Transformative Boundaries can produce

• Mountains

• Volcanoes

• Tsunami

• Mid- Ocean Ridges