Chapter 2: Physical Geography

What is the correct order of the water cycle?

• precipitation, evaporation, erosion

• evaporation, condensation, precipitation

• hydrosphere, biosphere, lithosphere

• evaporation, precipitation, condensation

A long, narrow, steep-sided cut in the ground or on the ocean floor is a/an________.

• island

• plateau

• trench

• isthmus

The center of the Earth is________.

• core

• mantle

• crust

• tsunami

What percentage of the Earth's surface is water?

• 65%

• 70%

• 75%

• 80%

What is the LARGEST type of ice mass?

• avalanche

• glacier

• ice cap

• ice sheet

___________ is an underwater plain that borders a continent.

• Valley

• Continental Shelf

• Plain

• Peninsula

__________ is a flat landform that rises above the surrounding land.

• Plateau

• Plain

• Valley

• Trench

The beginning of summer and the North Pole is tilted toward the sun is known as______.

• tropics

• equinox

• winter solstice

• summer solstice

What causes the seasons?

• Earth's distance from the sun

• Earth's tilt as it revolves around the sun

• The Northern and Southern Hemispheres

• Mountain Ranges

True or False

The source of ALL ENERGY on Earth is the moon.

• False

• True

Answer explanation

The sun is the source of all energy.