GEOGRAPHY UNIT 1 REVIEW

1.      Which shows each of the following layers in order from the outermost layer?

• A. Mantle, outer core, crust, inner core

• B.   Inner core, outer core, crust, mantle

• C.   Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

• D.   Mantle, crust, outer core, inner core

     What type of plate boundary has plates SLIDING past each other?

• Convergent boundaries

•     Divergent boundaries

•      Subduction zones

• Transform boundaries

At a divergent plate boundary:

• a.       The plates spread or move apart

• b. The plates collide

• c. The plates slide past one another

• a.       The plates do not move

The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as:

•    Continental drift

• Conduction

• Subduction

•       convection

  Which internal process leads to earthquakes in places like California?

• a. Plating

• b. Weathering

• c. Faulting

• d. eroding

6. The ____________________ includes all liquid and frozen surface water, ground water, and water vapor

• a. Lithosphere

• b. Biosphere

• c. Hydrosphere

• d. atmosphere

7. What provides energy that drives the water cycle?

• a. The weather

• b. The sun

• c. The wind

• d. The oceans

8. Desalination technology has been developed to resolve the problem of:

• a. Scarcity of freshwater

• b. Dwindling fish populations

• c. Extreme climate changes

• d. Global economies

9. Critics of the desalination process argue that the desalinated ocean water:

• a. Is not safe to drink

• b. Is not nutritious

• c. Is expensive to produce

• d. Is difficult to bottle

10. How can desalination plants negatively affect the environment?

• a. They emit salt into the atmosphere

• b. They will eventually cause lowering of sea levels

• c. They produce water that can destroy arable land

• d. They burn fossil fuels that contribute to pollution