West Unit 1 Geography

If it is Winter in the southern himisphere, what season is it in the northern himisphere?

• Spring

• Winter

• Summer

• Autumn

Why kind of climate zone would you find most of the planets animal and plant life?

• Polar

• Tropical

• Temperate

• Subtropical

What would change if earths 23 degree tilt changed?

• The amount of earthquakes

• The thickness of the atmosphere

• The length of the seasons

• The direction of north and south

What is not a benifit of GPS?

• Accuracy and effeciency of travel

• Location of fertil land for farming

• Safer travel and living conditions

• Migration patterns of birds

Which of these innovations has helped...

Improve Farming

Created Potable Water

Generate Electricity

Reduced Floods

• Dams

• Terraces

• Nuclear Power Plants

• Desalinaton Plants

When two tectonic plates slide towards each other, this is a...

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Tranforming Boundary

When two tectonic plates slide past each other, this is a...

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Tranforming Boundary

When two tectonic plates slide away from each other, this is a...

• Convergent Boundary

• Divergent Boundary

• Tranforming Boundary

What landform would you find in the interior of a continenet?

• Valleys

• Plains

• Oceans

• Mountains

Which of the following not a characteristic of a grassland biome?

• Seasons shifts in temperature

• Variation in the amount of rainfall

• Frozen ground that does not thaw

• Humid summer with heavy rainfall