Earth Surface Exploration

What is the Earth's largest continent?

• Antarctica

• Europe

• Asia

• South America

What is the name of the highest mountain on Earth?

• Mount Everest

• K2

• Mount Kilimanjaro

• Mount McKinley

What is the name of the largest ocean on Earth?

• Arctic Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

What is the process called when rocks and soil are moved from one place to another by wind, water, or ice?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Erosion

• Sublimation

What is the name of the layer of gases that surrounds the Earth?

• desert

• ocean

• atmosphere

• forest

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere?

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

What is the name of the layer of Earth that is made up of large pieces called tectonic plates?

• lithosphere

• stratosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

What is the name of the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Condensation

What is the name of the process by which water on the Earth's surface turns into water vapor and rises into the atmosphere?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

What is the name of the process by which water falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• precipitation

• sublimation

• condensation

• evaporation