Geography Quiz

Describe your town or community in terms of relative and absolute location.

• By its population and size

• By its climate and weather patterns

• By its position relative to other places and its exact coordinates

• By its cultural and historical significance

How does Texas’s great size contribute to its varied climate?

• It has a uniform climate throughout the state.

• It allows for a wide range of weather patterns and temperatures.

• It limits the types of weather that can occur.

• It makes the climate predictable and stable.

Do you think Ogallala Aquifer is a renewable water source? Explain your answer.

• Yes, because it is constantly replenished by rainfall.

• No, because it is being depleted faster than it can be replenished.

• Yes, because it is an underground river.

• No, because it is not connected to any surface water sources.

Identify the physical features found in Texas by matching the terms below with the letters on the map. What letter represents the Plateau?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Identify the physical features found in Texas by matching the terms below with the letters on the map. What letter represents the Mountains?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Identify the physical features found in Texas by matching the terms below with the letters on the map. What letter represents the Barrier Island?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Identify the physical features found in Texas by matching the terms below with the letters on the map. What letter represents the Plains?

• A

• B

• C

• D

This type of location involves exact coordinates

• absolute

• relative

• formal

• situation

Which does NOT define the term relative location?

• prepositions or describing words

• "go past the store & to the right"

• estimate

• an exact address

Describe your town or community in terms of relative location.