Physical Geography Quiz Review

Seasons are caused by

• the sun's tilt

• the earth's tilt

• the moon's tilt

• the sun's rotation

Mechanical weathering breaks rock into smaller pieces.

• True

• False

Chemical weathering changes the appearance of the rock.

• True

• False

Convectional precipitation occurs in _______, moist climates where the sun heats air, hot air rises, cools, forms clouds, and rain falls.

• hot

• cold

• freezing

• lukewarm

This precipitation occurs when cold dense air masses push lighter, warm air up, causing it to cool and condense, then rains.

Orographic precipitation is also known as the rain shadow effect

• True

• False

_______ air flows toward the poles, and cold air moves to the equator in a convection circulation.

• Hot

• Cold

• Lukewarm

• Freezing

High latitude is located at

• the equator

• the North Pole

• the South Pole

• at the tropics

Select all that apply:

In the low latitude zone.

• prime meridian

• Tropic of Capricorn

• equator

• Tropic of Cancer

Select all that apply.

The middle latitude zone is located between --

• the tropics

• the poles

• the equator