Physical Geography Test

What are the names of the two tropics we've talked about in class?

Explain the difference between weather and climate.

What does the Mercator projection map fail to represent correctly?

a narrow strip of land with sea on either side forming a link between two larger areas of land

• isthmus
• peninsula
• strait
• plateau
• aquifer

a piece of land with water on three sides

• peninsula
• strait
• isthmus
• plateau
• aquifer

flatland with higher elevation than a plain

• plateau
• peninsula
• strait
• isthmus
• aquifer

the study of earth and all of its variety

• geography
• peninsula
• strait
• isthmus
• plateau

narrow body of water between two pieces of land, connecting two larger bodies of water

• strait
• peninsula
• isthmus
• plateau
• aquifer

natural surroundings

• environment
• peninsula
• strait
• isthmus
• plateau

individual natural features of the earth's surface

• landform
• peninsula
• strait
• isthmus
• plateau