1st Nine Weeks 6 Weeks Quiz

Which two factors have the greatest effect on climate?

• Longtitude

• Latitude

• Distance from water

• Distance from land

The mountain barrier effect causes one side of the mountain to be moist and the other side to be dry. This is because...

• cold air is more dense and sinks

• cold air is less dense and rises

• hot air is more dense and sinks

• hot air is less dense and rises

Divergent plates will create which form of land?

• Mountains

• Earthquakes

• Ocean ridges

• Volcanoes

What type of plate boundary forms mountains?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transformation

• Collision

What type of plate boundary caused this landform?

• Divergent

• Convergent

• Transform

• Seperation

What is the purpose of the device in the ocean?

• Detect tsunami in the ocean

• Check water temperature in the ocean

• Resting spot for migrating birds

• Something DART, who knows what it is, it came from aliens!

What are the four types of spheres?

• Biosphere

• Geosphere/Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Hemisphere

What is the main key factor that affects all the biomes in the world?

• Continental Location

• Latitude

• Wind Belts

• Altitudes

...is the breaking down of rocks and minerals.

• Erosion

• Weathering

• Rain

• Rivers

... is the movement of materials such as gravel, rocks, and sand.

• Weathering

• Erosion

• River

• Wind