Geography Unit 2

Which of the following is NOT a physical feature or land form found in SOUTH America?

• The Rocky Mountains

• Andes Mountains

• The Pampas

• Patagonia

South America's climates are described as the following: the northern and central parts of the continent is warm all year, but in the south it becomes ___ and ___.

• tropical/humid

• hot/ dry

• milder/colder

• dry/desert

South America is the __ largest country in terms of land area.

What geographical feature is found in southern Argentina?

• Andes

• Llanos

• Pampas

• Patagonia

Which natural resource is found in Venezuela?

• petroleum

• timber

• gold

• silver

The earth's rotation and tilt creates which of the following?

• indirect sunlight at the equator

• equal direct sunlight across all latitude zones

• predictable climate patterns that correspond with latitude zones

• warm to hot climates at the high latitude zones

What type of climates do you have at low latitudes?

• direct sunlight and warm to hot climates

• dry and hot climates

• cold and variable

• variable

What type of climates do you have at high latitudes?

• humid

• very cold

• very hot

• variable

What type of climates do you have at the mid-latitudes?

• warm to hot

• very cold

• hot and mild

• variable

What causes winds to occur?

• when it rains a lot

• when the sun moves the ocean currents around.

• when the sun only heats the low latitudes

• when the sun heats the earth's atmosphere and surface unevenly