World Geo. Unit 2 Exam Review

The Sun's rays strike Earth's surface less directly at higher latitudes away from the Equator. This causes what?

• The low latitudes receive less energy from the Sun than regions at the equator

• The high latitudes receive less energy from the Sun than regions at the equator

• The mid latitudes receive less energy from the Sun than regions at the equator

• None of these

Countries that are rich in scarce natural resources often have the ___________ of leasing or selling the rights to extract those resources to other countries.

• Disadvantage

• Benefit

• Obligation

• Problem

What is the process that explains the large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere?

• Plate Tectonics

• Earthquakes

• Ring of Fire

• Pangea

What is a Biosphere?

• A term used to describe all living organisms interacting in Earths oceans

• A term used to describe all living organisms interacting in a particular ecosystem

• A term used to describe all living organisms interacting on Earth

• A term used to describe all living organisms interacting on land

There are earthquakes in California and Haiti. California has building standards to help protect against earthquakes and Haiti does not. What is the result of the earthquakes in each country?

• The damage is the same

• California has far more damage than Haiti

• California has far less damage than Haiti

• Neither country has any damage

Why is it that the higher in elevation one goes, the lower the temperatures get?

• Because the Sun is closer to the mountain

• Because for every 1000ft. in elevation the temperature drops one degree

• Because for every 5000ft. in elevation the temperature drops one degree

• Because the Sun is farther away from sea level

The invention of air conditioning allowed what to happen?

• People to stay comfortably in their homes more

• A shift in the U.S. population to the southern states

• Energy providers to charge more for electricity

• Chicago to become the 3rd most populated city in the U.S.

Elevation and latitude impact what on Earth?

• The climate of a location on the earths surface

• The temperature of the oceans

• The melting of the polar ice caps

• The equal distribution of natural resources

True/False: The temperature of a place within the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn would likely have a warmer average temperature than a place in the mid or high latitude regions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates led to upward folding which resulted in what forming?

• The Ring of Fire

• The Mid-Atlantic Rift

• Himalayan Mountains

• The Gulf Stream