Geography Quiz

What is a solstice?

• When day and night are of equal length

• The point at which the sun is farthest north or south of the Equator

• A large, powerful ocean wave

• The process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart

What occurs when day and night are of equal length?

• Solstice

• Tsunami

• Equinox

• Subduction

What is a tectonic plate?

• A section of Earth's crust that floats on Earth's mantle

• A plain high above sea level

• A large, powerful ocean wave

• The process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart

What is continental drift?

• The slow movement of continents on tectonic plates

• A dense oceanic plate diving under a continental plate

• Two plates sliding past each other

• The sun heating the ocean

What is subduction?

• Two plates sliding past each other

• A dense oceanic plate diving under a less dense continental plate

• The sun heating the ocean

• Cooler temperatures causing water vapor to change into droplets

What is a plateau?

• A level area on Earth's surface

• A plain high above sea level with a cliff on all sides

• The continent's edge that extends underwater

• A large, powerful ocean wave

What is the Ring of Fire?

• A large, powerful ocean wave

• An area along the rim of the Pacific Ocean with many active volcanoes and earthquakes

• The process by which rocks and soil slowly break apart

• The sun heating the ocean

What causes an earthquake?

• The collision or sliding of tectonic plates

• The sun heating the ocean

• Cooler temperatures causing water vapor to change into droplets

• A plain high above sea level

What is evaporation?

• The sun heating the ocean, causing water vapor to rise

• Cooler temperatures causing water vapor to change into droplets

• A large, powerful ocean wave

• A mountain that erupts in an explosion

What happens during precipitation?

• Water droplets grow heavier and fall back to Earth as rain or snow.

• Water droplets evaporate into the atmosphere.

• Water droplets freeze and float in the air.

• Water droplets turn into vapor and rise.