Physical Geography Pre-Test

What type of plate boundary is this?

• Transform
• Convergent
• Divergent
• Plate

Which ocean is surrounded by the Ring of Fire?

• Atlantic
• Indian
• Arctic
• Pacific

What is climate?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

What is weather?

• What's happening in space at a time and place.
• What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.
• The average weather over many years
• The average temperature over many years.

Antarctica is cold all the time. What is it's climate?

• Tropical
• Polar
• Arid/Dry
• Temperate

The seasons are caused by___________?

• The direction the Earth's axis is tilted toward the sun
• Tropical Storms
• Changes in the moon
• The Earth's rotation on its axis

The biggest factor in determining climate is?

• elevation
• an ocean
• latitude
• mountain

Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?

•  LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
• HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
• There is no relationship

Climates are classified according to which two major factors?

• elevation & precipitation
• latitude & temperature
• elevation & latitude
• precipitation & temperature

Surface currents are driven by _____________.

• sea critters

• differences in temperature

• wind

• the Equator