Geography and Concepts Quiz

What is the term for the spreading and formation of glaciers?

• Glaciation

• Conservation

• Tectonic Activity

• Reforestation

Which organization was formed for the purpose of collective defense against aggression?

• Rust Belt

• Sun Belt

• Common Market

• NATO

What is the term for a piece of land connecting other, larger landforms?

• Fjord

• Isthmus

• Polder

• Dike

What is the term for narrow inlets of the sea between rocky cliffs?

• Fjords

• Cordilleras

• Pampas

• Llanos

What is the process of replanting trees called?

• Humanism

• Reforestation

• Conservation

• Industrial Revolution

What is the term for a warm, dry wind that blows down the side of a mountain?

• Siroccos

• Mistrals

• Hydroelectricity

• Foehns

What is the term for the movement of plates within the Earth’s crust against each other?

• Tectonic Activity

• Decimate

• Glaciation

• Socialism

a process by which glaciers form and spread

• Fjord

• Geyser

• Glaciation

• geothermal

What is this landform

• valley
• mountain
• hill
• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the term for a large, slow-moving mass of ice and snow on land?

• Isthmus

• Glacier

• Plateau

• Fjord