Physical Geography Review

What is the study of the distribution and interaction of physical and human features on earth?

• Geography

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Atmosphere

Which imaginary line encircles the globe, dividing the earth into northern and southern halves?

• Geography

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Atmosphere

What are the layers of gases immediately surrounding the earth called?

• Geography

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

• Atmosphere

What is the solid rock portion of the earth’s surface known as?

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Continental Drift

What term describes the waters comprising the earth’s surface, including oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, and vapor in the atmosphere?

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Continental Drift

I am all parts of the earth where plants and animals live.

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Continental Drift

I am the hypothesis that all continents were once joined into super-continents that split apart over time.

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Continental Drift

I am the continuous circulation of water among the atmosphere, the oceans and the earth.

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Tectonic Plates

• Fault

• Ring of Fire

I am the enormous moving shelf that forms the earth’s crust.

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Tectonic Plates

• Fault

• Ring of Fire

I am a fracture in the earth’s crust.

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Tectonic Plates

• Fault

• Ring of Fire