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WG Unit 1 Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The precipitation that occurs when moist air rises up the side of a mountain, and cannot cross to the leeward side, so it releases in the windward side

a)

Orographic Effect

b)

Butterfly Effect

c)
Gravity & Convergent
d)

convection & gravity

2.

What causes arches, caves, sea stacks, & canyons,

a)
Atmosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)

Biosphere

d)

Erosion

3.

Two tectonic plates splitting apart that cause oceanic ridges & rift valleys is what movement?

a)
Convergent
b)
Transform
c)
Divergent
4.
Which of the following is NOT a Formal Region?
a)
Dallas County
b)
Africa
c)
NYC
d)

Richardson ISD

5.

a triangular area of sediment deposited at the mouth of a river

a)

Isthmus

b)

Delta

c)

Atoll

d)

Alluvial Plain

6.

Tectonic plates merging together that create mountains & volcanoes is what movement? 

a)
Diverging
b)
Transorm
c)
Converging
7.

Which latitude has freezing temperatures and include polar tundra?

a)
Low Latitude
b)
Middle Latitude
c)
Tropics
d)
High Latitude
8.
All WATERS on the Earth's surface are part of which sphere?
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Biosphere
d)
Atmosphere
9.

 The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere and creates arches and canyons is-

a)
Plateau
b)

Weathering

c)
Valley
d)

Dome rock

10.
Which is a Perceptual Region?
a)
Dart rail
b)
State of Texas
c)
City of Dallas
d)

The South aka The Bible Belt

11.
A Biome that receives MORE than 10 inches of rainfall, but does not receive enough rain to support many trees is 
a)
Forest
b)
Desert
c)
Savanna
d)
Artic
12.

Latitude with warm climate year around and includes savannas, deserts, and tropical rainforests

a)
Mid Latitude Zone
b)
Low Latitude Zone
c)
High Latitude Zone
d)
South Pole
13.

a region defined by popular feelings and images rather than by objective data

a)
formal region
b)
perceptual region
c)
functional region
d)

political region

14.

Tectonic plates slipping past each other that cause earthquakes is which movement?

a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
15.

Latitude that has warm and cold weather (4 distinct seasons) and includes biomes like coniferous forests and temperate forests

a)
low latitude
b)
mid latitude
c)
high latitude
16.

The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface.

a)

Continental Drift

b)

Pangea

c)

Transform

d)
Lithosphere
17.

The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

a)
Atmosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Hydrosphere
d)

Erosion

18.
Dense forest and tangled vegetation (typically found in low latitude)
a)
Tropical Rainforest (jungle)
b)
Savanna
c)
Desert
d)
Tundra
19.

The coldest of the biomes. A treeless plain, also called "Polar Desert", and found in high latitude

a)
Deciduous Forest
b)
Grassland
c)
Tundra
d)
Coniferous Forest
20.
Temperate forest found in Mid latitudes with distinct seasons.
a)
Coniferous Forest
b)
Tropical Rainforest
c)
Deciduous Forest
d)
Jungle