WorksheetsPhysical Processes Review
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is the area around the Pacific Ocean referred to as the Ring of Fire?
a)
Frequent tsunamis
b)
Frequent earthquakes and volcanoes
c)
In the path of hurricanes
d)
Many wildfires due to drought
2.
What process explains the activity frequented around the Ring of Fire?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Plate movements
d)
Deposition
3.
How are climate regions classified?
a)
temperature and precipitation
b)
elevation and temperature
c)
landforms and bodies of water
d)
tilt and ocean currents
4.
What is another name for the crust of the earth?
a)
hydrosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
biosphere
5.
Which of the following defines plate tectonics?
a)
The earth is one large plate that is being weathered and eroded.
b)
The earth's core is cooling which leads to more plate movement.
c)
Earthquakes happen frequently in warmer regions.
d)
The earth's surface is divided into plates, and the plates are still moving.
6.
What type of plate movement occurs in seafloor spreading?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
7.
Where do most earthquakes occur?
a)
In the middle of continents
b)
At the Equator
c)
In higher elevations
d)
At plate boundaries
8.
Which of the following best describes what occurs during subduction?
a)
The continental plate sinks into the mantle due to its density.
b)
The denser oceanic plate slides beneath the lighter continental plate.
c)
The oceanic plate diverges from the continental plate.
d)
Two continental plates collide causing huge mountains.
9.
Which of the following affects climate patterns in relation to the seasons?
a)
Earth's revolution around the sun and the tilt on its axis
b)
Earth's distance from the sun
c)
The nearness to the oceans
d)
Earth's tectonic plate movement
10.
What type of plate movement most often creates mountains?
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
d)
Seafloor spreading
11.
How do mountains affect levels of precipitation?
a)
The windward side of prevailing winds will have more rain than the opposite side.
b)
The rain shadow has higher levels of precipitation.
c)
The prevailing winds make it warmer and drier.
d)
The leeward side is cooler and rainier than the windward side of prevailing winds.
12.
How do latitude lines affect climate zones?
a)
The further you are from the Equator, the more direct rays a place receives making it warmer
b)
The poles always receive direct rays because of the Earth's tilt.
c)
Different seasons occur along the Equator because of the direction of the Earth's tilt
d)
Regions at the Equator are warm due to direct rays from the sun.
13.
What factor can cause mountains even in tropical locations to have a snow cap all year long?
a)
Elevation
b)
Latitude
c)
Closeness to the ocean
d)
Location in the middle of continent
14.
What is the biggest factor in determining climate zones?
a)
Elevation
b)
Latitude
c)
Prevailing winds
d)
Ocean currents
15.
What causes a Tsunami to form?
a)
The Earth's tilt
b)
Thunderstorms and tornadoes
c)
Major blizzard near lakes
d)
Undersea earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and mudslides
16.
Which of the following would not be associated with hurricanes?
a)
Coastal flooding
b)
Beach erosion
c)
Wind damages
d)
heavy snow
17.
What causes hurricanes?
a)
Warming of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b)
Two different air masses meeting
c)
High pressure system
d)
Indirect rays from the Earth's tilt
18.
What sphere of the Earth is made of rocks, dirt, mountains, and the ocean floor?
a)
atmosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
biosphere
19.
What factors lead to volcanoes?
a)
transform plate boundaries
b)
convergent and divergent plate boundaries
c)
elevation and latitude
d)
Tsunamis moving on the ocean floor
20.
How can a mountain change over time due to erosion?
a)
It will be built up, getting higher
b)
Mountain areas will shift further north
c)
It will be worn down by wind, water, or glaciers.
d)
Magma will build up and lead to folding
21.
What is the most common type of weathering?
a)
ice wedging
b)
acid rain
c)
wind erosion
d)
glacial movement
22.
How does chemical weathering affect landforms?
a)
Acid rain changes the chemical makeup of rock allowing it to dissolve
b)
Roots get into cracks and break apart rock
c)
Water seeps into cracks, freezes, and breaks apart rock
d)
Rocks are washed away by rivers
23.
Which landforms have the highest elevations?
a)
Mountains, swamp, plains
b)
Plains, floodplains, deltas
c)
Volcanoes, plateaus, mountains
d)
Plateau, beach, river mouth
24.
Which of the following is considered to be one of the lowest landforms?
a)
Canyon
b)
Plateau
c)
Volcano
d)
Plain
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