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WorksheetsWorld Geography - Chapter 2 Review
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The water areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Biosphere
2.
Uppermost layers of the Earth that includes the crust, continents, and ocean basins
a)
Lithosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Biosphere
3.
A thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Hydrosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Biosphere
4.
The part of the Earth where life exists
a)
Hydrosphere
b)
Lithosphere
c)
Atmosphere
d)
Biosphere
5.
Part of a continent that extends out underneath the Ocean.
a)
Continental Shelf
b)
Continental Theory
6.
Innermost layer of the Earth made up of a super-hot solid inner core and a super-hot outer core?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Magma
7.
Thick middle layer of the Earth's interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible.
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Magma
8.
outer layer of the Earth , a hard rocky shell forming Earth's surface
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Plate Tectonics
9.
The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart?
a)
Core
b)
Mantle
c)
Crust
d)
Continental Drift
10.
The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow, which create many of Earth's physical features?
a)
Continental Drift
b)
Continental Theory
c)
Plate Tectonics
d)
Magma
11.
Molten rock that is located below Earth's surface
a)
Magma
b)
Plate Tectonics
c)
Subduction
d)
Fault
12.
Process by which oceanic plates dive beneath continental plates, often causing mountains to form on land?
a)
Subduction
b)
Accretion
c)
Spreading
d)
Fold
13.
Slow process in which an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate, creating debris that can cause continents to grow outward?
a)
Accretion
b)
Spreading
c)
Fold
d)
Fault
14.
Process by which magma wells up between oceanic plates and pushes the plates apart?
a)
Accretion
b)
Spreading
c)
Fold
d)
Fault
15.
A bend in layers of rock, sometimes caused by a plate movement.
a)
Fold
b)
Fault
c)
Mantle
d)
Core
16.
A crack or break in Earth's crust?
a)
Fold
b)
Fault
c)
Spreading
d)
Accretion
17.
Chemical or physical processes that break down rocks into smaller pieces?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Glacier
d)
Water Cycle
18.
The movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water?
a)
Erosion
b)
Weathering
c)
Glacier
d)
Continental Shelf
19.
Regular movement of Earth's water from Ocean to Air to ground and back to the ocean?
a)
Water Cycle
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Precipitation
20.
The process of converting liquid into vapor, or gas?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Water Cycle
21.
The process of excess water vapor changing into liquid water when warm air it cools?
a)
Condensation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Water Cycle
22.
Moisture that falls to the Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow?
a)
Precipitation
b)
Evaporation
c)
Condensation
d)
Desalination
23.
The removal of salt from sea water to make it usable for drinking and farming?
a)
Desalination
b)
Condensation
c)
Evaporation
d)
Precipitation
24.
Water located underground within the Earth that supplies wells and springs?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Acquifer
c)
Sea Water
d)
Water Cycle
25.
Underground water-bearing layers of porous rock, sand, or gravel?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Groundwater
c)
Desalination
d)
Precipitation
26.
How many planets are known to exist?
a)
9
b)
8
c)
7
d)
10
27.
Pluto is considered a _____________planet
a)
Dwarf
b)
Terrestial Planet
c)
Gas Giant
28.
_______________ planets are small round bodies that orbit the sun.
a)
Dwarf
b)
Terrestial
c)
Gas Giant
29.
Planets that have solid rocky crusts are called _______________planets.
a)
Gas Giant
b)
Terrestial
c)
Dwarf
30.
What is the largest of the inner planets?
a)
Earth
b)
Venus
c)
Pluto
d)
Mars
31.
What % of our planet's surface is water?
a)
70%
b)
60%
c)
80%
d)
40%
32.
What % of our planet's surface is land?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
30%
d)
40%
33.
What are mountains formed by lava or magma that breaks through the Earth's crust?
a)
Volcanoes
b)
Earthquakes
c)
Glacier
d)
Desert
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