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WorksheetsUnit 2: Physical Geography
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Areas that share similar temperature and precipitation patterns are called:
Polar regions
climate regions
global patterns
tropical climates
Which two factors have the greatest influence on climate?
longitude and vegetation
latitude and distance from water
soil type and altitude
population and amount of arable land
What type of climate does the United States have?
temperate
polar
tropical
What hemisphere is Australia located in?
North
South
West
When it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?
winter
spring
fall
summer
When it is spring in the Southern hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern hemisphere?
spring
summer
winter
fall
The Ring of Fire is located in the ___________ Ocean
Pacific
Atlantic
Southern
Indian
What is this?
altitude chart
pie chart
climograph
bar graph
- point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length
solstice
equinox
- path one object makes as it circles around another
orbit
rotation
eclipse
axis
Another name for a complete turn is ___________.
orbit
solstice
rotation
journey
shapes and types of land
landforms
atmosphere
time zones
altitude
graph that shows the climate of a place over the course of a given year.
ecosystem
climograph
thermometer
natural disaster
nearness or closeness
scarcity
fault
proximity
migration
Polar, temperate, tropical are all types of:
migration patterns
climate zones
natural disasters
weather patterns
distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees
latitude
longitude
height above sea level.
elevation
proximity
scarcity
condition of the air and sky at a certain time
climate
weather
The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time
climate
weather
water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
atmosphere
weather
precipiation
land form
