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Unit 2: Physical Geography

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Areas that share similar temperature and precipitation patterns are called:

a)

Polar regions

b)

climate regions

c)

global patterns

d)

tropical climates

2.

Which two factors have the greatest influence on climate?

a)

longitude and vegetation

b)

latitude and distance from water

c)

soil type and altitude

d)

population and amount of arable land

3.

What type of climate does the United States have?

a)

temperate

b)

polar

c)

tropical

4.

What hemisphere is Australia located in?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

5.

When it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?

a)

winter

b)

spring

c)

fall

d)

summer

6.

When it is spring in the Southern hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern hemisphere?

a)

spring

b)

summer

c)

winter

d)

fall

7.

The Ring of Fire is located in the ___________ Ocean

a)

Pacific

b)

Atlantic

c)

Southern

d)

Indian

8.

What is this?

a)

altitude chart

b)

pie chart

c)

climograph

d)

bar graph

9.

- point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length

a)

solstice

b)

equinox

10.

- path one object makes as it circles around another

a)

orbit

b)

rotation

c)

eclipse

d)

axis

11.

Another name for a complete turn is ___________.

a)

orbit

b)

solstice

c)

rotation

d)

journey

12.

shapes and types of land

a)

landforms

b)

atmosphere

c)

time zones

d)

altitude

13.

graph that shows the climate of a place over the course of a given year.

a)

ecosystem

b)

climograph

c)

thermometer

d)

natural disaster

14.

nearness or closeness

a)

scarcity

b)

fault

c)

proximity

d)

migration

15.

Polar, temperate, tropical are all types of:

a)

migration patterns

b)

climate zones

c)

natural disasters

d)

weather patterns

16.

distance north or south of the Equator, measured in degrees

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

17.

height above sea level.

a)

elevation

b)

proximity

c)

scarcity

18.

condition of the air and sky at a certain time

a)

climate

b)

weather

19.

The average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time

a)

climate

b)

weather

20.

water that falls to Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

a)

atmosphere

b)

weather

c)

precipiation

d)

land form