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Geo Chapter 2

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another name for the low latitudes?

a)

Tropics

b)

Arctic

c)

Moderate

d)

Temperate

2.

Evergreen trees with cones and needles

a)

Coniferous

b)

Deciduous

c)

Carnivorous

d)

Delicious

3.

Chemicals in air pollution combined with precipitation

a)

Acid Rain

b)

Toxic Thunder

c)

Pollution Precipitation

d)

Chemical Snow

4.

What is people's largest source of freshwater?

a)

Lakes and Rivers

b)

Glaciers and Ice Caps

c)

Ground Water

d)

Oceans

5.

What are vast treeless plains in a cold climate?

a)

Tundra

b)

Monsoons

c)

Savanna

d)

Steppe

6.

What in the earth's driest climate?

a)

Deserts

b)

Rain Forrest

c)

Tundra

d)

Savanna

7.

What are seasonal winds that bring rain to South Asia?

a)

Monsoons

b)

Hurricanes

c)

Typhoons

d)

Cyclones

8.

What are layers of soil that remain frozen year-round?

a)

Permafrost

b)

Groundy Cold Cold

c)

Monsoons

d)

Tropics

9.

What is a climate with hot, humid summers and short, mild winters?

a)

Humid Subtropical Climate

b)

Humid Continental Climate

c)

Marine West Coast Climate

d)

Tundra

10.

What is the partly dry grassland that surround many deserts?

a)

Steppe

b)

Tundra

c)

Rain Forrest

d)

Savanna

11.

Elevation above which no trees can grow

a)

Timberline

b)

Tree Wall

c)

Barren Earth

d)

Rain Shadow

12.

What is a climate that is cold, dry and harsh?

a)

Tundra

b)

Iced Earth

c)

Tropics

d)

Humid Subtropical

13.

The process of the Sun's heat turning water into water vapor?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Collection

14.

What is all living things and the environment in which they live?

a)

Biosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Secret Sphere

15.

What are trees that lose their leaves in the fall?

a)

Deciduous Trees

b)

Coniferous Trees

c)

Carnivorous Trees

d)

Delicious Trees

16.

What is a dry area on the side of a mountain facing away from the wind?

a)

Rain Shadow

b)

Rain Closet

c)

Dry Window

d)

Wind Drought

17.

What is a climate that gets fewer than 10 inches of rain a year?

a)

Desert

b)

Tropical Rain Forrest

c)

Marine West Coast

d)

Savanna

18.

What is a funnel shaped windstorm that forms over land?

a)

Tornado

b)

Hurricane

c)

Typhoon

d)

Cyclone

19.

What is the climate region that includes more and different climate zones?

a)

Mid-Latitude

b)

High Latitude

c)

Tropical

d)

Highland

20.

Most of the Earth's freshwater is found in?

a)

Lakes and Rivers

b)

Glaciers and Ice Caps

c)

Ground Water

d)

Oceans

21.

Why do Farmers practice crop rotation?

a)

avoid using up all the minerals in the soil

b)

to change the produce they sell

c)

to chase the rain

d)

to prevent water pollution

22.

What is the largest and deepest ocean?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Mississippi Ocean

23.

People who live in the Tropics usually have a?

a)

Hot Climate

b)

Long cold winter

c)

rain shadow

d)

Tundra

24.

The World's largest rain forest area is the?

a)

Amazon Basin

b)

Sahara

c)

Everglades

d)

Tennessee River Valley

25.

The amount of water on the earth is __________

a)

Always the same

b)

Always changing

c)

Always increasing

d)

Always deceasing

26.

What is the warming of the earth from the build up of gases in the air?

a)

Greenhouse Effect

b)

Earth Heating

c)

Toxic Roasting

d)

Chemical Coolness Declining

27.

Trees and plants are forms of ______________.

a)

Vegetation

b)

Animals

c)

Communist Governments

d)

Founding Fathers

28.

What is the constant movement of the earth's water from the oceans to the air to the ground and back to he oceans?

a)

Water Cycle

b)

Hydro Loop

c)

Fluid Flow

d)

Liquid Rotation

29.

What determines a regions climate?

a)

Movement of air

b)

Movement of water currents

c)

Latitude

d)

All of these

30.

What is water held in the atmosphere in the form of gas?

a)

Water Vapor

b)

H2O2

c)

Acid Rain

d)

Wet Air

31.

Large Masses of water in frozen form are called?

a)

Glaciers and ice sheets

b)

water vapor

c)

precipitation

d)

groundwater

32.

What is precipitation?

a)

Sweat from our bodies on hot days

b)

Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

c)

Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

d)

Any form of water that falls from the sky

33.

What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?

a)

The moon T

b)

The heat from our home in the winter all around the world

c)

The sun

d)

he heat generated solely from the core of the earth

34.

What are formed when water vapor condenses?

a)

Clouds

b)

Mountains

c)

Transpiration

d)

Valleys

35.

The act of turning from a gas into a liquid. ________________________

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Precipitation

36.

The act of turning from a liquid into a gas. ___________________

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

37.
A tropical climate in the US would be?
a)
Virginia
b)
New York
c)
California
d)
Florida
38.
A polar climate in the US?
a)
Virginia
b)
New York
c)
Maine
d)
Alaska
39.
The temperature of a tropical climate is?
a)
consistently warm
b)
consistently cool
c)
consistently moderate
d)
warm and cool
40.
A polar climate is?
a)
warm and cool
b)
consistently moderate
c)
consistently cool
d)
consistently warm
41.
Which of these is NOT a factor that determines the climate of a place?
a)
latitude
b)
wind patterns
c)
longitude
d)
elevation
42.
Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?
a)
 LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
b)
HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
c)
HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
d)
There is no relationship
43.
What is the name of this line at 0 degrees latitude?
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
Equator
c)
North Pole
d)
South Pole
44.
What is the approximate location of letter B?
a)
80oN, 0o
b)
0o, 80oW
c)
80oS, 0o
d)
0o, 80oE
45.
What is the approximate location of G?
a)
100oW, 40oN
b)
40oN, 100oW
c)
40oS, 100oW
d)
40oN, 100oE
46.
Which of the following letter is at approximately 60 degrees S, 40 degrees W? 
a)
A
b)
D
c)
E
d)
H
47.
Which letter would you find at 15oS, 60oW?
a)
A
b)
C
c)
L
d)
H

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