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Ch. 2 Planet Earth Review

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Earth's water supply is mostly made up of _______________.

a)

groundwater

b)

freshwater

c)

runoff

d)

salt water

2.

The theory of continental drift states that ________________.

a)

mountains and valleys are being formed

b)

sediment is moving to another place

c)

Earth's continents are shifting

d)

Earth is rotating on its axis

3.

Erosion is caused by which of the following? (multiple answers)

a)

water

b)

earthquakes

c)

wind

d)

ice

4.

Earth's saltwater covers _______ percent of the Earth's surface.

a)

72

b)

3

c)

97

d)

50

5.

Which of the following is most likely a cause of water pollution?

a)

river water producing electricity

b)

heavy rainfall causes flooding

c)

chemicals from a factory

d)

groundwater not being replaced

6.

What are large land masses that make up part of Earth's crust?

a)

valleys

b)

mountains

c)

continents

d)

plate tectonics

7.

When two oceanic plates collide, what type of plate boundary is occurring?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

8.

TRUE OR FALSE: All tectonic plates are the same size.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

What percentage of Earth's water supply comes from surface water?

a)

70%

b)

50%

c)

12%

d)

1%

10.

Most of the Earth's freshwater supply is locked up in ______________.

a)

groundwater

b)

lakes and rivers

c)

ocean trenches

d)

glaciers

11.

When two continental plates separate or move apart, which type of plate boundary is occurring?

a)

divergent

b)

convergent

c)

transform

12.

TRUE OR FALSE: The Endogenous process of Earth's major landforms, happens beneath Earth's surface.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

How does water vapor form into clouds?

a)

vapor cools and condenses into droplets to form clouds

b)

vapor heats and evaporates into a gas to form clouds

c)

vapor cools into precipitation which evaporates into clouds

14.

The picture above is an example of __________.

a)

deposition

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

15.

Energy inside the planet puts pressure on the Earth's ________ causing plates to shift.

a)

surface

b)

crust

c)

inner core

d)

mantle

16.

Which letter in the water cycle picture is evaporation?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.

Which letter in the water cycle picture is condensation?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

18.

Which letter in the water cycle picture is runoff?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

19.

Which letter in the water cycle picture is precipitation?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

20.

All of the following are examples of the phases of water in the water cycle, EXCEPT...

a)

gas

b)

liquid

c)

plasma

d)

solid

21.

The picture above is an example of which landform?

a)

mountain range

b)

gorge/canyon

c)

plateau

d)

valley

22.

This German scientist helped develop the Theory of Continental Drift.

a)

Alfred Wegener

b)

Isaac Newton

c)

Albert Einstein

23.

This imaginary line separates the Northern & Southern hemispheres.

a)

lines of lattitude

b)

prime meridian

c)

equator

24.

This is parallels of latitude on the Earth that identifies regions close to the equator.

a)

meridians

b)

time zones

c)

tropics

d)

parallels

25.

This measures the distance east to west of the prime meridian.

a)

equator

b)

lines of latitude

c)

lines of longitude

d)

tropics

26.

TRUE OR FALSE: The terms erosion, earthquake, and plate tectonics relate to one another.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

27.

Select the choices (multiple) that describe how one might prevent water pollution.

a)

pour fat and grease down the drain

b)

do not liter

c)

throw chemicals in the trash

d)

plant trees

e)

fix leaks in your car