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Physical Review

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How does the average annual surface temperature compare from latitude to latitude?
a)
As latitude increases, the average annual surface temperature decreases.
b)
As latitude increases, the average annual surface temperature increases.
c)
As latitude increases, the average annual surface temperature remains the same. 
d)
Well, it's not this one. 
2.
Why are there 365 1/4 (365.25) days in a year?
a)
Earth's rotation takes this long.
b)
The tilt of the Earth.
c)
Earth's revolution takes this long.
d)
Our tilt is 23 degress.
3.
Day and night are caused by 
a)
Earth's revolution around the sun
b)
Earth's rotation on its axis
c)
the tilt of the earth
d)
Earth's involvement in eclipses
4.
How long does it take for the earth to complete one rotation?
a)
365 1/4 days
b)
24 hours
c)
30 days
d)
one decade
5.
When the Northern Hemisphere is pointing towards the sun, what season is the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
Winter
b)
Spring
c)
Fall
d)
Summer
6.
What causes the seasons to change?
a)
The Earth's distance from the Sun
b)
The waming and cooling of Earth's core
c)
The Earth's tilt in relation to the sun
d)
The Earth rotation on its axis.
7.
Imaginary line through the center of the earth (from the north pole to south pole)
a)
axis
b)
orbit
c)
pole
d)
tilt
8.

What is the name given to the longest day of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere?

a)

solstice

b)

equinox

c)

midnight sun

d)

axis

9.

What is climate?

a)

weather

b)

rain, sleet, snow, or hail

c)

average weather in a region over a long period of time

d)

the amount of ice cream available in a city

10.
Select the best answer- What is weather?
a)
Weather is what is happening in the atmosphere in a certain place at a certain time.
b)
Weather is the atmosphere.
c)
Weather is precipitation.
d)
Weather is wind.
11.

Latitudes closer to the equator are ____________

a)

Cooler

b)

Warmer

c)

Dryer

12.
As you go to the top of a mountain, what happens to temperature?
a)
Nothing
b)
It increases
c)
It decreases
d)
It does what it wants
13.
The sun’s rays are least direct __________.
a)
near the poles.      
b)
in July.
c)
near the equator.
d)
far from the ocean.
14.
Which of the following will heat the fastest? 
a)
water
b)
land
c)
both heat at equal rates
15.
The _______ of  a mountain range is the side that receives a lot of precipitation.
a)
dry side
b)
leeward/dry side
c)
windward/wet side
d)
cloudy side
16.

Describe the climate for the polar zone.

a)

Very cold

b)

Very hot

c)

Different seasons (hot, cold, warm, cool)

17.

Describe the climate for the tropical zone.

a)

Very cold

b)

Very hot

c)

Different seasons (hot, cold, warm, cool)

18.
What effect does a large body of water usually have on a nearby landmass?
a)
The water causes cooler summers and colder winters. 
b)
The water causes cooler summers and warmer winters. 
c)
The water causes hotter summers and warmer winters. 
d)
The water causes warmer summers and colder winters. 
19.
An adaptation is _____________.
a)
the environment that an organism lives in
b)
the affect of climate on an organism
c)
not important for the survival of an organism
d)
any structure or behavior that helps and organism survive 
20.
When the sun's rays pass through our atmosphere and then heat is trapped by the atmosphere it is called
a)
Global Warming
b)
Greenland Effect
c)
Greenhouse Effect
d)
Ice Age
21.
What causes tectonic plates to move along the Earth's surface?
a)
wind
b)
ocean currents
c)
convection in the mantle
d)
expansion of the Earth
22.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move away from each other?
a)
transform
b)
subduction
c)
convergent
d)
divergent
23.
What forms at a divergent boundary between two oceanic plates?
a)
rift valley
b)
mountain
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
trench
24.
Which type of crust is more dense?
a)
oceanic
b)
continental
c)
divergent
d)
pizza
25.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates move toward each other?
a)
convergent
b)
divergent
c)
transform
d)
lateral
26.
What forms at a convergent boundary between a continental plate and an oceanic plate?
a)
volcanoes
b)
rift valleys
c)
faults
d)
mid-ocean ridges
27.
A rift valley occurs at a ____________ boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
horizontal
28.
Mountains form at a ___________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
d)
subduction
29.
What type of boundary occurs when two plates slide past each other?
a)
divergent
b)
transform
c)
lateral
d)
convergent
30.
A fault forms at a _________ boundary.
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
horizontal
d)
convergent
31.
What type of boundary is shown at A?
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
d)
subduction
32.
What is happening at point B?
a)
subduction
b)
a divergent boundary
c)
convection
d)
an earthquake
33.
What is the process in which two plates move toward each other but one sinks under the other?
a)
subduction
b)
convection
c)
divergence
d)
transformation
34.

Water vapor cools and becomes liquid water.

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

35.

Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

36.

97% of Earth's water is salt water found in _________________.

a)

oceans and lakes

b)

salt lakes and rivers

c)

oceans and salt lakes (seas)

d)

lakes and rivers

37.

Most of Earth's fresh water is...

a)

used daily

b)

under ground

c)

in lakes and rivers

d)

frozen

38.

Water is given off through the leaves as water vapor.

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipatation

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