Worksheetsreview for Geographers Toolbox test
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
The study of geography is .
Land, water, natural resources, and population flow.
The history and development of the earth’s physical features
The measurement and physical descriptions of places, regions, areas and landmasses.
Where the Earth’s physical and human features are and why they are there
Latitude and longitude may be used to determine which of the following?
The site features of a place.
The absolute location of a place.
The situation of a place.
The relative location of a place.
What physical geographic feature do points, A, B, C, and D share?
They are all regions in the Western Hemisphere
They are all peninsulas
They all have high population densities
They are all areas with high mountain ranges
The earth was a super-continent known as______________.
continental drift
Pangaea
Topography
Continental divide
___________________ is a system that creates specialized maps from digital map information stored in a databank.
satellite
GIS (geographic Information system)
map projection
survey
Which of the following will you find on a map that shows physical features?
Businesses
Landforms
Population
Vegetation
Moving pieces under the earth’s surface that form the earth’s crust are called:
Landforms
Epicenters
Internal Forces
Tectonic plates
When weathering takes place, smaller pieces of rock are left behind. What will a geographer will call this rock?
Pebbles
Quartz
Sediment
Delta
What do geographers call weathered material that is moved by the actions of wind, water, ice, or gravity?
Erosion
Weathering
Hail
The end of the World
Of the four systems of geography which one contains lakes, rivers, oceans, streams and precipitation?
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Your friend is struggling on a homework assignment. She needs help locating mountains, lakes and streams on a map of the United States. What map would you recommend that she use?
A Physical Map of the United States.
A Political Map of the United States.
A Nautical Map of the United States
When tourist view a manmade structure, like the Hoover dam, they are looking at the effects of which one of the five themes of geography?
Movement
Human Environment Interaction
Region
Place
In what year did the deadliest tornado strike the United States?
1840
1925
1926
1890
What is true about the tornadoes that hit Tupelo, Mississippi and Gainesville, Georgia in 1936?
both killed 255 people
Both killed 203 people
Both hit on April 5, 1936
They hit within one day of each other
What do the two tornadoes that hit Texas have in common?
Both struck the city of Waco
Both struck in 1902
Both killed 114 people
Both killed 98 people
Of the following, which one best exemplifies a formal region?
Tornado Alley
Alvin,Texas
The Midwest
Australia
Which two continents are entirely within the southern hemisphere?
Antarctica and Africa
Europe and Africa
Australia and Antarctica
The layer of gases immediately surrounding the earth is the
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
The Grand Canyon was slowly created by what kind of external force?
Water erosion
Glacial movement
Wind erosion
Rock erosion
Which statement explains why we have four seasons on Earth?
the gravitational pull of the moon
the distance between the Earth and sun
the tilt of the earth on its axis as it revolves around the sun
the effect of tectonic plate movement on Earth’s seasons
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 major parts of the earth?
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Stratosphere
A region which contains similar plants and animals is called
A biome
An environment
An ecosystem
a Tundra
What do many scientists believe about the earth’s continents?
They were pulled apart over a period of one or two centuries
They were pushed together over millions of years.
They were once joined in a single massive super-continent.
They look the same today as they did millions of years ago
What are the three layers of the earth?
ground, air and water
core, mantle and crust
rivers, lakes and oceans
core, mantle and air
Weathering is the wearing away of the Earth’s
Inner core by tectonic activity
Surface by wind, glaciers, moving water, and gravity.
Mantle by the forces of magma
Crust by the pull of the sun and the moon.
A giant ocean wave that is sometimes caused by an earthquake is called
A tsunami
A high tide
An epicenter
A ring of Fire
