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WorksheetsUnit 2 MGS Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name the tropical grassland that can be found in low latitudes in tropical wet and dry climates.
Steppe
Savanna
Great Plains
Terrace Farming
A Mediterranean climate would most likely be found at a ____ latitude region.
Low
Mid
High
Greenland and Antarctica are found in this climate zone.
Subarctic
Tundra
Icecap
Polders
A piece of land surrounded on three sides by water describes a...
Strait
Peninsula
Isthmus
Delta
Decreasing temperature is normally associated with going up a mountain or toward a higher ________.
Elevation
Leeward
Windward
None of these answers are correct.
The warmest and wettest climate zone found near the equator is...
Tropical Wet and Dry
Humid Subtropical
Humid Continental
Tropical Wet
Which type of weather phenomena produces frozen precipitation with wind speeds that reduce visibility?
Floods
Droughts
Blizzard
Monsoons
What do you call the start of a river?
Mouth
Source
Delta
Tributary
What do you call the expansion of dry desert conditions?
Deforestation
Polders
Desertification
None of these are correct.
Which city in Ukraine had a nuclear meltdown in the 1980s?
Prague
Czech
Aral
Chernobyl
Which side of a mountain has rainshadows?
Windward
Leeward
Which type of weather phenomena is unpredictable - appears quickly, moves fast, high winds, occurs a lot in the Great Plains?
Hurricane
Tornado
Flood
Drought
The cutting down and clearing away of trees and forests is known as...
Desertification
Terrace Farming
Deforestation
None of these answers are correct.
This sea located in Central Asia was depleted why?
To help with cotton production in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan
To help irrigate rice fields
As a source of water to put out the Chernobyl explosion
None of these answers are correct.
When it is winter in Richmond, VA it is ______ in South Africa.
Fall
Summer
Spring
Winter
The _____ Canal makes travel faster between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Suez
Panama
Kanawa
Cairo
Which of the following is NOT a result of the Aswan Dam?
Production of hydroelectric power
A decrease in silt deposits from the Nile River
Pollution of the Red Sea
Control of the Nile's natural flooding process
The melting of icecaps is a negative consequence of...
Global Warming
Deforestation
Aral Sea shrinking
Desertification
The windward side of a mountain is associated with...
Dry, arid conditions
Wind and rain systems
Which climate factor describes the North Atlantic Drift?
Latitude
Ocean currents
Elevation
Wind cycles
This picture is associated with which weather phenomena?
Monsoons
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
Polders
This photo is associated with which human-environment interaction?
Terrace Farming
Construction of windmills
Creation of polders
Creation of canals
This natural area (occurs in any latitude zone) is known for receiving less than 10 inches of rain per year.
Deltas
Valleys
Highlands
Desert
This narrow strip of land is referred to as an...
Isthmus
Valley
Strait
Canal
This diagram shows what kind of environmental consequence as a result of industrialization?
Acid rain
Global Warming
Respiratory triggers
Chemical breakdown
Which latitude climate zone has the most varied climates in terms of weather and seasons?
Low
Mid
High
This picture shows what geographic feature?
Canals
Strait
Archipelago
Isthmus
A high latitude forest known as taiga would occur in which high latitude climate zone?
Subarctic
Steppe
Tundra
Icecap
This map is labeling what type of high latitude climate?
Tundra
Subarctic
Savanna
Icecap
Which type of weather phenomena is in this picture?
Hurricane
Tornado
Flood
Monsoon
Which type of human-environment interaction is associated with this photo?
Terrace Farming
Dam construction
Highland interference
Desertification
Which type of climate is associated with the highlighted areas on the map pictured?
Humid subtropical
Humid continental
Marine West Coast
Mediterranean
Which phenomena is associated with this picture?
Carbon dioxide poisoning
Greenhouse Effect
Reactor Theory
Carbon Emissions Effect
Which climate factor is being described: the higher you go up a mountain the colder the temperature gets.
Elevation
Proximity to water
Global Warming
Wind Circulation
Which two countries suffer the most from deforestation?
Brazil and Madagascar
Brazil and Malaysia
Malaysia and Madagascar
Brazil and Macedonia
Rainforests are associated with which climate type?
Highland
Marine West Coast
Tropical Wet
Tropical Wet and Dry
Hurricanes that take place in the Pacific Ocean are referred to as...
Willy Willies
Hurricanes
Monsoons
Typhoons
What kind of graph is in the one pictured?
Weather graph
Climograph
Climatograph
Weatherography
According to this climograph, which month receives the largest amount of precipitation?
July
December
January
November
According to the climograph pictured, what is the approximate highest temperature per year?
20* F
70* C
20* C
70* F
