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Unit 1: Physical Geography Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 4hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Areas defined by their geographical location and ecological similarity are called?
a)
ecozones
b)
biotopes
c)
biomes
d)
biodomes
2.
The most important abiotic factors when studying biomes are...
a)
Food and Water
b)
Water and Sunlight
c)
Temperature and Oxygen
d)
Water and Temperature 
3.

This biome has very little rainfall, also extremely cold temperatures for most of the year, and frozen soil makes ponds form.

a)

Deciduous forest

b)

Tundra

c)

rain forest

d)

Grassland

4.

This biome gets a little more rain than deserts and has similar temperatures to deciduous forest.

a)

Tundra

b)

Taiga

c)

Grassland

d)

Rainforest

5.

This biome is very hot all year long, found close to the equator, and has high amounts of rain fall.

a)

Rain forest

b)

Deciduous forest

c)

Taiga

d)

desert

6.

This biome has trees that lose their leafs in the winter, experiences four seasons, and gets enough rain to support the growth of trees.

a)

Rain forest

b)

Taiga

c)

Grassland

d)

Deciduous forest

7.

This biome has extremely cold winters and short summers. They get a decent amount of precipitation but it mostly comes as snow. Pine (coniferous) trees dominate this biome.

a)

Taiga

b)

Desert

c)

Grassland

d)

Tundra

8.

This biome has very little precipitation throughout the year, often experiences big differences in temperature from day to night, and has very little plant or animal life.

a)

Tundra

b)

Taiga

c)

Rainforest

d)

Desert

9.
One characteristic feature of tundra is that only the surface thaws in the summer and refreezes in the winter, leaving a layer of permanently frozen subsoil.  This characteristic is known as
a)
glaciation
b)
permafrost
c)
crystallization
d)
soilfrost
10.
Which biome contains large populations of grazing herbivores, few species of birds, and deep, rich soil?
a)
taiga
b)
tundra
c)
deciduous forest
d)
grassland
11.
Which biome covers most of the land mass near the Earth's equator?
a)
tundra
b)
desert
c)
grassland
d)
tropical rainforest
12.

How often do El Nino events occur?

a)

2-5 years

b)

2-7 years

c)

7-10 years

13.
El Nino occurs when the tropical ocean waters are warmer in which ocean?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Indian
c)
Pacific
d)
Arctic
14.
The Panama Canal runs through the middle of Panama connecting which two oceans?
a)
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
b)
Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
d)
Carribean Sea and Pacific Ocean
15.

Hemisphere is ...

a)

The study of the earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

b)

A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

c)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth.

16.

Equator is ...

a)

An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.

b)

A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

c)

An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the north and south hemisphere.

17.

Prime Meridian is ...

a)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the eastern and western hemispheres.

b)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the north and south hemispheres.

c)

An absolute location on the map.

18.

Regions are ...

a)

Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

b)

An absolute location on Earth.

c)

The physical and human characteristics of a place.

19.
Human and Environment Interactions are ...
a)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
20.
Location is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
21.
A place is...
a)
The physical and human characteristics of a place.
b)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
c)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
22.

If you lived in Indonesia, part of the "Ring of Fire", what natural disaster would you probably not see?

a)

hurricane

b)

tornado

c)

earthquake

d)

volcano

23.

California's fault line places it on the "Ring of Fire". In some places, it also has hot, dry, windy summers. What natural disasters are likely to happen there?

a)

earthquakes and wildfires

b)

tornadoes and hurricanes

c)

earthquakes and flooding

d)

wildfires and tornadoes

24.

Which is true?

a)

a tsunami can cause flooding

b)

a tornado can cause an earthquake

c)

a hurricane can cause a tornado

d)

a volcano can cause a hurricane

25.

Which continent gets the most tornadoes every year?

a)

North America

b)

South America

c)

Asia

d)

Africa

26.

Which natural disaster is a normal part of the prairie biome, clearing space for new plants to grow?

a)

wildfires

b)

hurricanes

c)

tsunamis

d)

volcanoes

27.

Which THREE natural disasters are more common in the Ring of Fire?

a)

earthquakes

b)

volcanoes

c)

tornadoes

d)

tsunamis

28.

If your house is buried in ash, you have probably experienced...

a)

a volcano

b)

a wildfire

c)

a flood

d)

a tsunami

29.

____?____ is the world’s tallest peak found in the Himalayan Mountains.

a)

Mt. Fuji

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Mt. Kilimanjaro

d)

K2

30.

Summer Monsoon

a)

Northwest wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

b)

Southwest wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

c)

Southeast wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

d)

Northeast wind = Moist Air and Heavy Rain

31.

Winter Monsoon

a)

Northeast wind = Dry Winds

b)

Northeast wind = Wet Winds

c)

Northeast wind = Cold Winds

d)

Northeast wind =

Icy Winds

32.
Where do most hurricanes start? 
a)
Near the mountain 
b)
Near land
c)
In the ocean
d)
Over deserts
33.
What is the center of a hurricane called? 
a)
Middle
b)
Eye
c)
Center
d)
Wall
34.
Which natural disaster is a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this?
a)
Flood
b)
Blizzards
c)
Drought
d)
Hurricane
35.
Which natural disaster is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Tsunami
c)
Thunderstorm
d)
Flooding
36.
Climate is
a)
daily weather
b)
to climb a mountain
c)
weather over time
d)
meteorologists doing the news
37.
a)
Great Khingan Range
b)
Great Wall of China
c)
North China plain
d)
Gobi Desert
38.

Which term is NOT one of the Earth's 4 spheres?

a)

atmosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

hemisphere

d)

biosphere

39.

What floats on top of molten magma under the earth's surface?

a)

tectonic plates

b)

continental shelves

c)

glaciations

d)

faults

40.

Where do tectonic plates move past each other?

a)

on continential shelves

b)

on continental plates

c)

at fault lines

d)

at glaciations

41.

What is formed when physical or chemical processes weather (break) rocks on or near the earth's surface?

a)

water

b)

sediment

c)

acid rain

d)

magma

42.

Which term names the type of weathering that changes the size of a rock, but not its composition?

a)

Chemical Weathering

b)

Mechanized Weathering

c)

Physical Weathering

d)

Glaciation

43.

A cliff on the beach is gradually broken down by waves over time. This is an example of...

a)

wind erosion

b)

water erosion

c)

glacial erosion

d)

tropical erosion

44.

A newspaper reported that an earthquake was recorded at 8.7. Which of the following was used to obtain this measurement, and what was measured?

a)

a seismograph; size of the earthquake's waves

b)

a seismograph; height of tsunami waves

c)

the Richter scale; relative strength of the earthquake

d)

the Richter scale; number of people injured (in thousands)

45.
This sphere includes the continents, the ocean floor, all the rocks on the surface, and all of the sand in the deserts. 
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
46.
This system is made up of all the water on or near the earth's surface
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
47.
The four spheres of Earth...
a)
are all connected
b)
have nothing to do with one another
c)
exist on Venus and Mars
d)
don't affect human life
48.
The body of gases surrounding Earth is the...
a)
Hydrosphere 
b)
Biosphere 
c)
Atmosphere 
d)
Geosphere 
49.
Animals, forests, grasslands, and trees all belong to which sphere?
a)
Atmosphere
b)
Biosphere
c)
Lithosphere
d)
Hydrosphere
50.

Name the civilization with cliff dwellings made by the Anasazi and is now a National Park.

a)

Machu Picchu

b)

Cahokia

c)

Mesa Verde

d)

Mexico City

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