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WorksheetsWorld Geo. Unit 2 Exam Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
The Sun's rays strike Earth's surface less directly at higher latitudes away from the Equator. This causes what?
The low latitudes receive less energy from the Sun than regions at the equator
The high latitudes receive less energy from the Sun than regions at the equator
The mid latitudes receive less energy from the Sun than regions at the equator
None of these
Countries that are rich in scarce natural resources often have the ___________ of leasing or selling the rights to extract those resources to other countries.
Disadvantage
Benefit
Obligation
Problem
What is the process that explains the large-scale movements of Earth's lithosphere?
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Ring of Fire
Pangea
What is a Biosphere?
A term used to describe all living organisms interacting in Earths oceans
A term used to describe all living organisms interacting in a particular ecosystem
A term used to describe all living organisms interacting on Earth
A term used to describe all living organisms interacting on land
There are earthquakes in California and Haiti. California has building standards to help protect against earthquakes and Haiti does not. What is the result of the earthquakes in each country?
The damage is the same
California has far more damage than Haiti
California has far less damage than Haiti
Neither country has any damage
Why is it that the higher in elevation one goes, the lower the temperatures get?
Because the Sun is closer to the mountain
Because for every 1000ft. in elevation the temperature drops one degree
Because for every 5000ft. in elevation the temperature drops one degree
Because the Sun is farther away from sea level
The invention of air conditioning allowed what to happen?
People to stay comfortably in their homes more
A shift in the U.S. population to the southern states
Energy providers to charge more for electricity
Chicago to become the 3rd most populated city in the U.S.
Elevation and latitude impact what on Earth?
The climate of a location on the earths surface
The temperature of the oceans
The melting of the polar ice caps
The equal distribution of natural resources
True/False: The temperature of a place within the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn would likely have a warmer average temperature than a place in the mid or high latitude regions.
TRUE
FALSE
The collision of the Eurasian and Indian tectonic plates led to upward folding which resulted in what forming?
The Ring of Fire
The Mid-Atlantic Rift
Himalayan Mountains
The Gulf Stream
What are divergent & convergent boundaries?
Convergent boundaries occur when two tectonic plates slide apart from one another, and divergent boundaries occur when two tectonic plates slide towards one another.
Divergent boundaries occur when two tectonic plates slide apart from one another, and convergent boundaries occur when two tectonic plates slide towards one another.
What is one long-term effect of extreme natural disasters like tsunamis, earthquakes & volcanos?
A long term effect is that it leads to permanent changes in population distribution away from the impacted areas.
A short term effect is that it leads to permanent changes in how communities rebuild and recover.
A long term effect is that it leads to permanent changes in how communities rebuild and recover.
A long term effect is that it leads to permanent changes in the population due to the massive loss of life and no chances to rebuild and recover.
Along the boundaries of tectonic plates, _____________ often form.
Hurricanes
Volcanos
Ice Caps
Flooding
A Deciduous Forest regions could be described as what?
Regions with sufficient rain and moderate temperatures
Regions with insufficient rain and moderate temperatures
Regions with sufficient rain and hot temperatures
Regions with insufficient rain and cold temperatures
A Desert regions could be described as what?
Regions only in tropical latitudes with more than 10 inches of rain annually
Regions only in tropical latitudes with less than 10 inches of rain annually
Regions with more than 10 inches of rain annually
Regions with less than 10 inches of rain annually
What is the main factor that would make people initially be more likely to establish cities in certain areas?
Employment
Natural Resources
Industry
Government
Which Tropic is closest to the United States?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
True/False: Weather is the long term condition of the atmosphere.
TRUE
FALSE
______________ is the most important factor affecting climate.
Latitude
Longitude
Elevation
Ocean Currents
The _________________ distributes warm water northward to the British Isles, Canada & the Arctic.
North American Drift/Atlantic Stream
South American Drift/Gulf Stream
North American Drift/Gulf Stream
South American Drift/Atlantic Stream
