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A Geographer's World

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Geographers look at how people, products, ideas and information move from one place to another

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Geographers study how places change over time.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is climate?

a)

the average weather in a place over a long period of time

b)

the day-to-day state of Earth's atmosphere

c)

the combination of temperature, humidity, precipitation cloudiness, and wind

d)

the natural surroundings of place, including its landforms and resources

4.

What is the difference between absolute and relative location?

a)

Absolute location is the exact location of something.

b)

Absolute location cannot be identified using lines of latitude and longitude.

c)

Absolute location describes where something is compared to another place.

d)

Absolute location describes the characteristics of a place.

5.

Which images depicts lines of longitude

a)
b)
6.

Which line (red or blue) is the Prime Meridian?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

7.

Which line (red or blue) is the Equator?

a)

Red

b)

Blue

8.
A year is defined as 368 days. 
a)
True
b)
False, it is 365 1/4 days
9.

What is it called when day and night in both hemispheres are of equal length?

a)

summer solstice

b)

axis

c)

equinox

d)

winter solstice

e)

I don't know.

10.

Why do places on Earth have daily periods of daylight and darkness?

a)

because of Earth's North and South poles

b)

because Earth rotates once every 24 hours

c)

because of Earth's tilt

d)

because of Earth's distance from the sun

e)

I don't know.

11.

What percent of Earth’s surface is water?

a)

71 percent

b)

90 percent

c)

85 percent

d)

75 percent

e)

I don't know.

12.

What is the name of the imaginary line that runs through Earth's center from the North Pole to the South Pole?

a)

longitude

b)

axis

c)

Prime Meridian

d)

Equator

e)

I don't know.

13.

What causes earthquakes?

a)

volcanos

b)

erosion

c)

tsunamis

d)

plate movement

e)

I don't know.

14.

Borders, boundaries, and capitals are shown on what type of map?

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

special purpose map

15.

Land forms such as rivers and mountains can be found on a

a)

physical map

b)

political map

c)

special purpose map

16.

This map is a Political map.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

This map shows temperatures. It is a

a)

physical map

b)

special purpose or thematic map

c)

political map

18.

The Prime Meridian runs north to south and cuts the earth in half east to west

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The Equator is a line of latitude and divides the earth in half north to south.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

You use longitude and latitude when finding ______ location.

a)

relative

b)

grid

c)

absolute

d)

map

21.

The location of one place compared to another place...

a)

absolute location

b)

grid location

c)

map location

d)

relative location

22.

Volcanoes erupting, rivers shifting course, cities growing means that the Earth is ________, or always changing.

a)

stagnant

b)

lifeless

c)

dormant

d)

dynamic

23.

What do you call the average weather in a place over a long period of time?

a)

resources

b)

precipitation

c)

climate

d)

environment

24.

A natural feature found on land (mountains, hills, plateaus, valleys and plains)...

a)

weather

b)

climate

c)

landforms

d)

resources

25.

Lines of _______ run east to west and the Equator circles the middle of Earth.

a)

latitude

b)

longitude

c)

location

d)

grid system

26.

Lines of _______ run from the North Pole to the South Pole and include the Prime Meridian.

a)

grid system

b)

latitude

c)

location

d)

longitude