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Unit 1 Vocabulary Test

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for an imaginary line that follows the curve of the Earth and represents the shortest distance between two points?

a)

great circle route

b)

equator

c)

latitude line

d)

prime meridian

2.

What is the term for a mathematical formula used to represent the curved surface of the Earth on the flat surface of a map?

a)

map projection

b)

contour interval

c)

latitude

d)

topographic profile

3.

What is the term for a map created by projecting Earth's image onto a cylinder?

a)

cylindrical projection

b)

conic projection

c)

azimuthal projection

d)

planar projection

4.

What is the term for the exact position of a place on the earth's surface?

a)

absolute location

b)

relative location

c)

latitude

d)

region

5.

What is the science of obtaining information about an object or an area from a distance, typically from instruments in aircraft or satellites?

a)

remote sensing

b)

cartography

c)

geology

d)

meteorology

6.

What term describes the specific location of a place, including its physical setting?

a)

site

b)

region

c)

direction

d)

distance

7.

What is the geographic position of a place in relation to other places or features of a larger region called?

a)

situation

b)

latitude

c)

altitude

d)

climate

8.

What is the term for the water areas of the Earth, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water?

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Lithosphere

c)

Atmosphere

d)

Biosphere

9.

What is the term for a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth?

a)

atmosphere

b)

lithosphere

c)

hydrosphere

d)

biosphere

10.

What is the term for the part of a continent that extends out underneath the ocean?

a)

continental shelf

b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)

abyssal plain

d)

oceanic trench

11.

Fill in the blank: The innermost layer of the Earth made up of a super-hot but solid inner core and a super-hot liquid outer core is called the _______.

a)

core

b)

mantle

c)

crust

d)

asthenosphere

12.

Fill in the blank: The thick middle layer of the Earth's interior structure consisting of hot rock that is dense but flexible is called the _______.

a)

Mantle

b)

Crust

c)

Core

d)

Lithosphere

13.

Fill in the blank: The theory that the continents were once joined and then slowly drifted apart is called _______.

a)

continental drift

b)

plate tectonics

c)

seafloor spreading

d)

evolution

14.

Fill in the blank: The term scientists use to describe the activities of continental drift and magma flow, which create many of Earth's physical features, is _______.

a)

plate tectonics

b)

weathering

c)

erosion

d)

photosynthesis

15.

What is the process by which oceanic plates dive beneath continental plates, often causing mountains to form on land?

a)

subduction

b)

erosion

c)

faulting

d)

weathering

16.

What is the process by which magma wells up between oceanic plates and pushes the plates apart?

a)

spreading

b)

subduction

c)

erosion

d)

faulting

17.

What is the term for the movement of weathered rock and material by wind, glaciers, and moving water?

a)

erosion

b)

deposition

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

18.

What is the term for a large body of ice that moves across the surface of the Earth?

a)

glacier

b)

volcano

c)

desert

d)

ocean

19.

What is the process of converting liquid into vapor, or gas?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Freezing

20.

What is the term for moisture that falls to the Earth as rain, sleet, hail, or snow?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Transpiration

21.

What word means 'unchanging'?

a)

Constant

b)

Variable

c)

Temporary

d)

Erratic

22.

What is the removal of salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming called?

a)

Desalination

b)

Filtration

c)

Evaporation

d)

Irrigation

23.

What is water located underground within the Earth that supplies wells and springs called?

a)

Groundwater

b)

Surface water

c)

Rainwater

d)

Evaporation

24.

What is the term for weather patterns typical for an area over a long period of time?

a)

climate

b)

forecast

c)

humidity

d)

precipitation

25.

What is the term in astronomy for the Earth's yearly trip around the sun, taking 365 1/4 days?

a)

revolution

b)

rotation

c)

precession

d)

eclipse

26.

What is the term for one of two days (about March 21 and September 23) on which the sun is directly above the Equator, making day and night equal in length?

a)

equinox

b)

solstice

c)

eclipse

d)

zenith

27.

What is the term for the capacity of certain gases in the atmosphere to trap heat, thereby warming the Earth?

a)

greenhouse effect

b)

photosynthesis

c)

ozone depletion

d)

acid rain

28.

What is the term for a cold or warm stream of seawater that flows in the oceans, generally in a circular pattern?

a)

current

b)

tide

c)

wave

d)

reef

29.

What is the term for the following definition: 'the resulting deflection of prevailing winds caused by the Earth's rotation'?

a)

Coriolis effect

b)

Greenhouse effect

c)

Ozone depletion

d)

El Niño

30.

What is the term for the following definition: 'a periodic reversal of the pattern of ocean currents and water temperatures in the mid-Pacific region'?

a)

El Nino

b)

La Nina

c)

Gulf Stream

d)

Monsoon

31.

What is the term for the following definition: 'result of a process by which dry areas develop on the leeward sides of mountain ranges'?

a)

rain shadow

b)

monsoon

c)

delta

d)

tundra

32.

What is the term for plant life that grows in a certain area if people have not changed the natural environment?

a)

natural vegetation

b)

cultivated crops

c)

artificial flora

d)

urban landscaping

33.

What is the term for a small area in a desert where water and vegetation are found?

a)

oasis

b)

dune

c)

mesa

d)

savanna

34.

What is the term for 'falling off or shed seasonally or periodically; trees such as oak and maple, which lose their leaves in autumn'?

a)

deciduous

b)

coniferous

c)

evergreen

d)

perennial

35.

What is the term for 'way of life of a group of people who share similar culture traits, including beliefs, customs, technology, and material items'?

a)

culture

b)

climate

c)

population

d)

economy

36.

Fill in the blank: A group of people who share common ancestry, language, religion, customs, or combination of such characteristics is called _________.

a)

ethnic group

b)

continent

c)

ecosystem

d)

government

37.

Fill in the blank: The spread of culture traits, material and non-material, from one culture to another is called _________

a)

cultural diffusion

b)

cultural assimilation

c)

cultural isolation

d)

cultural stagnation

38.

Fill in the blank: The degree of connection or separation between people, places, and things is called _________.

a)

connectivity

b)

density

c)

diffusion

d)

pattern

39.

Fill in the blank: The phrase _________ refers to the level of wealth, comfort, material goods, and necessities available to a certain socioeconomic class or geographic area.

a)

standard of living

b)

gross domestic product

c)

inflation rate

d)

market equilibrium

40.

What is the term for 'the spread of disease across a large area or even the world'?

a)

pandemics

b)

epidemics

c)

endemic

d)

outbreak

41.

What is the term for 'number of deaths per year for every 1,000 people'?

a)

death rate

b)

birth rate

c)

fertility rate

d)

migration rate

42.

What is the term for 'the movement of people from one place to another'?

a)

migration

b)

evaporation

c)

photosynthesis

d)

condensation

43.

What is the term for 'a diagram that shows the distribution of a population by age and gender'?

a)

population pyramid

b)

climograph

c)

topographic map

d)

scatter plot

44.

What is the term for 'the average number of people living in a square mile or square kilometer'?

a)

population density

b)

urban sprawl

c)

birth rate

d)

migration rate