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WorksheetsUNIT 2 EXAM REVIEW
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 29mins
What are two names for a line on the grid system that run East and West?
Line of longitude or meridian
Line of latitude or a parallel
Equator or Prime Meridian
Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere
What is the name of the special line of latitude at 0 °
Prime Meridian
Northern Hemisphere
Equator
Southern Hemisphere
What degree of latitude is the Equator?
90°N
90°S
0°
180°
What is the name of the parts of the Earth above the Equator?
Southern Hemisphere
Prime Meridian
Northern Hemisphere
Equator
What is the name of the parts of the Earth below the Equator?
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
Equator
Prime Meridian
What is the highest number of degrees latitude a location can be?
0°
45°
90°N or 90°S
180°
What are two names for a line on the grid system that runs North and South?
Line of latitude or a parallel
Line of longitude or meridian
Equator or Prime Meridian
Northern Hemisphere or Southern Hemisphere
What is the name of the special line of longitude at 0°
Equator
Prime Meridian
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
What degree of longitude is the Prime Meridian?
90°N
90°S
0°
180°
What is the name of the parts of the Earth right of the Prime Meridian?
Eastern Hemisphere
Western Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
What is the name of the parts of the Earth left of the Prime Meridian?
Western Hemisphere
Eastern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
Southern Hemisphere
What is the highest number of degrees longitude a location can be?
180°W or 180°E
90°W or 90°E
360°W or 360°E
0°W or 0°E
How many total degrees of longitude are there?
360°
180°
90°
270°
What is the total number of degrees latitude on the grid system?
180°
360°
90°
270°
What is the name of the point located at 90°N?
North Pole
South Pole
Equator
Prime Meridian
What is the name of the special line of latitude located at 66.5°N?
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
What is the name of the special line of latitude located at 23.5°N?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
What is the name of the special line of latitude located at 23.5°S?
Tropic of Capricorn
Tropic of Cancer
Arctic Circle
Antarctic Circle
What is the name of the special line of latitude located at 66.5°S?
Antarctic Circle
Arctic Circle
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
What is the name of the point located at 90°S?
South Pole
North Pole
Equator
Prime Meridian
What is the name of the special line of longitude located at 180°W and 180°E?
International Date Line
Prime Meridian
Equator
Tropic of Cancer
What is the angle of the Earth's tilt in relation to the sun?
23.5°
15°
30°
45°
During which solstice does the Tropic of Cancer receive direct rays from the sun?
Winter Solstice
Summer Solstice
Autumnal Equinox
Vernal Equinox
What happens during an equinox?
Days are longer than nights
Nights are longer than days
Days and nights are equal
Only the Northern Hemisphere receives sunlight
What is the definition of weather?
Long-term atmospheric conditions
Short-term condition of the atmosphere
Average temperature over a year
Seasonal changes in temperature
What is precipitation?
The process of evaporation
Falling water droplets in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail
The formation of clouds
The melting of ice
What is a rain shadow?
A type of cloud formation
A patch of land that becomes desert due to blocked rain
A seasonal weather pattern
A type of precipitation
What is the effect of altitude on air temperature?
Air temperature increases by 3.5 degrees every 1,000 ft.
Air temperature drops by 3.5 degrees every 1,000 ft.
Air temperature remains constant regardless of altitude.
Air temperature increases by 1 degree every 1,000 ft.
How do prevailing winds affect climate?
They distribute the sun’s heat to other parts of the world.
They have no effect on climate.
They only affect the climate near the equator.
They cool down the polar regions.
What role do ocean currents play in affecting climate?
Ocean currents have no impact on climate.
Ocean currents only cool the continents they touch.
Ocean currents can cool or warm the continents they touch.
Ocean currents only warm the continents they touch.
What happens to warm, moist air when it encounters a great mountain barrier?
It descends and warms up.
It climbs up the side of the mountain and creates precipitation as it cools.
It remains at the base of the mountain.
It evaporates before reaching the mountain.
What is the effect of El Niño on global weather patterns?
It causes cooler temperatures in the Pacific Ocean.
It leads to droughts and flooding in North America, Asia, and Africa.
It results in the formation of volcanic ridges.
It creates rift valleys and ocean trenches.
Which of the following best describes the Greenhouse Effect?
It causes the air to become drier and cooler.
It involves the trapping of solar rays by gases from burning coal and oil.
It results in the formation of rift valleys.
It is the process of one plate diving under another.
According to the Continental Drift Theory, what was the original state of the Earth's continents?
They were always separate and distinct.
They were once a supercontinent that slowly drifted apart.
They were formed by volcanic activity.
They were created by the collision of tectonic plates.
What type of plate boundary is characterized by plates spreading or moving apart?
Convergent Subduction
Convergent Collision
Divergent
Transform
Which plate boundary type is associated with the creation of the Andes Mountains?
Divergent
Convergent Subduction
Transform
Convergent Collision
What type of plate boundary is most commonly associated with the creation of mountain ranges?
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Collision
Transform Boundary
Subduction Zone
Which type of tectonic plate boundary is most common for earthquakes?
Convergent Collision
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Subduction Zone
What is a hurricane?
A severe snowstorm with high winds and low visibility
A large rotating storm with high speed winds that forms over warm waters in tropical areas
A period of low average precipitation in a given region
A mature tropical storm that develops in the Indian Ocean
What is the "Ring of Fire" known for?
Severe snowstorms
High speed winds
Frequent tectonic activity
Low average precipitation
Which natural disaster is characterized by a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds?
Hurricane
Typhoon
Tornado
Blizzard
Weathering is...
the process that breaks rock and other substances down.
a process that is only mechanical.
the movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, and gravity
the only process that breaks down rocks.
Repeated Freezing and thawing is an example of what type of Weathering?
Mechanical
Chemical
Erosion
Deep Freeze
What is the movement of rock, sand, and soil from one place to another called?
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
Sedimentation
Erosion is carried by which of the following?
Wind, Water, and Glaciers
Sunlight, Water, and Glaciers
Wind, Fire, and Glaciers
Water, Ice, and Sunlight
Which type of valley is typically formed by water erosion?
U-Shaped Valleys
V-Shaped Valleys
Flat Valleys
Circular Valleys
Which climate region is characterized by having an average yearly rainfall of more than 80 inches and is always hot with an average temperature of 80°F?
Tropical Wet and Dry
Semiarid
Tropical Wet
Marine West Coast
In which climate region are summers hot and winters mild to cold, with not much rainfall, and is found in the interior of continents?
Desert
Semiarid
Mediterranean
Tropical Wet
Which climate region has a rainy season in summer and a dry season in winter, with cooler temperatures in the dry season?
Marine West Coast
Tropical Wet
Tropical Wet and Dry
Mediterranean
What is a characteristic of the Marine West Coast climate region?
Summers are dry and hot
Rainfall is evenly distributed over the year
Less than 10 inches of rainfall per year
Always hot with average temperature of 80°F
Which climate region supports dense population and rich agricultural activity due to its dry/hot summers and cool/rainy winters?
Desert
Mediterranean
Semiarid
Tropical Wet
Which climate region is characterized by long periods of summer heat and humidity?
Subarctic
Humid Subtropical
Tundra
Ice Cap
What is a key feature of the Tundra climate region?
Evergreen forests
Flat, treeless ring around the Arctic Ocean
Mild winters
High precipitation
Which climate region experiences all four seasons and is found in mid-latitude interiors of continents?
Humid Continental
Ice Cap
Highlands
Subarctic
What is a characteristic of the Ice Cap climate region?
Mild summers
Evergreen forests
Snow, ice, and permanently freezing temperatures
High humidity
In which climate region would you find evergreen forests called Taiga?
Tundra
Subarctic
Highlands
Humid Subtropical
Which climate region is known for having huge temperature variations between summer and winter?
Ice Cap
Humid Continental
Subarctic
Highlands
What is a defining feature of the Highlands climate region?
Flat terrain
Varies with latitude, elevation, and continental location
Constantly frozen subsoil
Long summer heat
