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Geography Ch.2 Test
Coach Moore/final Ch.2 test with vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Bible teaches that most of the earth's features were changed because of a __________________ | cataclysm |
| The water on the earth's surface is called the _______________ | hydrosphere |
| The _________________ is the plastic layer of material located under the earth's crust | mantle |
| Mountains, plains, and plateaus are types of ________________ | landforms |
| _______________ is the heat transfer that occurs when particles carry thermal energy as they move from one place to another | Convection |
| The five oceans are the...... | Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern and Arctic oceans |
| The seven continents are............. | Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antartica, Europe, Australia |
| Some geographers contend that there is a fifth ocean around ____________ | Antartica |
| The _____________ consists of all the different areas on the earth where life can exist and all the living organisms that live there | Biosphere |
| The process of ___________ is responsible for creating U-shaped valleys called fjords | glaciation |
| The best agricultural land is found on the world's __________ | plains |
| The Amazon River has the largest ______________ in the world | drainage basin |
| The largest lake in the world is _______________ | Lake Baikal |
| A ________ is an evidence of tectonic activity | fault |
| ______________ carries away soil, forming sand dunes and barrier islands | erosion |
| This occurred when the supercontinent broke apart and it's pieces were set in motion | continental drift |
| Powerful forces within the earth cause these | earthquakes |
| The invention of gasoline engines turned this into the most important mining product | petroleum |
| This term is used to describe people's hard work to make a living | industry |
| according to this theory, the plates crash into and pull apart from one another | plate tectonics |
| This is the process of planting seeds and harvesting that provides a reliable food supply | farming |
| List the earth's physical systems | atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere |
| What is the name of the earth's thin outer layer | crust |
| Slabs of granite rock that are above the level of oceans are called | continents |
| Molten rock in the earth's mantle is called | magma |
| The heat transfer that occurs when particles carry thermal energy as they move from one place to another is know as | convection |
| Scientists have proposed that the crust is broken into pieces called | plates |
| What name is given for the air that surrounds the earth | atmosphere |
| The earth's crust and section of the upper mantle that moves with the tectonic plates is known as the | lithosphere |
| All the water on the earth's surface is called the | hydrosphere |
| All of the earth with living things is the | biosphere |
| List the three parts of the earth | crust, mantle, core |
| The theory that the continents may have been one large land mass is known as | Pangea |
| The process in which the continents were broken apart is known as | continental drift |
| Deep cracks in the earth's surface where two pieces of land have moved in different directions are called | faults |
| The process in which rocks are broken into smaller pieces is known as | weathering |
| the violent upheaval or change in the earth's crust is a | earthquake |
| According to the Bible, what fractured the earth's surface? | The Flood |
| List 3 major landforms | mountains, plains, plateaus |
| What are the highest mountain ranges in the world | The Himalayas |
| The process in which the relatively thin oceanic crust slides under the more massive crust is called | Subduction |
| What are wide areas of flat land called | plains |
| Wide areas of flat land that rise above the surrounding land is a | plateau |
| About what percentage of earth's water is freshwater? | 3 percent |
| Rivers that feed other rivers are called | tributaries |
| The main river and all of its tributaries is called a | river system |
| Which lakes in North America are the largest system of freshwater lakes in the world? | The Great Lakes |
| When farmers produce only enough food to feed their families | subsistence farming |
| What are the 5 oceans of the world | Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Southern, Indian |
Created by:
Emmalyn Cruse
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