Name: _______________________________________
Geography Unit 1 Test Review
1. Name the 5 Themes of Geography
a. ________________________________
d. _____________________
b. ________________________________
e. _____________________
c. ________________________________
2. Determine the following as the Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere, or Atmosphere.
a. This is where plants and animals live on Earth _____________________
b. The solid portion of the Earth where earthquakes and volcanoes occur ______________________
c. Gases surrounding the Earth ; protects us from UV rays ______________________
d. The water elements of the Earth ___________________
3. If a country is part of the Ring of Fire, it is subject to volcanoes, earthquakes and ____________.
4. The middle latitude climate zones are:
a. _____________________________
d. __________________________
b. _____________________________
e. __________________________
c. _____________________________
5. The low (tropical) climate zones are:
a. _____________________________
c. ___________________________
b. _____________________________
6. The high (polar) climate zones are:
a. _____________________________
b. ___________________________
7. What season is it when North America is tilted away from the sun? ______________ Toward the sun?
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8. The _______________ of the Earth is responsible for the different seasons on Earth.
9. What is Landsat? What is GOES?
10. What is the Tundra? What is the Taiga?
11. What is the difference between weather and climate?
12. What are the two types of weathering? What do they do to a rock?
13. What are tectonic plates?
14. What was Pangaea? What do we call the theory of how Pangaea broke apart?
15. Name some extreme weather conditions and their characteristics?
16. Define biome.
17. When magma flows up through cracks in the earth, we call that what?
18. What are giant ocean waves often caused by earthquakes?
19. Name some different types of maps and what they show?
20. What are the three classifications of precipitation?
21. How much of the water on the Earth is salt water?
22. Define relief.
23. What is the tilt of the earth (degrees)?
24. Name the three layers of the earth.
25. What causes our seasons?
26. Name the 5 major world religions.