Section 1
Every 24 hours, Earth completes one
A. Revolution
B. Axis
C. Rotation
C. Rotation
The main processes of the water cycle are
a. evaporation and precipitation
b. drought and flooding
c. salt water and freshwater
a. evaporation and precipitation
Which theory suggests that the continents were once part of the supercontinent?
a. tilt and rotation
b. continental drift
c. Ring of Fire
b. continental drift
Solar Energy is
a. comes from the moon
b. nuclear
c. energy from the sun
c. energy from the sun
Most of Earth's salt water is stored in _________.
(wells/oceans)
Oceans
Which of the following creates Earth's change in seasons?
A. Tilt
B. Rotation
C. Solar Energy
Tilt
Water shortages can result from
a. condensation
b. precipitation
c. drought
c. drought
Which is NOT a way that people change landforms?
a. drilling tunnels through mountains
b. building dams
c. creating sediment
c. creating sediment
Rotation is
a. trip around the sun
b. one complete spin of Earth on its axis
c. trip around the moon
b. one complete spin of Earth on its axis
The theory of ________________ helps explain how forces below Earth's surface have shaped our landforms. (plate tectonics/continental drift)
plate tectonics
The Northern and Southern hemispheres experience summer at the same time
True or False?
False
Most of Earth's available freshwater is stored
a. in streams
b. in rivers
c. underground
c. underground
The collision of two continental plates results in
a. ocean trenches
b. mountain-building
c. plate tectonics
b. mountain-building
latitude is
a. the distance north or south of the equator
b. the distance east or west of the prime meridian
c. the height of the State of Liberty
a. the distance north or south of the equator
Earth's ___________________ is an imaginary line around which it turns. (axis/latitude)
axis
What parts of Earth can receive up to 24 hours of sunlight a day?
a. areas near the equator
b. areas with low latitudes
c. areas near the Arctic and Antarctic circles
c. areas near the Arctic and Antarctic circles
About 3 percent of Earth's water supply is
a. salt water
b. freshwater
c. surface water
b. freshwater
Earth's glaciers can cause
a. precipitation
b. drought
c. erosion
c. erosion
tropics is
a. regions close to the prime meridian
b. regions close to the equator
c. regions close to the United States
b. regions close to the equator
_____________ is the most common cause of erosion. (Weathering/Water)
Water
a. seasonal winds that bring heavy rains
b. volcanic eruptions
c. weathered landforms
a. seasonal winds that bring heavy rains
As the sun heats water on Earth's surface, some of that water turns to water vapor
True or False
True
Earth's landforms include mountains, valleys, and
a. rivers
b. lakes
c. peninsulas
c. peninsulas
freshwater is
a. water without salt
b. water with salt
c. water with chlorine
a. water without salt
Earthquakes often occur when two _____________ slide past each other. (plates/landforms)
plates