The Physical World

Energy

100

Which of the following is a way to manage a renewable resource? 

A. mining coal 

B. planting trees

C. conserving petroleum 

What is B, planting trees 

200

Which of the following is a harmful effect of hydroelectric power? 

A. air pollution 

B. lost farmland

What is B, lost farmland 

300

Which season occurs in a region when the Earth has tilted away from the sun? 

What is Winter 

400

Which of the following affects daily shifts in the levels of solar energy on Earth?

A. latitude

B. revolution 

C. rotation 

D. tilt

What is C, rotation 

500

Which place receives indirect rays from the sun all year? 

A. Antarctica 

B. Hawaii

C. India

D. Utah 

What is A, Antarctica 

Water

100

What drives ocean currents? 

What is winds

200

What is the most common cause of erosion?

What is water 

300

What are two water problems that occur on Earth? 

What are droughts, floods, and pollution. You only needed to provide 2 of these. 

400

What causes streams to form? 

What is precipitation 

500

Where is most of Earth's available freshwater stored? 

What is underground 

Natural Resources

100

Which of the following would most likely increase soil fertility? 

A. a vegetable garden

B. a freshwater spring

C. a decomposing tree 

What is C, a decomposing tree. 

200

Why is it important to protect tropical rain forests. 

Multiple answers possible but they are the most varied habitats on Earth and provide us with a plethora of resources and animals. 

300

Name THREE renewable resources 

What is soil, trees, water

400

Name THREE products originating in or currently found growing in tropical rainforests. 

Answers are varied but there is a list on my desk Examples: Coffee, sugar, mango, oranges, paprika, Teak ect. 

500

Name a mineral resource

What is metals, rocks, and salt 

Weather and Climate

100

This climate has very little rainfall, high daytime temperatures and cool nights. 

What is desert? 

200

What decreases with elevation? 

What is temperature 

300

This climate is warm, muggy and rainy year-round. 

What is humid- tropical? 

400

What are THREE characteristics of places that have the ice cap climate? 

1. They have no vegetation 

2. They have very little precipitation 

3. They have snow and ice year round. 

500

Where do temperate climates occur? 

What is in the middle latitudes? 

The Land

100

A stretch of mostly flat land is a ________

What is plain 

200

An area of land completely surrounded by water is an ________________

What is island? 

300

An area of land surrounded by water on three sides is a ___________ 

What is peninsula? 

400

A place where a plant or animal lives 

What is habitat 

500

The land, water, climate, plants, and animals of an area

What is environment