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Climate, Environment And Resources
Test Description: Social Studies Chapter 3
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The short term changes in the air for a given place and time
A
prevailing winds
B
weather
C
humus
D
climate
2) A region's average weather conditions over a long period.
A
climate
B
prevailing winds
C
humus
D
weather
3) Movement of air that blows in the same direction over large areas of Earth
A
prevailing winds
B
humus
C
weather
D
climate
4) decayed plant or animal matter
A
weather
B
humus
C
prevailing winds
D
climate
5) Two air masses of different temperatures and moisture content meet and can cause storms
A
ocean currents
B
monsoons
C
fronts
D
rain shadow effect
6) large streams of surface seawater
A
rain shadow effect
B
monsoons
C
fronts
D
ocean currents
7) seasonal winds that bring either dry or moist air
A
rain shadow effect
B
fronts
C
monsoon
D
ocean currents
8) The side of the mountain that faces the wind receives the most moisture while the other side gets mainly dry air.
A
ocean currents
B
rain shadow effect
C
monsoon
D
fronts
9) warm all year, tall grasses and scattered trees grow there.
A
savanna
B
highland
C
tundra
D
steppe
10) semidry grasslands or prairies
A
highland
B
steppe
C
savanna
D
tundra
11) found in high latitudes, cold all year, long winters and short summers
A
tundra
B
highland
C
steppe
D
savanna
12) wide range of temperature and precipitation depending on elevation
A
tundra
B
steppe
C
highland
D
savannah
13) Clearing trees to make room for homes, businesses or farmland
A
deforestation
B
permafrost
C
reforestation
D
desertification
14) permanently frozen soil
A
desertification
B
reforestation
C
permafrost
D
deforestation
15) the spread of desertlike conditions
A
reforestation
B
permafrost
C
desertification
D
deforestation
16) A group of plants and animals that depend on each other for survival and their environment.
A
deforestation
B
ecosystem
C
extinct
D
desertification
17) natural resources that the Earth replaces over time
A
natural resources
B
nonrenewable resources
C
renewable resources
D
hydroelectric power
18) non renewable resources that are formed from the remains of ancient plants and animals
A
fossil fuels
B
renewable resources
C
natural resources
D
nonrenewable resources
19) any material in nature that people use and value
A
renewable resources
B
natural resources
C
fossil fuels
D
nonrenewable resources
20) A place where a plant or animal lives
A
natural resources
B
habitat
C
desertification
D
humus
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