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70% of the earths surface is made of what?
a) soil
b) water
c) rocks
d) plants

Wide strait or water way between two landmasses that lie close to each other.
a) delta
b) peninsula
c) channel
d) plateau

Flat low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river and deposited at its mouth.
a) delta
b) peninsula
c) channel
d) plateau

Body of land jutting into a lake or ocean surrounded on three sides by water
a) delta
b) peninsula
c) channel
d) plateau

Climate found between 23.5 degrees N and 23.5 degrees S
a) Tropical climate
b) High-latitude climate
c) mid-latitutde climate
d)

climate found between 23.5 degrees to 60 degrees North and South
a) Tropical Climate
b) High-Latitude climate
c) mid-latitude climate
d)

Climate found between 60 to 90 degrees North and South
a) Tropical Climate
b) High-Latitude Climate
c) Mid-latitude climate
d)

Name for 0 Degree longitude
a) Prime Meridian
b) Equator
c)
d)

Name for 0 degree latitude
a) Prime Meridian
b) Equator
c)
d)

Seasonal winds that bring rains to South Asia
a) Monsoons
b) acid rain
c) tsunami
d) tundra

chemicals in air pollution combined with precipitation
a) Monsoons
b) acid rain
c) tsumanmi
d) tundra

huge sea wave caused by an earthquake on the ocean floor
a) monsoons
b) acid rain
c) tsunami
d) tundra

vast treeless plains that have a cold climate
a) monsoons
b) acid rain
c) tsunami
d) tundra

Which of the following is NOT one of the four parts of physical geography
a) lithosphere
b) biosphere
c) hydrosphere
d) ecosphere

What term means the constant movement of the earths water from oceans to air to land and back to oceans?
a) water cycle
b) groundwater
c) airshadow
d) condensation

Leap year occurs every _____ years.
a) 2
b) 4
c) 6
d) 1

The outer layer of earth is called _______
a) mantle
b) crust
c) magma
d) continents

When the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer
a) Winter solstice
b) Summer solstice
c)
d)

When the sun is directly over the Tropic of Capricorn
a) Winter Solstice
b) Summer Solstice
c)
d)

Which is NOT one of the the three layers of the earth
a) mantle
b) magma
c) core
d) crust

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