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World Geography Midterm 2016
Test Description: Ermis - World Geography
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) _______________ are imaginary lines that run east and west forming coordinates to locate places on the Earth.
A
Equator
B
Latitude
C
Longitude
D
Prime Meridian
2) _______________ are imaginary lines that run north and south forming coordinates to locate places on the Earth.
A
Longitude
B
Latitude
C
Equator
D
Prime Meridian
3) _______________is a line of latitude that circles the earth at its midpoint between the poles separating north and south lines.
A
Latitude
B
Longitude
C
Prime Meridian
D
Equator
4) Landform created by the deposition of sediment carried by a river as the flow leaves its mouth and enters slower-moving or standing water. Normally occurs where a river enters an ocean or sea.
A
Delta
B
Strait
C
Isthmus
D
Peninsula
5) A _____________ is a piece of land that is bordered by water on three sides but connected to mainland.
A
Delta
B
Peninsula
C
Isthmus
D
Strait
6) A ________ is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water.
A
Peninsula
B
Delta
C
Strait
D
Isthmus
7) A _____________ is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water that otherwise separates them.
A
Delta
B
Strait
C
Peninsula
D
Isthmus
8) The part of the earth’s crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life is the ____________________.
A
Mesosphere
B
Lithosphere
C
Hydrosphere¬
D
Biosphere
9) _________________________the act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form.
A
Evaporation
B
Precipitation
C
Transpiration
D
Condensation
10) __________________is the conversion of a liquid to a gas.
A
Condensation
B
Evaporation
C
Transpiration
D
Precipitation
11) Water _____________________________ comes in the form of rain, snow, hail, etc., that has fallen at a given place within a given period.
A
Transpiration
B
Condensation
C
Precipitation
D
Evaporation
12) ___________________the process by which the surface of the earth is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
A
Weathering
B
Sublimation
C
Wear and tear
D
Erosion
13) The various mechanical and chemical processes that cause exposed rock to decompose is called __________________________.
A
Weathering
B
Wear and tear
C
Erosion
D
Sublimation
14) The _________________ is the rigid outer part of earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
A
Mesosphere
B
Lithosphere
C
Biosphere
D
Hydrosphere
15) ______________ _______________ is the movements of the Earth’s outer shell.
A
Volcanic motion
B
Plate tectonics
C
Sublimation
D
Glacial flow
16) ________________________boundaries are composed of two plates moving into one another.
A
Divergent
B
Convergent
C
Prevergent
D
Transform (Transvergent)
17) ________________________boundaries are two plates grinding against one another moving in opposite directions.
A
Convergent
B
Transform (Transvergent)
C
Divergent
D
Prevergent
18) ________________________boundaries are two plates moving away from each other.
A
Transform (Transvergent)
B
Divergent
C
Convergent
D
Prevergent
19) ______________________________the process by which collision of the earth's crustal plates results in one plate's being drawn down or overridden by another.
A
Spreading
B
Faulting
C
Accretion
D
Subduction
20) A ____________climate is not subject to prolonged extremes of hot or cold weather
A
Temperate
B
Tropical
C
Sub-Tropical
D
Climate
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