Ch. 3 Test

Question 1

Describe latitude.

Answer 1

also known as parallels
runs East to West
measures North to South

Question 2

Describe longitude.

Answer 2

Also known as meridians
runs North to South
measures East to West

Question 3

What is the largest continent?

Answer 3

Asia

Question 4

What is the smallest continent?

Answer 4

Australia

Question 5

What is the largest nation?

Answer 5

Russia

Question 6

What is the smallest nation?

Answer 6

Vatican

Question 7

What is the largest ocean?

Answer 7

Pacific Ocean

Question 8

What is the longest river?

Answer 8

the Nile

Question 9

What is the highest mountain?

Answer 9

Mt. Everest

Question 10

What is the highest waterfall?

Answer 10

Angel Falls

Question 11

What is the largest desert?

Answer 11

the Sahara Desert

Question 12

What is the lowest point on earth?

Answer 12

the dead sea

Question 13

What are physical maps?

Answer 13

maps that show earth’s physical features

Question 14

What are political maps?

Answer 14

maps that show the boundaries between countries or states

Question 15

What does “geographia” mean?

Answer 15

it’s Greek for “geography”

means “earth’s description”

Question 16

What is the exact point where latitude and longitude meet?

Answer 16

absolute location

Question 17

What is the location of one place in relation to another?

Answer 17

relative location

Question 18

What divide the Earth into the North and South Hemisphere?

Answer 18

Equator

Question 19

What divides the Earth into the East and West Hemisphere?

Answer 19

Prime Meridian

Question 20

What is a particular space with physical and human meaning with unique characteristics?

Answer 20

place

Question 21

What are the areas united by specific factors such as soil type, vegetation, climate, etc.?

Answer 21

Region

Question 22

What identifies the ongoing process of the movement of people, goods, and ideas?

Answer 22

movement

Question 23

What asks the questions “How and why do people change their environment? What are the consequences?”

Answer 23

Human/Environment Interaction

Question 24

List the two types of geography and describe them.

Answer 24

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
study fo earth’s physical features
HUMAN (CULTURAL) GEOGRAPHY
human activities and their relationship to the cultural and physical environments

Question 25

What do geographers do?

Answer 25

- make observations of earth and its climate, etc. - make maps - interview people to understand human/environment interaction - creates statistics to define regions - uses computers to make effective maps, charts, and such

Question 26

What is the atmosphere?

Answer 26

air that surrounds earth

Question 27

How many miles is Earth from the sun?

Answer 27

93 millioin miles

Question 28

What is the diameter of earth?

Answer 28

8,000 miles

Question 29

What percentage is earth made up of water?

Answer 29

70%

Question 30

What makes up the hydrosphere?

Answer 30

water (glaciers, ocean, rivers, etc.)

Question 31

What is the lithosphere?

Answer 31

land

Question 32

What percent of the earth is land?

Answer 32

30%

Question 33

What is the deepest part of the ocean?

Answer 33

Mariana Trench

Question 34

What are the 5 Oceans?

Answer 34

``` Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Southern, Arctic ```

Question 35

What is desalination?

Answer 35

the process of removing salt and creating fresh water

Question 36

What are earth's three layers?

Answer 36

core, mantle, crust

Question 37

Which layer is made up of iron and nickel?

Answer 37

core

Question 38

Which layer is made up of thick rock such as silicon, oxygen, aluminum, iron,and magnesium?

Answer 38

Mantle

Question 39

Which layer consists of rock that actually "float" on partially melted layers in the upper mantle?

Answer 39

crust

Question 40

What are some internal forces?

Answer 40

earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, etc.

Question 41

What are some external forces?

Answer 41

weathering, | erosion

Question 42

What are the 5 themes of geography?

Answer 42

``` place movement human/environment interaction location region ```

Question 43

What date marks the spring equinox?

Answer 43

March 21

Question 44

What date marks the beginning of winter?

Answer 44

December 22

Question 45

What date marks the beginning of fall?

Answer 45

September 23

Question 46

What date marks the solstice?

Answer 46

June 21

Question 47

What is midnight sun?

Answer 47

When the sun does not set

Question 48

What is the Coriolis Effect?

Answer 48

Ocean currents flow clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemishpere