Test 1

Question 1

name the 7 continents

Answer 1

north america, south america, africa, asia, australia, antarctica

Question 2

name the 4 oceans

Answer 2

pacific, atlantic, indian, arctic

Question 3

name the 5 themes of geography

Answer 3

movement, region, human environment interaction, location, place,

Question 4

what is location

Answer 4

where something is

Question 5

what are two types of location

Answer 5

absolute, relative

Question 6

what are the two lines used to find absolute location

Answer 6

longitude, latitude

Question 7

what is the east/west line that goes around the center of the earth.

Answer 7

latitude

Question 8

what is movement

Answer 8

the moving of people or things or ideas/ how those things move

Question 9

what is region

Answer 9

how are places similar/different

Question 10

what is place

Answer 10

what is it like

Question 11

what is human/environment interaction

Answer 11

how do we interact with our environment

Question 12

name the eight planets in our solar system

Answer 12

mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune, (pluto)

Question 13

name the four layers of our earth

Answer 13

crust, inner core, outer core, mantle

Question 14

which of those layers is the thinnest

Answer 14

crust

Question 15

name the four “spheres” and give a description of each one.

Answer 15

hydrosphere- made of bodies of water
lithosphere- made of solid rock
biosphere- contains the other 3 “spheres” and living things
atmosphere- layer of gases surrounding the earth

Question 16

what percentage of the earth is covered with water?

Answer 16

71%

Question 17

what percentage of the water is salt water

Answer 17

98%

Question 18

what percentage of the fresh water is found in lakes and rivers

Answer 18

0.3%

Question 19

what is the difference between waves and tides

Answer 19

waves are caused by wind, tides are caused by the moon

Question 20

what is another name for the hydrologic cycle

Answer 20

water cycle

Question 21

name three forms of precipitation

Answer 21

snow, rain, sleet

Question 22

what is the world’s largest lake by volume

Answer 22

lake baikal

Question 23

What is the world’s longest river

Answer 23

amazon river

Question 24

what is the world’s largest river by volume

Answer 24

amazon river

Question 25

what is the ogallala aquifer

Answer 25

largest body of water in north america, largest underground body of water

Question 26

name the three different kinds of plate tectonic boundaries and describe the movement of each one.

Answer 26

transform boundary- plains slide past one another convergent- collide causing one plate to dive and both to crumble divergent- move apart horizontally

Question 27

describe why plates move

Answer 27

the liquid mantle underneath the plates move them

Question 28

what instrument is used to measure earthquakes

Answer 28

seismograph

Question 29

what is the cause of a tsunami

Answer 29

underwater earthquakes which cause tidal waves, creating a tsunami

Question 30

what happens on the solstice day

Answer 30

the sun is directly overhead at noon at both tropics of cancer and Capricorn.

Question 31

what happens of the equinox days

Answer 31

the day and night are equal in length in both hemispheres of the world

Question 32

what is the difference between weather and climate

Answer 32

w- the condition of the atmosphere for a particular time and location c- the weather conditions at a particular location over a long period of time

Question 33

name two causes of weather

Answer 33

water vapor, cloud cover, landforms/bodies of water, elevation, air movement

Question 34

name the three types of precipitation

Answer 34

convectional, orographic, frontal

Question 35

what is the leeward side of the mountain

Answer 35

the side that is a desert

Question 36

what is the windward side of the mountain

Answer 36

the side that gets the rain

Question 37

where do 3/4 of the tornadoes in the world occur

Answer 37

within the united states

Question 38

which major religions of the world are monotheistic

Answer 38

Christianity, judaism, islam, sikhism

Question 39

which major religion of the world believes in reincarnation

Answer 39

hinduism

Question 40

what is the only religion of the world that offers grace?

Answer 40

christianity

Question 41

define birthrate

Answer 41

number of births per thousand

Question 42

define rate of natural increase

Answer 42

subtract the mortality rate, from the birthrate

Question 43

define democracy

Answer 43

people elect representatives

Question 44

define communism

Answer 44

government controls politics and production

Question 45

what is a megalopolis

Answer 45

several metropolitan areas connected

Question 46

what is a command economy

Answer 46

government determines production of goods and services

Question 47

what is a market economy

Answer 47

demand determines production of goods and services

Question 48

define gross national product

Answer 48

total value of goods and services produced by a country

Question 49

define gross domestic product

Answer 49

total value of goods and services produced within a country in one year.