World Geography Final Exam Fall 2019

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What's the landform with water on three sides? Options: strait, ocean, sea, peninsula

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peninsula

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What is the water cycle?

Back

the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth

Front

What is climate?

Back

The average weather over many years

Front

What is weather?

Back

What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place.

Front

An enormous moving piece of the earth's lithosphere is a

Back

tectonic plate

Front

A fracture in earth's crust is a

Back

fault

Front

Where are most volcanoes found? Options: Asia, Australia, near the center of tectonic plates, near plate boundaries

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near plate boundaries

Front

What is weathering?

Back

The breaking down of
Earth’s crust into smaller
and smaller pieces.

Front

What is mechanical weathering?

Back

Process through which rocks are physically broken into smaller pieces.

Front

These rocks were broken apart from the continuous freeze/thaw of water in the cracks of the rocks. This is an example of:

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cryofracturing