1st Six Weeks Test Review

Front

How does the Earth-Sun relationship affect the climate of different regions of the world?

Back

It creates a pattern where different areas of the globe receive differing amounts of sunlight.

Front

What kind of trees change color and drop their leaves in autumn?

Back

Deciduous

Front

What is most directly responsible for the variation in seasonal weather patterns?

Back

Tilt of the Earth’s axis

Front

Mountains, Rift Valleys, and Ocean Trenches are created by the process of _______.

Back

Plate Tectonics

Front

A day on which the sun is directly over the Equator

Back

Equinox

Front

Which of the following best describes the physical process of erosion?

Back

The movement of weathered materials by wind ice or water

Front

When it is winter in the northern hemisphere, what season is it in the southern hemisphere?

Back

summer

Front

The Namib Desert was formed due to —

Back

climatic forces

Front

A regional ecosystem with distinct plants and animals.

Back

biome

Front

Which physical environmental process is responsible for the creation of river deltas, as described in the excerpt from the Wetlands International website?

Back

Erosion