Ch. 2 Tests

Front

The highest landforms are: mountains, peninsula, flatland, plateau

Back

mountains

Front

Off each coast of a continent lies a plateau called ____________

Back

continental shelf

Front

What is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and has water on two sides called?

Back

isthmus

Front

The factors that affect where humans live are: ocean tide, malls, and parents, climate, resources, and freshwater, mountains, oceans, and rivers, jobs, money, and schools

Back

climate, resources, and freshwater

Front

Most of the freshwater on Earth is located where? Options: aquifers, oceans, groundwater, polar icecaps

Back

polar icecaps

Front

The water cycle consists of: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection, rivers, lakes, rain, and oceans, polar icecaps, aquifers, rivers, and lakes, islands, isthmus, peninsulas, and continents

Back

evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and collection

Front

Where a river ends is called its ___________.

Back

mouth

Front

Cutting down trees without planting new ones.

Back

deforestation

Front

Using a resource carefully to avoid waste.

Back

conservation

Front

The many different kinds of life on Earth.

Back

biodiversity