Unit 2: Physical Geography

Areas that share similar temperature and precipitation patterns are called:

• Polar regions

• climate regions

• global patterns

• tropical climates

Which two factors have the greatest influence on climate?

• longitude and vegetation

• latitude and distance from water

• soil type and altitude

• population and amount of arable land

What type of climate does the United States have?

• temperate

• polar

• tropical

What hemisphere is Australia located in?

• North

• South

• West

When it is summer in the Northern hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern hemisphere?

• winter

• spring

• fall

• summer

When it is spring in the Southern hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern hemisphere?

• spring

• summer

• winter

• fall

The Ring of Fire is located in the ___________ Ocean

• Pacific

• Atlantic

• Southern

• Indian

What is this?

• altitude chart

• pie chart

• climograph

• bar graph

- point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length

• solstice

• equinox

- path one object makes as it circles around another

• orbit

• rotation

• eclipse

• axis