PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

Located around the rim of the Pacific Ocean,  the Ring of Fire is known for

• Its great sushi
• Frequent droughts
• Johnny Cash songs
• Volcanoes and earthquakes

Like the spreading sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean,  Africa's Great Rift Valley is caused by

• Convergent plates
• Frequent earthquakes
• Divergent plates
• A tsunami

Climate zones at high latitudes (close to the poles) are generally

• Wet
• Cold
• Windy
• Temperate

Earthquakes on the ocean floor can cause a

• Tsunami

• Hurricane

• Typhoon

• Ring of Fire

The theory of plate tectonics offers explanation for a range of physical processes, from continental drift to

• The tilt of the earth
• Earthquakes
• The reason for the seasons
• Climate factors

An example of chemical weathering would be 

• Acid rain dissolving rock
• Ice freezing and breaking rock
• Topsoil blowing away
• Water wearing down sandstone

The wet part of the earth,  aka the

• Atmosphere
• Lithosphere
• Biosphere
• Hydrosphere

Life on earth,  its biosphere,  depends on special conditions provided by

• The hydrosphere
• The lithosphere
• The atmosphere
• All of the above

A river or stream that flows into a larger river or stream.

• Lake

• Gulf

• Cape

• Tributary

A sudden, violent shaking of the earth’s surface.

• volcano
• typhoon
• earthquake