World Studies - Unit 2 Quiz

What Vocabulary Word goes with the Definition below: The shape and nature of the land

• Landforms
• Desalination
• Landmass
• Tectonics Plates

What Vocabulary Word goes with the Definition below: The process of transferring Salt Water into Fresh Water

• Tectonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• Continent
• Desalination

What Vocabulary Word goes with the Definition below: A large continuous piece of land

• Tectonic Plates
• Climate Zones
• Landmass
• Landforms

What Vocabulary Word goes with the Definition below: A massive slab of solid rock made up of the Earth's Lithosphere

• Landforms
• Desalination
• Landmass
• Tectonic Plates

What Vocabulary Word goes with the Definition below: Regions of the Earth classified by temperature, precipitation, and distance from the Equator.

• Landforms
• Desalination
• Climate Zones
• Continents

How much if the Earth's surface is covered in water?

• 30%
• 99%
• 70%
• 10%

How much of the Earth's water is made up of Freshwater?

• 3%
• 10%
• 50%
• 80%

What is Acid Rain?

• Rain created from Natural Processes on Earth that disintegrates anything it touches
• Rain created from Human Processes that poisons life on Earth

What causes energy from Tectonic Plates? (That creates natural disasters like Earthquakes & Eruptions)

• The plates sinking deeper into the Earth's
• Winds and Ocean Currents pushing the plates further away from each other
• Movement of the plates against each other.

What nickname below refers to the most active tectonic area in the world?

• "The Cradle of Humanity"
• "The Graveyard of Empires"
• "The Ring of Fire"
• "The Origin of Destruction"