World Geography Unit 2 Test Review

Fill in the blank: _______ refers to the long-term patterns of temperature, humidity, wind, etc., in an area.

• Climate

• Weather

• Forecast

• Atmosphere

Fill in the blank: _______ is the measurement of heat

• temperature

• pressure

• volume

• density

Fill in the blank: _______ is any form of water, liquid or solid, falling from the atmosphere to the ground.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

Fill in the blank: _______ is a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia, bringing rain.

• monsoon

• tornado

• hurricane

• cyclone

Fill in the blank: _______ is a hurricane in the western part of the Pacific Ocean.

• tornado

• hurricane

• cyclone

• typhoon

Fill in the blank: _______ is a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Atlantic.

• Tornado

• hurricane

• blizzard

• earthquake

Fill in the blank: A _______ is a violent twisting spiral of air typically occurring in the United States

• tornado

• hurricane

• cyclone

• whirlwind

Fill in the blank: _______ is the process by which soil and rock are removed from the Earth's surface by wind or water flow, and then transported and deposited in other locations.

• Condensation

• Photosynthesis

• Erosion

• Evaporation

Fill in the blank: _______ is the supply of water to land artificially

• Irrigation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

Fill in the blank: _______ is land reclaimed from the sea in the Netherlands

• valley

• plateau

• polder

• island