1st Six Weeks Test Review Questions

The outer layer of the earth is called the mantle. 

• True

• False

Both water and wind play a major part in erosion.

• True

• False

Relative location is expressed as an exact point on a grid.

• True

• False

Meteorology is the study of meteors. 

• True

• False

The water cycle is driven by the sun.

• True

• False

Land takes up about _____of the earth's surface. 

• 70%

• 15%

• 30%

• 20%

What is the highest point on the earth? 

• Mount Whitney

• the eastern highlands of Africa

• Mount Denali

• Mount Everest

Erosion is the wearing away of Earth's

• inner core by tectonic activity.

• surface by wind, glaciers, and moving water.

• mantle by the forces of magma and gravity.

• crust by the pull of the sun and the moon.

The water cycle shows us that the earth's water

• moves around the earth and is decreasing each year.

• moves around the earth and is increasing each year.

• moves around the earth but maintains a consistent total amount.

• does not move around the earth but maintains a consistent total amount.

The ______________is the deepest known depression on Earth. 

• Pacific Plate

• Dead Sea

• Mariana Trench

• Isthmus of Panama