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1. Match the name of the factor affecting the amount of solar energy Earth receives with its description.
c
_______ Solar energy strikes only the half of Earth facing
the sun.
A. latitude
b
_______
Sometimes Earth is closer to the sun, and at other
times it is farther away.
B. revolution
a
_______
Some areas receive direct rays from the sun all
year, and other areas receive indirect rays.
C. rotation
2. Which place receives indirect rays from the sun all year?
A. Antarctica
C. India
B. Hawaii
D. Utah
3. Which of the following statements are true during the spring?
Choose the three correct answers.
A. The days grow longer.
D. Temperatures slowly start to rise.
B. The days grow shorter.
E. Earth begins to tilt toward the sun.
C. Temperatures slowly start to fall.
F. Earth begins to tilt away from the sun.
4. What causes streams to form?
A. absorption
C. lakes
B. glaciers
D. precipitation
5. Which statement about Earth’s water is true?
A. It is always moving.
C. It is mostly in solid form.
B. It is always safe to drink.
D. It is mostly underground.
6. Which of the following are water problems?
Choose the three correct answers.
A. condensation
D. floods
B. conservation
E. pollution
C. droughts
F. runoff
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7. Match the name of the landform with its description.
c
_______ a stretch of mostly flat land
A. island
a
_______
an area of land completely surrounded
by water
B. peninsula
b an area of land surrounded by water on
_______
three sides
C. plain
8. Write the letter of each tectonic plate in the correct location on the map.
d
a
c
b
A. Indian plate
B. Pacific plate
C. Antarctic plate
D. North American plate
9. Which of the following is the most common cause of erosion?
A. ice
C. water
B. sediment
D. wind
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10. Which of the following affect the amount of sun that Earth receives at any given location?
Choose the three correct answers.
A. energy
D. temperature
B. movement
E. tilt
C. shape
F. wind
11. Which of the following drives ocean currents?
A. landforms
C. storms
B. seasons
D. winds
12. Which of the following decreases with elevation?
A. moisture
C. temperature
B. precipitation
D. wind
13. Where do temperate climates occur?
A. at low elevations
C. in the high latitudes
B. at high elevations
D. in the middle latitudes
14. Match the name of the climate with its description.
c
_______
warm, muggy, and rainy year-round
A. tropical savanna
a
_______
long, hot, dry season followed by short periods
of rain
B. humid tropical
b
_______
very little rainfall, high daytime temperatures
and cool nights
C. desert
15. Which of the following are characteristics of places that have the ice cap climate?
Choose the three correct answers.
A. They have no vegetation.
D. They have very little precipitation.
B. They have long summers.
E. They have snow and ice year-round.
C. They have absorbent soil.
F. They have a wide range of temperatures.
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16. Match the term with its description.
c
_______
the place where a plant or animal lives
A. biome
b
_______
the land, water, climate, plants, and animals of
an area
B. environment
a
_______
made up of several ecosystems
C. habitat
17. Why is it important to protect tropical rain forests?
A. They contain valuable lumber.
C. They contain the most biomes on Earth.
B. They contain valuable farmland.
D. They are the most varied habitats on Earth.
18. Which of the following would most likely increase soil fertility?
A. a vegetable garden
C. a decomposing tree
B. a freshwater spring
D. an animal population
19. Which of the following is a way to manage a renewable resource?
A. mining coal
C. conserving petroleum
B. planting trees
D. extracting natural gas
20. Which of the following is a harmful effect of hydroelectric power?
A. air pollution
C. water pollution
B. lost farmland
D. dangerous waste
21. Match the name of the mineral with the part of a building it is used to make.
b
A. quartz
_______ steel beams
c
B. iron
_______ exterior wall
a
C. granite
_______ window glass
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