CHAPTER two QUIZ
World Cultures
Mr. Bowers
**Please DO NOT write on this quiz!**
MATCHING: Please match each term below to the BEST response.
1. Mountain
2. Valley
3. Lakes and Rivers
4. Isthmus
a.
land area, smaller than a continent, that is completely
surrounded by water.
b.
a deep cut in the ocean floor.
c.
area of low land usually between hills or mountains.
d.
underground layer of rock through which water flows
e.
area of flat or rolling land at a high elevation, about 300-3,000
feet high
ab.
body of land that juts into a lake or ocean, surrounded on three
sides by water
ac.
land with steep sides that rises sharply (1,000 ft. or more).
Larger and more rugged than a hil.
ad.
a plateau that stretches out from each continent (under water)
for several miles, then drops off sharply.
ae.
narrow stretch of land connecting two larger bodies of water.
bc.
natural bodies of inland water.
5. Peninsula
6. Island
7. Plateau
8. Continental Shelf
9. Trench
10. Aquifer
MULTIPLE CHOICES: Please choose the BEST possible answer for each statement below.
11. What causes volcanoes and earthquakes?
a.
weathering
c.
tectonic movement
b.
Earth’s tilt
d.
ocean currents
12. Which human-made chemical in particular destroys the ozone layer?
a.
hydrogen
c.
chlorofluorocarbon
b.
smog
d.
sulfite
13. Why are scientists concerned that rain forests are being cut down at high rates?
a.
There is no market for the lumber taken from the forests.
b.
The forests help replace oxygen in the atmosphere.
c.
People who live in rain forests are being displaced.
d.
Rain forest habitats are being moved.
14. Why is the presence of ozone in the atmosphere important?
a.
It forms a shield against the damaging rays of the sun.
b.
It affects the amount of rainfall in any given region.
c.
Vitamins are absorbed into the body as a result of the ozone layer.
d.
The ozone layer holds down the level of air pollution.
The San Andreas Fault is the sliding boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It
slices California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego, Los Angeles, and Big Sur
are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco, Sacramento, and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate.
And despite San Francisco’s legendary 1906 earthquake, the San Andreas Fault does not go through the city.
But communities [that] lie squarely on the fault are sitting ducks.
The plates are slowly moving past each other a couple of inches a year. But this is not a steady motion; it is
the average motion. For years, the plates will be locked with no movement at all as they push against each
other. Suddenly, the built-up strain breaks the rock along the fault, and the plates slip a few feet all at once.
The breaking rock sends out waves in all directions, and it is the waves that we feel as earthquakes.
Source: geology.com/articles/san-andreas-fault.shtml.
15.
The Pacific and North American Plates move ____.
sporadically
c.
every 10 years
a couple inches a year
d.
continually
a.
b.
16.
Where did a legendary earthquake occur in the early 20th century?
Los Angeles
c.
San Francisco
San Diego
d.
Sacramento
a.
b.
17.
According to the excerpt, moving fault lines cause ____.
plate tectonics
c.
cracks
volcanoes
d.
waves
a.
b.
18.
California cities that are located on the ____ are at the greatest risk of an earthquake.
fault lines
c.
Pacific Plate
North American Plate
d.
Sierra Nevada
a.
b.
19.
The San Andreas Fault runs from Cape Mendocino to ____.
Oregon
c.
Arizona
Nevada
d.
Mexico
a.
b.
20.
Which plate is located along the western edge of South America?
a.
South American Place
c.
Scotia Plate
b.
Nazca Plate
d.
Caribbean Plate
21.
The map indicates that ____ develop along fault lines.
fires
c.
volcanoes
tsunamis
d.
plate tectonics
a.
b.
22.
On which plate is Russia located?
a.
Philippine Plate
c.
Eurasian Plate
b.
Siberian Plate
d.
Russian Plate
23.
According to the diagram, ____ fills the spaces between grains of sand.
a.
salt
c.
water
b.
mud
d.
gravel
24.
An aquifer is usually located ____.
below the rock layer
between the rock and clay layers
a.
b.
25.
c.
d.
above a spring
above the clay layer
Water for the aquifer originates ____.
a.
from major rivers
c.
from the ground
b.
from dams
d.
from canals