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World Geography – Period:
1st Six Weeks Test Review
Directions: Use your notes and pgs. 44 – 73 to complete the review for the 1st six weeks test.
Identify:
1. Earth’s Layers
2. Lithosphere
3. Atmosphere
4. Biosphere
5. Hydrosphere
6. Continental Drift Theory
7. Plate Tectonics
Identify following & What they cause:
8. Divergent
9. Subduction
10. Convergent
11. Transform/Faulting
12. Ring of Fire
13. Mechanical Weathering (definition)
a. Causes of mechanical weathering (examples)
14. Chemical Weathering (definition)
a. Causes of Chemical Weathering (examples)
15. Erosion
a. Causes of Erosion
16. Rotation
17. Revolution
18. Equinox
19. Solstice
20. Earth-Sun Relationship (for each date, write if it is a solstice, equinox, and which season each
hemisphere is in)
March 21 –
a. Northern Hemisphere
b. Southern Hemisphere
June 21 –
c. Northern Hemisphere
d. Southern Hemisphere
September 21 –
e. Northern Hemisphere
f. Southern Hemisphere
December 21 –
g. Northern Hemisphere
h. Southern Hemisphere
21. What is the difference between weather & climate?
Weather –
Climate –
22. What are the factors that influence climate? (LACEMOPS)
a. L –
b. A –
c.
C–
d. E –
e. M –
f.
O–
g.
P–
h. S –
Climate Zones
23. Low/Tropical Latitudes
a. Definition:
b. What climate regions are found here?
24. Mid/Temperate Latitudes
a. Definition:
b. What climate regions are found here?
25. High/Polar Latitudes
a. Definition:
b. What climate regions are found here?