Earth's Climate Types — Unit test Answers

Which of the following examples best illustrates absolute location?

The Earth receives different amounts of energy from the Sun in each hemisphere because __________.

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. Image by e2020 Which of the Earth’s four spheres is made up of the gases that surround the Earth, and is located at number 1 on the image above?

There are three types of plate boundaries. Which of these is not one of them?

Human systems, one of the six essential elements of geography, can be compared to human/environment interaction and __________, two of the five themes of geography.

Which type of severe weather produces dangerous lightning and hail?

One of the purposes of FEMA and the Red Cross is to __________.

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows. Image by Mats Halldin and Charles C. Which of these layers is the Earth’s outermost layer?

The slow breakdown of rock into sediment or soil is called __________.

Gloria lives high in the Andes Mountains of Peru, where temperatures are cold year-round. She most likely lives in a __________ climate.

Straits, estuaries, and gulfs are all examples of __________.

The __________ latitudes receive varying amounts of sunlight and have four distinct seasons.

Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows. Image by e2020 The regions colored __________ on the map above represent the dry climates of the world.

At a convergent boundary, two plates __________.

Analyze the photo below and answer the question that follows.Photo by Jay Galvin In the photo above, a large glacier is creating a valley. The glacier is carrying sediment downhill. Which of the following processes best explains what is happening in this photo?