Download GUIDE OF THE EXAM (2 nd BIMONTHLY)

GUIDE OF THE EXAM
(2nd BIMONTHLY)
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1. He is the scientific who used capital letters for classifying the climates zones.
a) Wladimir Peter Köppen
b) Salli Baliunas
c) Raymond S. Bradley
d) Kevin Anderson
2. This aspect allows that the temperature remains stable and in climate it absorbs the sun’s energy
which at night it releases warm.
a) Geographic space
b) Climate zones
c) Distribution of oceanic water
d) Cultural issues
3. Scientists have developed a theory to explain the earth’s structure. Select the name of it.
a) Movements
b) Tectonic plates
c) Crust
d) Hurricanes
4. It is the process of weathering away or moving weathered material.
a) Environment
b) Erosion
c) Glaciers
d) Tsunami
5. It is the process of breaking surface rock into boulders, gravel, sand and soil.
a) Erosion
b) Tsunami
c) Eruption
d) Weathering
6. It is the result that occurs from the pressure that builds up between the two sliding plates. This
pressure may cause one plate to move suddenly.
a) Erosion
b) Tsunami
c) Earthquake
d) Hurricane
7. They are the earthquakes undersea and cause huge waves.
a) Erosions
b) Hurricanes
c) Tsunamis
d) Eruptions
8. They are giant slow-moving sheets of ice.
a) Ice breaker
b) Greenhouse effect
c) Erosion
d) Glaciers
9. They are the elements that make changes in our climate.
a) Temperature, Atmospheric humidity and atmospheric pressure
b) Temperature, latitude, relief, currents
c) Altitude, continentality, relief, currents
d) Temperature, elevation, storms, currents
10. They are the factors that affect climate.
a) Temperature, atmospheric humidity and atmospheric pressure
b) Latitude, continentality, altitude, relief, currents, latitude.
c) Altitude, continentality, relief, currents, altitude
d) Temperature, elevation, storms, currents, latitude
11. Select the definition of currents.
a) They carried warm or cool water through the world’s oceans
b) They are the ones that affect the climate of land areas
c) They are the ones that move along the Equator of from the Equator to poles
d) They are the ones that bring warm air to Western Europe
12. They are the patterns of wind caused by landforms in a particular area.
a) Landforms
b) Warm air
c) Tornado
d) Local winds
13. By the time the air moves over the mountain peaks and also it become to be cool and dry. This
creates a…
a) Low temperature on top of the mountain
b) Little raining
c) Rain shadow
d) Rain forests
14. What are the two dangers of clearing the rain forest?
a) Rain shadow and rain forest
b) Greenhouse effect and pollution
c) Greenhouse effect and rainfall
d) None of them
15. It is one of the five major groups in the world’s climate.
a) Savanna
b) Dry
c) Humid
d) Continental
16. They are huge towers of rock formed by the collision of the earth’s tectonic plates or by
volcanoes.
a) Hurricanes
b) Plateau
c) Relief
d) Mountains
17. It is a large area of flat land.
a) Plateau
b) Plain
c) Elevation
d) Isthmus
18. It is a large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it.
a) Plateau
b) Isthmus
c) Elevation
d) Plain
19. It is a narrow strip of land that connects two large areas of land.
a) Plain
b) Plateau
c) Isthmus
d) Trench
20. It is a low, water land that is formed at the mouth of a river.
a) Plain
b) Delta
c) Isthmus
d) Trench
21. What is the percentage of water covered in the Earth?
a) 60 %
b) 70%
c) 20 %
d) 80 %
22. How many percent is salt water?
a) 99%
b) 78%
c) 98%
d) 30%
23. This kind of climate receives up to 254cm of rain a year.
a) Rain forest
b) Tropical
c) Tropical rain forest
d) Savanna
24. They are found in the middle latitudes of Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
a) Tropical climates
b) High latitude climates
c) Mid- Latitude climates
d) Tropical Savanna climates
25. These climates are generally cold, but some are more severely cold than others.
a) Subarctic climates
b) High latitude climates
c) Tropical climates
d) Humid continental climates
26. It is the elevation in which no trees grow.
a) Highland regions
b) Timberline
c) Mountains
d) Mountain peaks
27. It is part of the four physical parts in the Earth.
a) Deforestation
b) Ecosystem
c) Core
d) Hydrosphere
28. It is the blanket of gases, or air, surrounding the earth.
a) Hydrosphere
b) Biosphere
c) Lithosphere
d) Atmosphere
29. It is the earth’s hard outer shell, or what we view as land areas.
a) Hydrosphere
b) Biosphere
c) Lithosphere
d) Atmosphere
30. It includes all the water in the oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers, plus all precipitation.
a) Hydrosphere
b) Biosphere
c) Lithosphere
d) Atmosphere
31. What are the four major oceans in our world?
a) Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Atlantic
b) Pacific, Arctic, Indian, and Australian
c) Pacific, Antarctica, Indian and Atlantic
d) Pacific, Antarctica, Australian and Atlantic
32. Write the names of the Earth Layers.
33. It is the unpredictable changes in air that takes place over a short period of time.
a) Weather
b) Climate
c) Season
d) Latitude
34. It is the usual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time.
a) Weather
b) Climate
c) Season
d) Latitude
35. They are the variables that define the climate.
a) Temperature
b) Elements
c) Relief
d) Atmosphere
36. They are the causes that change the elements of climate from one place to other one and one
season to other.
a) Elements
b) Factors
c) Relief
d) Temperature
37. What happen to jet stream during “El Niño” conditions?
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38. Why does “El Niño” occur?
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