Test Quiz Quiz 1 Sample Questions

SAMPLE QUIZ 1 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY

1. During the June solstice:

a) the Southern Hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun;

b) the Earth is farther from the Sun than it is during December;

c) the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun;

d) all of the above;

2. One Earth orbit around the Sun is called a:

a) polarity

b) day

c) revolution

d) rotation

3. The Earth transfers heat in all of the following ways except for:

a) conduction

b) convection

c) radiation

d) all of the above

4. On March 20, there will be ______hours of daylight at Santa Monica:

a) 6 b) 12 c) 10 d) 8

5. The diameter of the Earth is approximately ______miles at the equator:

a) 7926 b) 6,540 c) 10,300 d) 14,650

6. The minimum distance between Earth and the Sun occurs each year during the month of ______and is called ______.

a) December, aphelion

b) January, perihelion

c) June, aphelion

d) June, perihelion

7. In the Earth’s latitudinal energy budget, a deficit of energy is received between the latitudes:

a) 0o – 300 N

b) 23 ½0 S – 23 ½0 N

c) 280 N – 330 S

d) 280 N and North Pole, and 330 S and the South Pole

8. The Sun radiates most of its energy in the ______portion of the electromagnetic spectrum

a) gamma ray

b) infrared

c) ultraviolet and visible ray

d) x-ray

9. The vertical rays of the Sun (at noon) migrate annually (in degrees) between latitudes:

a) 23 ½0 S – 23 ½0 N

b) 180 N – 180 S

c) 300N – 300 S

d) 660 N – 660 S

10. In general, winters are colder and summers are warmer at Santa Monica when compared to Lancaster.

a) True b) False

ANSWERS: 1–d; 2-c; 3-d; 4-b; 5-a; 6-b; 7-d; 8-c; 9-a; 10-b

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