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Geography Chapter 2 Test: Earth’s Physical Geography

Main Ideas: Answer the following questions in no more than two sentences each.

1. What two factors cause the Earth to have seasons?

2. Why is there a six month period at the North Pole when the sun never sets and it is always daytime?

3. What is the theory of plate tectonics?

4. What is the difference between weather and climate?

5. The Earth’s rotation causes us to have east-west winds. What two factors cause us to have north-south winds?

6. Why might a place near a large body of water have a milder climate than another place at the same latitude, but further inland?

7. What kinds of vegetation will a person find in a Continental climate?