Physical Geography Online Quiz

The winds that flow throughout the year from one latitude to another latitude because of latitudinal differences in the air pressure are called planetary winds. There are three main types of planetary winds - the trade winds, the westerlies and the easterlies. Chinook is a strong wind that becomes warm and very dry while rapidly descending the lee side of mountain slopes.

A former tributary glacier valley that is incised into the upper part of a U-shaped glacier valley, higher than the floor of the main valley. Hanging valley streams often enter the main valley as waterfalls. A hanging glacier connects the upper valley to the lower valley.

The tundra climate region occurs between 60° and 75° of latitude, mostly along the Arctic coast of North America, Eurasia (Europe and Asia) and on the coastal margins of Greenland.

The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, and is also where nearly all weather conditions take place. It contains 75% of the atmosphere's mass and 99% of the total mass of water vapour and aerosols.

Sea breeze, a local wind system characterized by a flow from sea to land during the day. It develops due to differences in air pressure created by the differing heat capacities of water and dry land.

The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, and is also where nearly all weather conditions take place. It contains 75% of the atmosphere's mass and 99% of the total mass of water vapour and aerosols. Troposphere is the warmest because it is closest to the ground, where the heat is coming from.

The Sun is the largest object in our solar system. It is composed of seven layers: three inner layers and four outer layers. The inner layers are the core, the radiative zone and the convection zone, while the outer layers are the photosphere, the chromosphere, the transition region and the corona.

Colourado, a western USA state, has a diverse landscape of arid desert, river canyons and snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partly protected by Rocky Mountain National Park. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colourado River.

A seismometer is an instrument that responds to ground noises and shaking such as caused by earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions.

The air above the land warms up and rises and the cool air over the sea moves in to take its place, resulting in the sea breeze in the daytime. At night, as the sea maintains its temperature better and is warmer than the land, the roles of land and sea reverse and convection of air results in the land breeze.