Geographical Phenomenon

This can be active or dormant.

• Island

• Desert

• Volcano

• Waterfall

Which of the following is NOT a method of preventing soil erosion?

• Afforestation

• Deforestation

• Crop rotation

• Contour ploughing

The movements that impact and influence the earth's surface are also known as

• oceanic activities

• plate tectonics

• plate boundaries

• Caribbean activities

A ________________ is a large ocean wave usually caused by an underwater earthquake or a volcanic explosion.

• tornado

• tsunami

• typhoon

• tidal wave

______________ causes warming of the Pacific Ocean, which in turn causes Atlantic and Caribbean waters to be cooler.

• El Niño

• Drought

• La Niña

• Watershed damage

Mr Polygan has been advised by the agricultural agency in his country that the BEST farming technique for him to use on his land is soil conservation.

Which of the following methods of conservation should he practice?

• Monocropping

• Shifting cultivation

• Crop rotation and diversification

• Bulldozing hillsides and land clearance

The lithosphere is broken up into several large pieces called crustal plates or tectonic plates.

• True

• False

Volcanoes are common along convergent and divergent plate boundaries and hot spots.

• True

• False

Which one of the following is a practice of people living in the Caribbean that have contributed to accelerated soil erosion?

• Afforestation

• Reforestation

• Deforestation

• Crop rotation

A volcano is a mountain that opens downward to a pool of molten rock, called ___________, below the surface of the earth.