Human and Physical Geography Quiz

Earth's trip around the sun is referred to as its

• Revolution

• Rotation

Earth spinning on its axis is called its

• Revolution

• Rotation

Which is NOT a type of tectonic plate boundary?

• Folded

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

The shifting of tectonic plates is called _________________

• continental shelf

• continental divide

• continental breakfast

• continental drift

What was the name of Wegener's super continent?

• Core

• Atlantis

• Pangaea

• Tiberia

What happens at fault lines?

• Volcanoes

• Hurricanes

• Earthquakes

• Floods

Areas of high elevation that are created when two plates collide.

• Valley

• Mountain

• Volcano

• Peninsula

A body of water that flows in one direction, usually from high elevation to low.

• River

• Ocean

• Sea

• Lake

A body of land surrounded on three sides by water.

• Bay

• Isthmus

• Peninsula

• Island

A very dry area that gets very little rainfall and has little vegetation.

• Archipelago

• Valley

• Plateau

• Desert