2nd Grade Exploring Maps Quiz

What is a natural feature on the earth’s surface such as a mountain or hill?

• Natural disaster

• Landscape

• Landform

• Fossil

What are the remains of an organism, often as a mold or cast in a rock?

• Natural disaster

• Fossil

• Landform

• Landscape

What is an event in the environment that causes great damage to earth?

• Fossil

• Landscape

• Natural disaster

• Landform

What is an opening on the earth’s surface through which magma comes to the surface?

• Landslide

• Earthquake

• Volcano

• Lava

What is liquid magma that cools down and hardens when it reaches the earth’s surface?

• Landslide

• Volcano

• Lava

• Earthquake

What is a natural disaster that is the sudden shaking of the ground and can change the earth’s landscape very quickly?

• Earthquake

• Landslide

• Lava

• Volcano

What is a natural disaster that causes the downward movement of soil, rocks, and earth materials along a slope?

• Landslide

• Earthquake

• Lava

• Volcano

What is a natural body of water that flows into an ocean or a lake?

• River

• Erosion

• Fossil

• Natural disaster

What is the process of moving sediments or pieces of land from one place to another by wind, water, or ice?

• River

• Erosion

• Fossil

• Natural disaster

What is the visible landforms on a piece of land or region?

• River

• Erosion

• Landscape

• Natural disaster