Geography Quiz

Which of the following landscapes has low rainfall and extreme temperatures?

• Grasslands

• Rainforests

• Deserts

• Karst landscapes

Australia has no active volcanoes and very little tectonic lift from below because:

• Its location at the center of a tectonic plate

• Its latitude and longitude

• Its location at the edge of a tectonic plate

• Its extreme temperatures

Erosion is:

• An extensive area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

• The breaking down of bare rock by water freezing and cooling

• The laying down of material carried by rivers, wind, ice and ocean currents or waves

• The wearing away and removal of soil and rock by natural elements and human activity

Tectonic plates are sections of the earth’s:

• Mantle

• Crust

• Core

• Inner core

The magnitude of an earthquake is measured using the:

• Bechdel test

• Epicenter

• Richter scale

• Aftershocks

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 would be ________________ damaging than an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5.

• More

• Equally as

• Less

• Similarly

The difference between a natural and human environment is that built environments are altered by humans whereas natural environments are not.

• Natural environments are altered by humans whereas built environments are not

• Built environments are altered by humans whereas natural environments are not

• There is no difference because neither of them are altered by humans

• Natural environments are larger than built environments

In mapping, BOLTSS stands for:

• Border, orientation, latitude, temperature, scale, source

• Border, orientation, legend, title, scale, source

• Border, orientation, legend, temperature, scale, source

• Border, orientation, longitude, title, scale, site

Fold mountains are formed by which of the following types of plate boundaries?

• Converging

• Diverging

• Transforming

• Folding

Are these types of landscapes: Mountain, Rainforest, Grasslands, Aquatic, Desert, Karst, Islands

• True

• False