WorksheetsYear 7 Geography Skills Quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the precise measurement in degrees of the Tropic of Cancer?
a)
23.5 degrees south
b)
23.5 degrees north
c)
23.5 degrees east
d)
66 degrees north
2.
What is the precise measurement of the arctic circle?
a)
66 degrees north
b)
66 degrees south
c)
13 degrees north
d)
13 degrees south
3.
Where do lines of latitude meet?
a)
At the north and south poles
b)
In the middle
c)
They don't
d)
At 23.5 degrees north and south
4.
What would you find at 180 degrees east of Prime Meridian?
a)
Tropic of Capricorn
b)
International Date Line
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Australia
5.
What is the continent that is blue?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
6.
What is the continent that is pink?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Asia
d)
Australia
7.
What is the continent that is red?
a)
North America
b)
Europe
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
8.
What is the continent that is dark green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Europe
d)
Australia
9.
What is the continent that is yellow?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Asia
d)
Antarctica
10.
What is the continent that is orange?
a)
Africa
b)
Australia
c)
Antarctica
d)
Asia
11.
What is the continent that is light green?
a)
North America
b)
South America
c)
Africa
d)
Australia
12.
Name Ocean #1!
a)
Indian
b)
Pacific
13.
Name Ocean #2!
a)
Arctic
b)
Atlantic
14.
Ocean #3 is _________.
a)
Arctic
b)
Pacific
15.
Ocean #4 is ________.
a)
Indian
b)
Atlantic
16.
the long term average weather conditions that occur in a particular region
a)
precipitation
b)
climate
c)
weather
17.
Describes the condition of the air outdoors
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
average temperature
d)
arid
18.
Determine the contour interval
a)
10 m
b)
20 m
c)
50 m
d)
100 m
19.
What do close contour lines represent on a map?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gradual area
d)
river
20.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)
gentle slope
d)
river
21.
How many mountain tops does this map have?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
22.
What is the profile view to Topographic Map #1?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
23.
What is the profile view to Topographic Map #2?
a)
B
b)
C
c)
D
d)
E
24.
Based on the map below, which location has a greater elevation, A or B?
a)
Location A is higher.
b)
Location B is higher.
c)
Locations A and B are at the same elevation.
d)
It is impossible to determine which location is higher.
25.
A mountaineer is planning an expedition. He wants to follow the easiest possible path, which means he needs to find the most gentle slope up the mountain. Which route should the mountaineer choose?
a)
Route A
b)
Route B
c)
Route C
d)
Route D
26.
The lines on the globe that appear horizontal on your maps and go North or South of the equator are line of ___________
a)
latitude
b)
longitude
c)
prime meridian
d)
meridians
27.
Lines that appear vertical on your maps and show East of West of the Prime Meridian are known as lines of _________
a)
contour intervals
b)
latitude
c)
longitude
d)
parallels
28.
The 0 degree line of latitude is the ___________.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour line
29.
The 0 degree mark of longitude is known as the ___________ ______________ measure from Greenwich England.
a)
Equator
b)
Prime Meridian
c)
International Date Line
d)
Contour Line
30.
A __________ shows relationship between distance on map to distance on Earth
a)
legend
b)
compass
c)
direction
d)
scale
31.
Line of longitude
a)
meridian
b)
parallel
c)
equator
d)
longitude
32.
The areas between 23 1/2 north and 23 1/2 south
a)
parallel
b)
polar zones
c)
tropic zones
d)
longitude
33.
0 degree line of longitude, divides the Eastern and Western Hemispheres
a)
Prime Meridian
b)
meridian
c)
equator
d)
parallel
34.
Which spheres would a shark be included in?
a)
hydrosphere and atmosphere
b)
hydrosphere and lithosphere
c)
hydrosphere and celestial sphere
d)
hydrosphere and biosphere
35.
Which sphere of the Earth contains all the water?
a)
biosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
lithosphere
36.
Which sphere that contains the solid rock layers of Earth?
a)
lithosphere
b)
hydrosphere
c)
celestial sphere
d)
atmosphere
37.
Contour lines....
a)
connect points of equal elevation on a map
b)
show mountains
c)
show high pressure systems
d)
reflect cold fronts moving in
38.
Which sphere that contains the solid rock layers of Earth?
a)
lithosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
atmosphere
d)
geosphere
39.
What is the grid reference for the information centre?
a)
GR 476334
b)
476334
c)
GR4733
d)
4733
40.
What would you find at AR4732?
a)
Forest
b)
River
c)
A house
d)
Information Centre
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