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Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
What is erosion?
a)
it is the wearing down of rocks by wind and water
b)
it is the breaking of the Earth's crust that causes a fault.
c)
It is the movement of weathered materials by wind, ice, or water
d)
it is the mixing of weathered rock with decayed plant and animal material
2.
How are mountains, rift valleys, and volcanoes formed?
a)
diverging plates
b)
converging plates
c)
transform plates
3.
The average weather over a long period of time is called
a)
climate
b)
weather
c)
precipiation
d)
seasons
4.
Seasons are caused by what
a)
tilt
b)
tilt and rotation
c)
tilt and revolution
d)
revolution
5.
What is the most important factor in determining climate?
a)
elevation
b)
air masses
c)
latitude
d)
continentiality
6.
Which of the following is a factor that affects climate?
a)
erosion
b)
longitude
c)
convection
d)
proximity to water
7.
What is formed at the mouth of a river
a)
fjord
b)
delta
c)
plateau
d)
canyon
8.
What is the climate on the windward side of a mountain?
a)
Temperature would be high and precipitation low
b)
Temperature would be high and precipitation is high
c)
Temperature is low and precipitation is high
d)
Temperature is low and precipitation is low
9.
What is the climate like on the leeward side of a mountain
a)
Temperature would be high and precipitation low
b)
Temperature would be high and precipitation is high
c)
Temperature is low and precipitation is high
d)
Temperature is low and precipitation is low
10.
Temperatures near the ocean are pretty steady becuase
a)
of storms
b)
because land heats and cools slowly
c)
because some oceans are warmer than others
d)
because large bodies of water warm and cool slowly
11.
This graph represents a climate located in the
a)
highlands
b)
high latitudes
c)
middle latitudes
d)
tropical latitudes
12.
If a climate is temperate, that indicates
a)
low temperature and low precipitation
b)
high temperature and high precipitation
c)
low temperature at high altitudes
d)
seasonal shifts in temperature and precipitation
13.
As elevation increases
a)
temperature increases
b)
temperature decreases
c)
temperature varies
d)
there is no correlation between elevation and temperature
14.
What causes the Atacama Desert to be the driest desert in the world?
a)
elevation and latitude
b)
longitude
c)
elevation and mountain barriers
d)
continentiality
15.
Mediterranean climates experience
a)
heavy rain
b)
cold, snowy winters
c)
warm, dry summers
d)
short growing seasons
16.
What physical feature borders India and China
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Indian Ocean
c)
Himalayan Mountains
d)
Black Sea
17.
Silt causes a river to what
a)
dry up
b)
flood
c)
have high tides
d)
change course
18.
What causes the climate of Europe to be temperate even though it is located at the higher latitudes?
a)
because of elevation
b)
the North Atlantic Ocean Current
c)
mountain barriers
d)
pressure and wind currents
19.
What process explains the activity frequented around the Ring of Fire?
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Plate movements
d)
Deposition
20.
What is another name for the crust of the earth?
a)
hydrosphere
b)
atmosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
biosphere
21.
Which of the following defines plate tectonics?
a)
The earth is one large plate that is being weathered and eroded.
b)
The earth's core is cooling which leads to more plate movement.
c)
Earthquakes happen frequently in warmer regions.
d)
The earth's surface is divided into plates, and the plates are still moving.
22.
What type of plate movement occurs in seafloor spreading?
a)
Convergent
b)
Divergent
c)
Subduction
d)
Transform
23.
Where do most earthquakes occur?
a)
In the middle of continents
b)
At the Equator
c)
In higher elevations
d)
At plate boundaries
24.
Which of the following best describes what occurs during subduction?
a)
The continental plate sinks into the mantle due to its density.
b)
The denser oceanic plate slides beneath the lighter continental plate.
c)
The oceanic plate diverges from the continental plate.
d)
Two continental plates collide causing huge mountains.
25.
Which of the following affects climate patterns in relation to the seasons?
a)
Earth's revolution around the sun and the tilt on its axis
b)
Earth's distance from the sun
c)
The nearness to the oceans
d)
Earth's tectonic plate movement
26.
What type of plate movement most often creates mountains?
a)
Divergent
b)
Transform
c)
Convergent
d)
Seafloor spreading
27.
How do mountains affect levels of precipitation?
a)
The windward side of prevailing winds will have more rain than the opposite side.
b)
The rain shadow has higher levels of precipitation.
c)
The prevailing winds make it warmer and drier.
d)
The leeward side is cooler and rainier than the windward side of prevailing winds.
28.
How do latitude lines affect climate zones?
a)
The further you are from the Equator, the more direct rays a place receives making it warmer
b)
The poles always receive direct rays because of the Earth's tilt.
c)
Different seasons occur along the Equator because of the direction of the Earth's tilt
d)
Regions at the Equator are warm due to direct rays from the sun.
29.
What factor can cause mountains even in tropical locations to have a snow cap all year long?
a)
Elevation
b)
Latitude
c)
Closeness to the ocean
d)
Location in the middle of continent
30.
What is the biggest factor in determining climate zones?
a)
Elevation
b)
Latitude
c)
Prevailing winds
d)
Ocean currents
31.
What causes a Tsunami to form?
a)
The Earth's tilt
b)
Thunderstorms and tornadoes
c)
Major blizzard near lakes
d)
Undersea earthquakes, volcano eruptions, and mudslides
32.
Which of the following would not be associated with hurricanes?
a)
Coastal flooding
b)
Beach erosion
c)
Wind damages
d)
heavy snow
33.
What causes hurricanes?
a)
Warming of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b)
Two different air masses meeting
c)
High pressure system
d)
Indirect rays from the Earth's tilt
34.
What sphere of the Earth is made of rocks, dirt, mountains, and the ocean floor?
a)
atmosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
biosphere
35.
What factors lead to volcanoes?
a)
transform plate boundaries
b)
convergent and divergent plate boundaries
c)
elevation and latitude
d)
Tsunamis moving on the ocean floor
36.
How can a mountain change over time due to erosion?
a)
It will be built up, getting higher
b)
Mountain areas will shift further north
c)
It will be worn down by wind, water, or glaciers.
d)
Magma will build up and lead to folding
37.
How does chemical weathering affect landforms?
a)
Acid rain changes the chemical makeup of rock allowing it to dissolve
b)
Roots get into cracks and break apart rock
c)
Water seeps into cracks, freezes, and breaks apart rock
d)
Rocks are washed away by rivers
38.
Which landforms have the highest elevations?
a)
Mountains, swamp, plains
b)
Plains, floodplains, deltas
c)
Volcanoes, plateaus, mountains
d)
Plateau, beach, river mouth
39.
Which of the following is considered to be one of the lowest landforms?
a)
Canyon
b)
Plateau
c)
Volcano
d)
Plain
40.
Why is the area around the Pacific Ocean referred to as the Ring of Fire?
a)
Frequent tsunamis
b)
Frequent earthquakes and volcanoes
c)
In the path of hurricanes
d)
Many wildfires due to drought
41.
How are climate regions classified?
a)
temperature and precipitation
b)
elevation and temperature
c)
landforms and bodies of water
d)
tilt and ocean currents
42.
What is the movement of soil from one place to another?
a)
weathering
b)
deposition
c)
discharge
d)
erosion
43.
Soil building is when weathering, erosion, and biological activity gradually build up to create a new top soil.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Volcanoes are
a)
another word for mountains
b)
mountains that erupt due to earthquakes
c)
a mountain formed by lava or magma that breaks through Earth's crust
d)
a mountain formed under water
45.
This picture is showing
a)
The Atlantic Plate
b)
The Ring of Fire
c)
Mariana's Trench
d)
Pacific Islands
46.
The process that breaks down rocks and other materials on Earth's surface is called
a)
weathering
b)
erosion
c)
soil conservation
d)
decomposition
47.
Most earthquakes take place along _________ _________ boundaries?
a)
tectonic plates
b)
epicenter
c)
islands
d)
mountain ranges
48.
According to the theory of plate tectonics, ____.
a)
the asthenosphere is
divided into plates
b)
the earth is divided into plates
c)
the
asthenosphere moves over the lithosphere
d)
the asthenosphere is strong and rigid
49.
What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together, causing mountains to form?
a)
Transform fault
boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
d)
gradual boundary
50.
Which of the following processes is occurring when rainwater moves volcanic rock?
a)
Folding
b)
Erosion
c)
deposition
d)
Faulting
51.
Above a hot spot under an oceanic plate, large quantities of lava continually erupt through the seafloor. If the lava builds up to an elevation greater than sea level, what type of landform will result?
a)
Barrier Island
b)
Peninsula
c)
Volcanic Island
d)
Continent
52.
Which provides the best evidence for the theory that faults and volcanoes are results of tectonic plate interactions?
a)
Faults on tectonic plates are in constant motion, but
volcanoes may not erupt for many years.
b)
Faults
and volcanoes existed long before there were tectonic plates.
c)
Tectonic
plates that have many faults do not usually have volcanoes.
d)
Faults and volcanoes are
often found at tectonic plate boundaries.
53.
Which process caused the upward movement that formed the Andes Mountains?
a)
Sea floor spreading
b)
Deposition
c)
Convergent boundaries
d)
erosion of rock layer
54.
Dust storms can occur when
a)
only during certain seasons
b)
are based on the tilt of the earth
c)
The wind erodes exposed soil, Lack of plants exposes soil
d)
none of the above
55.
Which of the following landforms are created due to soil deposition?
a)
Glaciers
b)
canyons
c)
Deltas
d)
Desert arches
56.
Which factor has the least effect on the weathering of a rock?
a)
composition of the rock
b)
exposure of the rock
c)
number of fossils in the rock
d)
climate conditions
57.
What is the best example of physical weathering?
a)
the cracking of rock caused by the freezing and
thawing of water
b)
the transportation of sediment in a stream
c)
the reaction of limestone with acid rainwater
d)
none of the above
58.
According to the theory of plate tectonics, ____.
a)
the asthenosphere is divided into plates
b)
the earth is divided into plates
c)
the asthenosphere moves over the lithosphere
d)
the asthenosphere is strong and rigid
59.
What type of boundary occurs where two plates move together, causing mountains to form?
a)
Transform fault boundary
b)
convergent boundary
c)
divergent boundary
d)
gradual boundary
60.
Which land form is most susceptible to glacial(a slow moving piece of ice) erosion?
a)
Amazon rain forest
b)
the desert
c)
Near the equator
d)
Mountains
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