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Geography - A Living Planet

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name this landform
a)
lake
b)
river
c)
hill
d)
plain
2.
Name this landform that describes the lowest part of the land
a)
valley
b)
hill
c)
island
d)
lake
3.
Name this landform
a)
volcano
b)
hill
c)
river
d)
island
4.
Name this landform
a)
river
b)
plain
c)
mountain
d)
island
5.
Name this landform
a)
peninsula
b)
plain
c)
river
d)
lake
6.
Name this landform
a)
lake
b)
hill
c)
mountain
d)
island
7.
Name this landform
a)
lake
b)
volcano
c)
valley
d)
plain
8.
What is this landform?
a)
mountain
b)
canyon
c)
coast
d)
cliff
9.
What land form is an opening in the earth's surface from which lava flows?
a)
mountain
b)
volcano
c)
canyon
d)
island
10.
What is a lowland area between higher lands such as mountains. 
a)
mountain
b)
valley
c)
island
d)
canyon
11.
What land form is a deep valley with very steep sides?
a)
canyon
b)
mountain
c)
valley
d)
plain
12.
What land form is land completely surrounded by water?
a)
plain
b)
canyon
c)
mountain
d)
island
13.
What land form is a flat region of lowlands?
a)
mountain
b)
canyon
c)
plain
d)
valley
14.
A place on the earths surface that is much higher than the land around it?
a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
canyon
d)
mountain
15.
Water getting into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rocks or pavement apart
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
16.
Wind blowing sand from one location to another
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
17.
What is weathering?
a)
A type of climate
b)
A transport of sediment
c)
The breakdown of rock
d)
The aging of rock
18.
Large level, or nearly level area of land at high elevation
a)
delta
b)
butte
c)
mesa
d)
plateau
19.
Land formed at the mouth of a river by deposited silt. Fan or triangle shaped
a)
gap
b)
key
c)
continental divide
d)
delta
20.

Oceans cover about ______ of the surface of the earth.

a)

60%

b)

70%

c)

80%

d)

90%

21.
What is the definition of dormant?
a)
sleeping
b)
extinct
c)
active
d)
invisible
22.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
23.
Dormant volcanoes might erupt in the future.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Volcanoes are found...
a)
on land
b)
under water
c)
on islands
d)
all of the above
25.
A subduction zone is...
a)
plates pull apart.
b)
the continental plate slides under the oceanic plate.
c)
where the oceanic plate slides under the continental plate.
d)
plates slap each other a high five.
26.
Where are most volcanoes found?
a)
Southern Hemisphere
b)
Ring of Fire
c)
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
d)
Hot Spots
27.
The volcanoes on the Hawaiian Islands form due to which of the following?
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Hot Spot
c)
Subduction Boundary
d)
Transform Boundary
28.
Where do volcanoes come from?
a)
Places where plates move apart
b)
Places where plates are moving together
c)
Hot Spots
d)
All of these options
29.
What can be created by a volcano?
a)
a book
b)
a tiger
c)
an island
d)
a person
30.
A boundary on Earth's crust where two plates collide
a)
Convergent boundary
b)
Divergent boundary
c)
Transform boundary
d)
Indirect boundary
31.
A plate boundary where the plates divide
a)
Indirect boundary
b)
Transform boundary
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Divergent boundary
32.
A plate boundary where the plates slide past each other in opposite directions
a)
Indirect
b)
Transform boundary
c)
Convergent boundary
d)
Divergent boundary
33.

What is Earth's crust?

a)

the solid rock that forms the outer layer of Earth

b)

hot, melted rock

c)

a bowl-shaped area at the top of a volcano

34.

What is the arrow pointing to?

a)

the lava

b)

the vent

c)

the crater

d)

the crust

35.

What is a plate?

a)

hot, melted rock

b)

the thick layer of Earth below the crust

c)

a huge piece of Earth's crust

36.

Where do most volcanoes form?

a)

in the Atlantic Ocean

b)

in the middle of plates

c)

along the edges of plates

37.

What type of fault is the San Andreas in California?

a)

Convergent

b)

Transform

c)

Optimus Prime

d)

Divergent

38.
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
a)
Transform, Convergent, Divergent
b)
Apart, Together, Slide
c)
Slide, Pull away, Push together
39.
What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
40.
What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?
a)
Aftershock
b)
Liquefaction
c)
Seismic Gap
d)
Tsunami
41.
The focus of an earthquake is
a)
The point below Earth's surface where rock first breaks
b)
The closest seismic station
c)
The place where the greatest damage occurs
d)
A fault
42.
What is the name of the supercontinent that formed from about 200-100  million years ago?
a)
Pangaea
b)
Laurasia
43.
Who is the person credited with developing the theory of continental drift?
a)
Harry Hess
b)
Galileo
c)
Alfred Wegener
d)
Newton
44.
What does the theory of continental drift state?
a)
The continents were once joined in a super-continent and have moved over time
b)
Continents are stationary and do not move
c)
The Earth is broken into lithospheric plates that move due to convection currents
d)
none of the above
45.
What is this a picture of?
a)
plate tectonics
b)
continental drift
c)
pangea
d)
glacier scaring
46.

What percentage of the Northern Hemisphere is covered by ocean?

a)

40%

b)

19%

c)

60%

d)

81%

e)

71%

47.

What percentage of the Southern Hemisphere is covered by ocean?

a)

60%

b)

40%

c)

29%

d)

81%

e)

71%

48.

What percentage of the world's fresh water is found in lakes, rivers, and streams?

a)

100%

b)

95%

c)

81%

d)

76%

e)

42%

49.

What is used to measure the height or depth of the earth's surface?

a)

Richter Scale

b)

Volcanic Explosivity Scale

c)

sea level

d)

seismograph

50.

Where is the longest continuous mountain range in the world located?

a)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

b)

Andes Mountains

c)

Marianas Trench

d)

Great Barrier Reef

51.

Where did the strongest earthquake ever recorded take place?

a)

Southern Chile

b)

Off the coast of Alaska

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Kamchatka, Russia

52.

In what ocean was the deadliest tsunami ever recorded?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Pacific

c)

Arctic

d)

Indian

e)

Southern

53.

What is the name of the most famous geyser in Yellowstone National Park?

a)

Old Faithful

b)

Mauna Loa

c)

Mount St. Helens

d)

Castle Geyser

54.

What is the capital of Brazil?

a)

Brasilia

b)

Lima

c)

Buenos Aires

d)

Quito

55.

What is the capital of Paraguay?

a)

Santiago

b)

Asunción

c)

Caracas

d)

Bogotá

56.

What is the capital of Ecuador?

a)

Paramaribo

b)

Georgetown

c)

La Paz

d)

Quito

57.

Peru's capital

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Montevideo

c)

Lima

d)

Brasilia

58.

Capital of Guyana

a)

La Paz

b)

Georgetown

c)

Montevideo

d)

Asuncion

59.

Capital of Suriname

a)

Cayenne

b)

Santiago

c)

Georgetown

d)

Paramaribo

60.

Capital of Colombia

a)

Bogota

b)

Quito

c)

Montevideo

d)

Lima

61.

Capital of Uruguay

a)

Lima

b)

Brasilia

c)

Montevideo

d)

Bogota

62.

Capital of Bolivia

a)

Georgetown

b)

Cayenne

c)

Caracas

d)

La Paz

63.

Capital of Chile

a)

La Paz

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Santiago

d)

Georgetown

64.

Capital of Argentina

a)

Buenos Aires

b)

Asuncion

c)

Caracas

d)

Quito

65.

Capital of Venezuela

a)

Caracas

b)

Buenos Aires

c)

Cayenne

d)

Lima

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