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PHYSICAL FEATURES OF INDIA

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Mountains are formed when _________ push together.
a)
hills
b)
tectonic plates
c)
valleys
d)
canyons
2.
the breaking up and moving of weathered rocks from one place to another
a)
erosion
b)
soil
c)
magma
3.
What is the landform? 
a)
Ocean
b)
Valley
c)
Mountain
d)
River
4.
What is the landform?
a)
Ocean
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Plain
5.
What is the landform?
a)
Ocean
b)
Mountain
c)
Valley
d)
Plain
6.
What is the body of water?
a)
Ocean 
b)
Valley
c)
Plateau
d)
River
7.
 High, uplifted area with steep slopes
a)
Mountain
b)
Valley
c)
River
d)
Dune
8.
a)
Isthmus
b)
Geyser
c)
Island
d)
Delta
9.

This body of water is surrounded by land, can be large in size and can be deep

a)

Ocean

b)

Lake

c)

River

d)

Beach

10.
A  piece of land that is surrounded by water on at least three sides-
a)
valley
b)
island
c)
peninsula 
d)
mesa
11.
Large body of salt water that surrounds a continent
a)
ocean 
b)
river 
c)
gulf 
d)
canyon 
12.
Mound of earth with a rounded top; smaller than a mountain.
a)
mountain
b)
hill
c)
valley
13.
A thin natural waterway that allows water to flow into a lake or ocean.
a)
river
b)
island
c)
lake
14.
Area of land completely surrounded by water.
a)
island
b)
peninsula
c)
volcano
15.
A large area of flat land or gently rolling land.
a)
plain
b)
valley
c)
hill
16.

True or false. Is an Ocean a land form?

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Another name for a mountain top is ________.

a)

peak

b)

top

c)

high

d)

snowy mountain

18.
Low land between hills or mountains.
a)
bay
b)
trench
c)
valley
19.

What is a valley?

a)

A long stream of water

b)

Lower land between hills or mountains

c)

A large, flat land area

d)

Piece of land surrounded by water

20.
The ________is a layer of solid rock that includes both dry land and the ocean floor.
a)
Crust
b)
Mantle
c)
Core
d)
Lithosphere
21.
True or False.
The deeper you go into the earth, the greater the pressure. 
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The core is made mostly of what two metals?
a)
Copper and Gold
b)
Silicon and Sulfur
c)
Iron and Nickel
d)
Barium and Silver
23.
_____________ is the force exerted on a surface divided by the total area over which the force is exerted
a)
Pressure
b)
Temperature
c)
Viscosity
d)
Volume
24.

Which layer of Earth flows slowly and causes the crust to move?

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer core

25.

This layer is the most dense in comparison to the other layers.

a)

Crust

b)

Mantle

c)

Inner Core

d)

Outer Core

26.

What is a physical classification of the outer core (hint: state of matter)?

a)

gas

b)

solid

c)

liquid

d)

plasma

27.

Which reason below best describes why the inner core is a solid?

a)

Gravitational pull

b)

Iron and Nickel becomes a solid when heated

c)

Its under great pressure

d)

Its just the way it was made

28.
A _____________ is a well tested concept that explains a wide range of observations.
a)
Theory of Plate Tectonics
b)
scientific theory
c)
subduction
29.

Geologists and Seismologist study _______________ and __________________ to determine what's happening inside of Earth?

a)

oceans and land

b)

people and plants

c)

rocks and seismic waves

30.

The thinnest and outermost layer of Earth is called...

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

31.

A combination of Earth's rotation and the outer core rotating around the inner core, a force field is created. This called the ________________ effect.

a)

dynamo

b)

pangaea

c)

continental drift

d)

winter solstice

32.
Earthquakes produce...
a)
Volcanic eruptions
b)
Seismic Waves
c)
Longitudinal Waves
d)
Visible Light
33.

Convection currents occurs in which of Earth's layers?

a)

crust

b)

mantle

c)

outer core

d)

inner core

34.

Which of the following is responsible for Earth's crust moving?

a)

Convection Currents

b)

Dynamo Effect

c)

Great Pressure

d)

Gravitational pull from the Sun

35.

Select the landforms that form at a convergent boundary.

a)

mountains

b)

volcanoes

c)

deep ocean trenches

d)

mid ocean ridges

36.

What boundary does this picture show?

a)

Divergent

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

37.

What occurs at a transform boundary?

a)

Faults

b)

deep ocean trenches

c)

earthquakes

d)

mountains

38.

What boundary does the picture show?

a)

Transfrom

b)

Divergent

c)

Convergent

39.

What landforms will occur at a divergent boundary?

a)

mid ocean ridge

b)

mountain

c)

deep ocean trenches

d)

rift valley

40.

What landform does this picture show? Where does it occur?

a)

Rift valley

b)

convergent boundary on land

c)

divergent boundary on land

d)

volcano

41.

What boundary does this picture show?

a)

Convergent

b)

Divergent

c)

Transform

42.

What will happen to the Mediterranean sea as the Eurasian plate and the African plate continue to move towards each other over time?

a)

It will get smaller

b)

It will get larger

c)

It will eventually disappear

d)

Nothing will happen

43.

How will the land in this area change as the Eurasian plate and the African plate continue to move towards each other over time?

a)

Mountains will form

b)

Land will be destroyed

c)

Nothing will happen

44.

What drives the movements of Earth's plates?

a)

Convection currents in the mantle

b)

Earth's rotation

c)

sea floor spreading

d)

subduction

45.

What processes helped prove the hypothesis of continental drift?

a)

the water cycle

b)

Subduction

c)

Sea Floor Spreading

d)

none of the above

46.

What is denser oceanic or continental crust?

a)

Oceanic

b)

Continental

47.

What forms when two pieces of continental crust collide?

a)

land is destroyed

b)

earthquakes occur

c)

high mountain ranges form

48.

What happens when oceanic and continental crust collide?

a)

mid ocean ridges form

b)

volcanoes form

c)

deep ocean trench occurs

49.

Subduction occurs at a

a)

Mid ocean ridge

b)

converging boundaries of oceanic and continental crust

c)

Deep ocean trench

50.

Where do volcanoes form?

a)

convergent boundaries

b)

subduction zones

c)

when continental and continental crust collide

51.

What is the first step that forms a volcano?

a)

When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.

b)

water enters the mantle

c)

the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts

d)

Magma will then rise

52.

What is the second step that forms a volcano?

a)

When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.

b)

water enters the mantle

c)

the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts

d)

Magma will then rise

53.

What is the third step that forms a volcano?

a)

the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts

b)

Magma will then rise

c)

When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.

d)

water enters the mantle

54.

What is the last step that forms a volcano?

a)

the water lowers the melting point of them mantle and the mantle partially melts

b)

Magma will then rise

c)

When two plates collide and one is subducted under the other.

d)

water enters the mantle

55.

The Peninsular Plateau of India is part of which of the following landmass?

a)

Angaraland

b)

Tethys

c)

Gondwanaland

d)

None of the above

56.

What is this a picture of?

a)

Gondwanaland

b)

Laurasia

c)

Pangaea

d)

Panthalassa

57.

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

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