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OUR CHANGING EARTH

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As the river enters the plain it twists and turns forming large bends known as

a)

Meanders

b)

Leeves

c)

Waterfalls

d)

Delta

2.

Which is not the work of wind as an agent of erosion and deposition?

a)

Mushroom rocks

b)

Sand dunes

c)

Loess

d)

Arches

3.

The rivers of ice are known as

a)

Sand-dunes

b)

Oxbow lakes

c)

Glaciers

d)

Distributaries

4.

Large deposits of loess is found in

a)

Malaysia

b)

Australia

c)

India

d)

China

5.

Which is not an erosional feature of sea waves?

a)

Sea cave

b)

Beaches

c)

Cliff

d)

Sea stacks

6.

From the following picture name the landform which is denoted by "B"👇

a)

Meanders

b)

Leeves

c)

Cliff

d)

Oxbow lakes

7.

Which of these is not caused by Exogenic forces?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Sea waves

c)

Glaciers

d)

River

8.

Which forces work on the surface of the Earth

a)

Endogenic Force

b)

Exogenic Force

c)

None of these

d)

Both (A) and (B)

9.

................... is an Instruments which records the intensity of the Earthquake waves

a)

Richter Scale

b)

Seimograph

c)

Barometer

d)

none of these

10.

The place of origin of an Earthquake is called

a)

Epicentre

b)

Focus

c)

Waves

11.

......................... is the sudden shaking of the Earth's crust

a)

Surface Waves

b)

Earth Quake

c)

Exogenic Shake

d)

none of these

12.

In 2001 massive Earthquake occured in

a)

Bhuj (Gujarat)

b)

Jammu and Kashmir

c)

Chamoli (Uttarakhand)

d)

Latur (Maharashtra)

13.
A glacier is a slowly moving mass of __________.
a)
rock
b)
wind
c)
ice 
d)
sediment
14.
Wind can build up sand dunes.
a)
true
b)
false
15.

The depositional feature of a glacier is:

a)

Flood plain

b)

Beach

c)

Moraine

16.

Which is caused by the sudden movements of the earth?

a)

Volcano

b)

Folding

c)

Flood plain

17.

Mushroom rocks are found in:

a)

Deserts

b)

River valleys

c)

Glaciers

18.

Ox bow lakes are found in:

a)

Glaciers

b)

River valleys

c)

Deserts

19.

A ............. is a vent in the earth's crust through which molten material erupts suddenly.

a)

volcano

b)

earthquake

20.

A massive earthquake hit Bhuj town on..............

a)

26 january 2001

b)

26 january 2002