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Home learning Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

A river's ________________ is the starting point of the river.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

2.

________________ are streams that flow together to make a river.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

3.
 Deposition is a process that
a)
Dissolves sediment
b)
Breaks down rock to form sediment
c)
Removes sediment from land forms
d)
Drops sediment to form landforms
4.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

Meanders

b)

Rapids

c)

Estuary

d)

V shaped valleys

5.

What is the land next to the river called and how would you describe it?

a)

Floodplain, steep land next to the river.

b)

Floodplain, flat land next to the river.

c)

Floodplain, flat land away from the river.

d)

Floodplain, flat land on top of the river.

6.

A ridge of naturally deposited sediment (or a built ridge) on the banks of a river is known as a what?

a)

Floodplain

b)

Meander

c)

Levee

d)

Confluence

7.

Tsunamis are caused by

a)

underwater disturbances such as earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes.

b)

wind and the gravitational pull of the moon.

8.
How many people died in the 2011 Japanese tsunami?
a)
18,000
b)
180,000
c)
1,800
d)
over 200,000
9.
The 2011 Japanese tsunami was caused by:
a)
Mt. Fuji erupted
b)
a 9.0 underwater earthquake
c)
a meteorite crashing in the Pacific
d)
none of the above
10.
Which of the following was an outcome of the 2011 Japanese tsunami?
a)
there was a nuclear power plant disaster
b)
18,000 people died
c)
300 billion dollars in damage
d)
all of these
11.

Which fire killed 2.3 million animals?

a)

Amazon

b)

Australia

12.

What continent is Australia in?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

d)

Oceania

13.

What does LIC stand for?

a)

Low income country

b)

Least iguanas country

c)

Low infrastructure country

d)

Least ignorance country

14.

The Arab Spring is described as what?

a)

The warming of equatorial regions due to global warming.

b)

The renewed study of Islam in Arab countries.

c)

The protests against long-term political leaders in Arab countries.

d)

A movement to create lasting peace between Muslims, Christians and Jews.

15.

Which terrorist group was able to gain a lot of land in Syria due to the civil war?

a)

Al-Qaeda

b)

Taliban

c)

Hamas

d)

ISIS

16.

Which of these was not a recent health pandemic?

a)

Covid-19

b)

Common cold

c)

Zika virus

d)

Bird flu

17.

Malaria is most commonly spread by which insect

a)

Housefly

b)

Moth

c)

Mosquito

d)

Spider

18.
Which sentence best describes the relationship between elevation and air temperatures?
a)
 LOWER elevation = COLDER temperatures
b)
HIGHER elevation = COLDER temperatures
c)
HIGHER elevations = WARMER temperatures
d)
There is no relationship
19.

What is climate?

a)

What's happening in space at a time and place.

b)

What's happening in our atmosphere at a time and place

c)

The average weather over many years

d)

The average temperature over many years.

20.

What climate does a desert have?

a)

Tropical

b)

Polar

c)

Arid/Dry

d)

Temperate

21.

On a climograph the Line Graph measures?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Temperature