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Day two of Benchmark boot camp

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which continent is in orange

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

2.

Which continent is in light green

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

3.

Which continent is in dark green

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

4.

Which continent is in yellow

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

North America

d)

South America

5.

What geographic tool does the visual below represent?

a)

Grid

b)

Scale

c)

Projection

d)

Legend (key)

6.

What geographic tool does the visual below represent?

a)

Grid

b)

Scale

c)

Projection

d)

Legend (key)

7.

What geographic tool does the visual below represent?

a)

Grid

b)

Scale

c)

Projection

d)

Legend (key)

8.

What geographic tool does the visual below represent?

a)

Grid

b)

Scale

c)

Projection

d)

Legend (key)

9.

What are characteristics of a physical map, chose all that apply

a)

mountains

b)

country borders

c)

capital cities

d)

oceans

e)

lakes/rivers

10.

Check all of the characteristics that are related to physical geography

a)

language

b)

religion/government

c)

landforms

d)

bodies of water

e)

natural resources

11.

Which part of the earth is the green portion in the diagram below?

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

12.

Which part of the earth is the yellow portion in the diagram below?

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

13.

Which part of the earth is the red portion in the diagram below?

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

14.

What is a narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water

a)

strait

b)

stream

c)

lake

15.

What is a body of water complete surrounded by land

a)

strait

b)

stream

c)

lake

16.

What is a body of water flowing through the land

a)

strait

b)

stream

c)

lake

17.

What is the long hollow in the earth's surface?

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

valley

d)

mountain

e)

hill

18.

What are the parts of the land that rise above the rest of the land that are more rounded

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

valley

d)

mountain

e)

hill

19.

What are the parts of the land that rise above the rest of the land with steep slopes and a peak?

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

valley

d)

mountain

e)

hill

20.

What is any body of land smaller than a continent that is completely surrounded by water

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

valley

d)

mountain

e)

hill

21.

What is a piece of land that extends outward from a continent and is surrounded by water on three sides

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

valley

d)

mountain

e)

hill

22.
The Grand Canyon was formed mainly by
a)
Water erosion
b)
Wind erosion
c)
Chemical weathering
d)
Mechanical weathering
23.

Earthquakes on the ocean floor can cause a

a)

Tsunami

b)

Hurricane

c)

Typhoon

d)

Ring of Fire

24.

What are landforms?

a)

Man made features

b)

Egyptian Pyramids

c)

Natural formations of the Earth due to geological processes

25.

What does GPS stand for?

a)

Geological Processing System

b)

Global Positioning System

c)

Global Project Satellite

d)

Geography Processing Satelites

26.

What is NOT an example of why GPS is a useful tool

a)

It gives us the weather

b)

It gives us driving directions

c)

GPS helps rescue crews

d)

GPS helps track phones and computers

27.

A natural elevation of the earth that is higher than a hill

a)

hill

b)

mountain

c)

Plain

d)

Peninsula

28.

Weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition work together to

a)

create new landforms

b)

do nothing

c)

destroy landforms

d)

create life