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GRADE 8 GEOG REVISION

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the greenhouse effect?
a)
The warming of a planet due to trapped radiation.
b)
The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.
c)
The heating of a solid, such as a rock.
2.
 Which of the following activities contributes the most to carbon emissions globally?
a)
Deforestation
b)
Agriculture
c)
Burning fossil fuels
d)
Respiration
3.
Melting of glaciers and polar ice caps....
a)
will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
b)
will result in sea-levels rising
c)
Will have no effect on ecosystems
d)
None of the above
4.
Which of the following gases, released by animals as a waste product of digestion, can add to global warming?
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Methane
c)
Chlorofluorocarbon
d)
Nitrogen
5.
1.  In the past, refrigerators, aerosol spray propellants and cleaning solvents were all sources of a greenhouse gas known as
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
methane
c)
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
d)
nitrous oxide
6.
1.  Why is the Ozone important to life on Earth?
a)
A.   The Ozone reflects all the Ultra Violet radiation
b)
A.  The Ozone absorbs all the heat that come up from the Earth.
c)
The Ozone provides all the oxygen to Earth.
d)
The Ozone protects the Earth’ s atmosphere and the life on Earth from harmful radiant energy emitted by the sun   
7.
Increased carbon dioxide may cause global warming by
a)
allowing more sunlight into the atmosphere.
b)
reflecting more sunlight from clouds.
c)
reducing the amount of oxygen in the air.   
d)
trapping more heat in the atmosphere.
8.
Which of the following is the definition of water shortage? Water shortage occurs when _______________.
a)
level of water usage meets the water supply available
b)
level of water usage is below the water supply available
c)
level of water usage exceeds the water supply available
d)
level of water usage is equal to the water supply available
9.
Which of the following has the greatest quantity of freshwater?
a)
Ice Caps and Glaciers
b)
Surface Water
c)
Groundwater
d)
None of the above
10.
A greater population leads to greater demand for water.
a)
True
b)
False
11.

Explain why many would have an increased difficulty in collecting water during a water shortage.

a)

It was difficult because people have to queue up to to collect water during the water rationing exercise.

b)

Crop yield decreases with decreased water supply. It became difficult to produce enough food to feed the people.

c)

It became difficult because water became very scarce and people had to travel long distances in search of water to obtain them.

d)

Prices of water will increase with water becoming scarce. Production costs will increase and costs of goods will increase too.

12.

Gases like CH4, CO2, CO, CFCs are known as green house gases because

a)

It helps the plants to grow

b)

It is green in colour

c)

It heats up the atmosphere

d)

It is beneficial for humans

13.

Erratic rainfall, floods and droughts are the result of

a)

Monsoon Season

b)

Desertification

c)

Difference in atmospheric pressure

d)

Climate change

14.

What may happen to the use of coal in the future?

a)

It may be the most important source of energy

b)

It may have limited use

c)

It may almost be exhausted therefore may not be in use

d)

It will be used along with the renewable sources of energy.

15.

Polluting rivers may cause shortage of water.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Which of these causes for water shortage may lead to political tension and wars in the future.

a)

Many of the rivers in the world flow in more than one nation. Example river Euphrates flows from Turkey to Iraq.

b)

Polluted water in cities can cause diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery.

c)

In 2000 UN said 2 billion people across the world were short of clean, reliable water.

d)

Rivers may become more polluted an people, crops and animals may die.

17.

What is food insecurity?

a)

Availability of unhealthy food

b)

limited or unreliable access to foods that are safe and nutritionally adequate

c)

reliable accessibility to food but no means to purchase it

d)

insufficient intake of food

18.

People are said to have a satisfactory diet when

a)

They consume a large burger

b)

They have access to food resources

c)

They eat one small meal a day

d)

They consume 1500 calories per day containing all the nutrients

19.

Corruption may lead to unequal distribution of food

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Mostly people in the developed country suffer from Malnutrition

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Himalayas, Gangetic plains, Deccan Plateau, Sundarban Delta, etc are the

a)

Physical features of India

b)

Political features of India

c)

Mountains of India

22.

India is the seventh largest country of the world holding second largest population.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

India has ______________ climate.

a)

Tropical Climate

b)

Monsoon Climate

c)

Tropical Desert Climate

d)

Tropical Monsoon Climate

24.

The part of India that gets winter rainfall.

a)

North West

b)

South East

c)

South West

d)

North

25.

Himalayan region has frequent earthquakes because

a)

Indian plate is still moving towards Eurasian Plate

b)

Eurasian plate is pushing back the Indian plate

c)

There are landslides on the mountains

d)

Movement of glaciers cause earthquakes

26.

Name the wind shown in the image.

a)

North East Monsoon Winds

b)

South West Monsoon Winds

c)

Eastern Monsoon Winds

d)

Western Monsoon Winds

27.

Rainfall in the Western Ghats and the Himalayas is called

a)

Convectional Rainfall

b)

Cyclonic Rainfall

c)

Relief Rainfall

d)

Frontal Rainfall

28.

Advantage of monsoon rains is that it bring in excessive water in some places causing floods

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Population density in India is high in

a)

Gangetic Plains

b)

Deccan Plateau

c)

Western Ghats

d)

East Indai

30.

What does population pyramid of India Indicate

a)

Population will decrease in Future

b)

Population will remain the same in the future

c)

Population will Increase in the future

d)

None of the above

31.

The population pyramid indicates that

a)

Birth rate is higher than death rate

b)

Death rate is higher than birth rate

c)

birth and death rate are the same

32.

The population pyramid of a __________ country would look like this.

a)

DEVELOPED COUNTRY

b)

DEVELOPING COUNTRY

33.

What is the future prediction of population in the country with this population pyramid?

a)

It will increase

b)

It will decrease

c)

It will remain the same

34.

What does the population pyramid indicate ?

a)

Higher dependent female population

b)

Higher dependent male population

c)

Lower dependent population

d)

Higher working population

35.

Identify the type of map given in the image.

a)

Physical Map

b)

Choropleth map

c)

Political Map

d)

Resource Map

36.

Life Expectancy can be defined as

a)

The average number of years a person is expected to be young dependents

b)

The average number of years a person is expected to be independent and working.

c)

The average number of years a person is expected to live

d)

The average number of years a person is expected to live as Old dependent.

37.

Forest and Hills are two natural features found on the map.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Buildings with four or five storeys that has up to 20 tenements with two room each.

a)

Chawl

b)

Shanty Settlement

c)

Huts

d)

Slums

39.

Mumbai is one of the richest city in the world and offers good standard of living to all the people.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

The most common occupation of people in Villages in India is

a)

Industrial Workers

b)

Business Men

c)

Agricultural Workers

d)

Medical Workers