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Week 13 - The Tropical North of South America Quiz

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This land-form is found in all the countries of South America's Tropical North

a)

the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains

b)

the Guiana Highlands

c)

the Andes mountain ranges

d)

the Llanos

2.

The volcano named Cotopaxi, the highest in the world can be found in _____.

a)

Guyana

b)

Ecuador

c)

Columbia

d)

Brazil

3.

The Galapagos Islands were the site of _____.

a)

Ecuador's largest volcanic eruption

b)

Charles Darwin's study that resulted in the theory of evolution

c)

Christopher Columbus's second landing in the Americas

d)

an outpost of the Incas

4.

______ is Venezuela's main cash crop.

a)

coffee

b)

rice

c)

cassava

d)

corn

5.

What is the Equator?

a)

Imaginary line that runs through the middle of Earth

b)

Imaginary line that tells the time zone

c)

Imaginary line that goes on forever

d)

Imaginary line that runs parallel with the moon

6.

Elevation is the measurement of how much above or below sea level of a place.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

It's called an Elevator

7.

What is not one of the 6 countries in the Tropical North?

a)

Brazil

b)

Ecuador

c)

Colombia

d)

Suriname

e)

French Guiana

8.

What is the name of the largest active Volcano in the Tropical North?

a)

Cotopaxi

b)

Mount Fuji

c)

Mayon Volcano

d)

Mount St.Helens

9.

What is the largest waterfall in the world?

a)

Angel Falls

b)

Niagara Falls

c)

Iguazu Falls

d)

Waterfalls by TLC

10.

What place has the most lighting strikes (Storms) in the world?

a)

Lake Maracaibo

b)

The Gobi Desert

c)

The Amazon River

d)

Lake Victoria

11.

What is Venezuela's number 1 resource?

a)

Oil

b)

Cattle

c)

Gems

d)

Bananas

12.

What is Colombia's number 1 resource?

a)

Coal

b)

Bananas

c)

Coffee

d)

Diamonds

13.

What is Charles Darwin known for?

a)

Evolution and Natural Selection

b)

Macaroni and Cheese

c)

Traveling to the Galapagos Islands

d)

English Scientist

14.

What is Natural Selection

a)

The idea that animals adapt or they die

b)

The idea that animals eat or they migrate

c)

The idea that animals reproduce

d)

The idea that animal's environment is being destroyed

15.

What is the idea of Evolution?

a)

The change of animals over time

b)

The change of environment over time

c)

The change of migration over time

d)

A video game

16.

What is a main physical feature of the Tropical North?

a)

The Andes

b)

The Amazon River

c)

Patagonia

d)

The Rocky Mountains

17.

What is a main physical feature of the Tropical North?

a)

Angel Falls

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Amazon Rainforest

d)

The Nile River

18.

What is not a physical feature of the Tropical North?

a)

Cotopaxi

b)

Lake Maracaibo

c)

Galapagos Islands

d)

Mt. Everest

19.

When did Charles Darwin arrive on the Galapagos Islands?

a)

1835

b)

2021

c)

1500

d)

1888

20.

What country are the Galapagos Islands apart of?

a)

Ecuador

b)

Columbia

c)

Venezuela

d)

Guyana

21.

Who is Charles Darwin?

a)

The Father of Evolution

b)

The guy who invented Facebook

c)

Professional snowboarder

d)

The CEO of Nintendo

22.

Why do animals migrate?

4 lines
23.

Which number on the map is South America?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

24.

Which number on the map is the Andes Mountains?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

7

d)

9

25.

What two oceans border both North and South America?

a)

Pacific and Antarctic

b)

Arctic and Indian

c)

Atlantic and Arctic

d)

Pacific and Atlantic