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Introduction to Geography Chapter 1

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

Lakes and Valleys are carved out by

a)

mountains

b)

chemical weathering

c)

wind

d)

glaciers

2.

What are the three main causes of erosion?

a)

fire, air, and movement

b)

water, wind, and glaciers

c)

volcanoes, earthquakes, and tornadoes

d)

rocks, soil, and sand

3.

What is one effect of chemical weathering?

a)

chemical changes in rock

b)

formation of more ice

c)

loss of glaciers

d)

invention of sand paper

4.

Weathering is

a)

movement of glaciers

b)

the study of climates

c)

study of erosion

d)

the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces

5.

The theory that the earth's crust is broken into moving plates

a)

geography

b)

absolute location

c)

plate tectonics

d)

the core

6.

What is the name of the center of the earth?

a)

Falut

b)

core

c)

earthquake

d)

Lava

7.

Geology is the study of

a)

the earth's plants and animals

b)

How roads and factories are built

c)

the earth's history and structure

d)

how ships and airplanes carry people

8.

A group of places with one thing in common

a)

location

b)

Place

c)

Region

d)

movement

9.

The theme of Place describes

a)

exact location

b)

how areas are alike or different

c)

relative location

d)

how goods are moved from place to place

10.

The study of places, how they affect people, and how people change them.

a)

geology

b)

geography

c)

culture

d)

climate

11.

Roughly, how much of the earth's surface is made up of water?

a)

40%

b)

90%

c)

70%

d)

60%