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Chapter 2: Physical Geography Test 2024

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

2.

What is the core made of?

a)

Copper

b)

Aluminum

c)

Iron

d)

Iron and Nickle

3.

The tectonic plates make up the

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

4.

Pangea is known as the ______

a)

Supercontinent

b)

Greatest Continent

c)

Big Continent

d)

Almighty Continent

5.

A boundary that has two plate colliding is also called:

a)

Oceanic

b)

Transform

c)

Divergent

d)

Convergent

6.

A boundary where two plate slide past each other:

a)

Oceanic

b)

Transform

c)

Convergent

d)

Divrgent

7.

A boundary where two plates are dividing:

a)

Transform

b)

Oceanic

c)

Divergent

d)

Convergent

8.

What is the movement of weathered material (sediment) from one place to another by wind, water, gravity, or ice?

a)

Mechanical Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Deposition

d)

Weathering

9.

What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?

a)

Washing

b)

Deposition

c)

Erosion

d)

Weathering

10.

What is the instrument used by scientists to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

a)

Seismogram

b)

Seismologist

c)

Seismograph

d)

Seismology

11.

What are enormous moving pieces of the Earth’s lithosphere and considered to be a jigsaw puzzle?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Tectonic Supercontinent

c)

Tectonic Plates

d)

Fault

12.

What is a fracture in the earth's crust

a)

Focus

b)

Fall

c)

Fault

d)

Breaking point

13.

What is a violent movement of the earth as plates grind or slide past each other

a)

Tornado

b)

Thunder Storm

c)

Tsunami

d)

Earthquake

14.

The Dropping of sediment in a new place by wind, water, ice, or gravity.

a)

Mechanical Weathering

b)

Weathering

c)

Erosion

d)

Deposition

15.

What consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around, the Sun?

a)

Stars

b)

Comets

c)

Asteroids

d)

Solar System

16.

What are large chunks of rocky material found in space?

a)

Asteroids

b)

Heavy Metal

c)

Comets

d)

Planets

17.

Spheres covered in ice and dust

a)

Asteroids

b)

Comets

c)

Ice Rock

d)

Stars

18.

A layer of gases surrounding the Earth. It contains the oxygen we breathe

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Lithosphere

19.

the solid rock portion of the earth’s surface which includes the crust and the upper mantle.

a)

Biosphere

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Lithosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

20.

the water elements of the world, which includes oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, and water in the atmosphere

a)

Lithosphere

b)

Biosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Atmosphere

21.

the part of the earth where plants and animals live.

a)

Biology

b)

Atmosphere

c)

Hydrosphere

d)

Biosphere

22.

Has several layers and contains most of the earth's mass

a)

Core

b)

Mantle

c)

Crust

d)

Atmosphere

23.

What is the process called when water is returned back to the Earth?

a)

Precipitation

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Runoff

24.

Erosion, Deposition and Weathering are what type of forces?

a)

External

b)

Internal

25.

What usually occurs after an earthquake?

a)

Another earthquake

b)

Tsunami

c)

Tornados

d)

Hail Storm

26.

The sun is also known as a ______

a)

Planet

b)

Satellite

c)

Star

27.

Large landmasses of the Earth's surface

a)

Landform

b)

Continent

c)

Ocean

d)

State

28.

How many continents are there?

a)

7

b)

6

c)

9

d)

17

29.

What are the 3 main layers of the Earth?

a)

Core, Mantle, Crust

b)

Core, Mantle, Lithosphere

c)

Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere

d)

Weathering, Erosion, Deposition

30.

Planet Earth is in which galaxy?

a)

Spiral

b)

Outer Space

c)

Milky Way

d)

Nebula

e)

Dwarf

31.

What are the names of the 5 Oceans?

a)

Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Indian, Caribbean

b)

North Pacific, South Atlantic, East Arctic, West Indian, Southern

c)

Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Indian, Arctic

d)

Pacific, India, Gulf of Mexico, Arctic, Southern