WorksheetsChapter 2: Physical Geography Test 2024
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the ___________.
Core
Mantle
Crust
What is the core made of?
Copper
Aluminum
Iron
Iron and Nickle
The tectonic plates make up the
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
Pangea is known as the ______
Supercontinent
Greatest Continent
Big Continent
Almighty Continent
A boundary that has two plate colliding is also called:
Oceanic
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
A boundary where two plate slide past each other:
Oceanic
Transform
Convergent
Divrgent
A boundary where two plates are dividing:
Transform
Oceanic
Divergent
Convergent
What is the movement of weathered material (sediment) from one place to another by wind, water, gravity, or ice?
Mechanical Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Weathering
What is the breakdown of the Earth’s crust into sediment called?
Washing
Deposition
Erosion
Weathering
What is the instrument used by scientists to measure the intensity of an earthquake?
Seismogram
Seismologist
Seismograph
Seismology
What are enormous moving pieces of the Earth’s lithosphere and considered to be a jigsaw puzzle?
Earthquake
Tectonic Supercontinent
Tectonic Plates
Fault
What is a fracture in the earth's crust
Focus
Fall
Fault
Breaking point
What is a violent movement of the earth as plates grind or slide past each other
Tornado
Thunder Storm
Tsunami
Earthquake
The Dropping of sediment in a new place by wind, water, ice, or gravity.
Mechanical Weathering
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
What consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around, the Sun?
Stars
Comets
Asteroids
Solar System
What are large chunks of rocky material found in space?
Asteroids
Heavy Metal
Comets
Planets
Spheres covered in ice and dust
Asteroids
Comets
Ice Rock
Stars
A layer of gases surrounding the Earth. It contains the oxygen we breathe
Atmosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Lithosphere
the solid rock portion of the earth’s surface which includes the crust and the upper mantle.
Biosphere
Atmosphere
Lithosphere
Hydrosphere
the water elements of the world, which includes oceans, seas, rivers, lakes, and water in the atmosphere
Lithosphere
Biosphere
Hydrosphere
Atmosphere
the part of the earth where plants and animals live.
Biology
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
Biosphere
Has several layers and contains most of the earth's mass
Core
Mantle
Crust
Atmosphere
What is the process called when water is returned back to the Earth?
Precipitation
Condensation
Evaporation
Runoff
Erosion, Deposition and Weathering are what type of forces?
External
Internal
What usually occurs after an earthquake?
Another earthquake
Tsunami
Tornados
Hail Storm
The sun is also known as a ______
Planet
Satellite
Star
Large landmasses of the Earth's surface
Landform
Continent
Ocean
State
How many continents are there?
7
6
9
17
What are the 3 main layers of the Earth?
Core, Mantle, Crust
Core, Mantle, Lithosphere
Atmosphere, Lithosphere, Hydrosphere
Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
Planet Earth is in which galaxy?
Spiral
Outer Space
Milky Way
Nebula
Dwarf
What are the names of the 5 Oceans?
Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Indian, Caribbean
North Pacific, South Atlantic, East Arctic, West Indian, Southern
Pacific, Atlantic, Southern, Indian, Arctic
Pacific, India, Gulf of Mexico, Arctic, Southern
