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What is geography Grade 7

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the four main points of direction called?

a)

cardinal directions

b)

direction points

c)

compass rose

d)

ordinal or intermediate directions

2.

What are the in-between points of direction called?

a)

cardinal directions

b)

direction points

c)

compass rose

d)

ordinal or intermediate directions

3.

What instrument uses a needle to determine magnetic north on Earth?

a)

sextant

b)

chronometer

c)

barometer

d)

compass

4.

What circle, cut into degrees, shows the orientation of directions on a map?

a)

yellow cross

b)

compass rose

c)

scale

d)

primary directions

5.

What image, made by a cartographer, shows an area of land, sea or both?

a)

chart

b)

table

c)

grid

d)

map

6.

What part of a map explains the symbols that are used?

a)

key

b)

legend

c)

key or legend

d)

none of the above

7.
Magma that reaches the surface is called:
a)
Vent
b)
Hot spot
c)
Lava
d)
Cinders
8.

What is molten rock that has formed deep within the Earth?

a)

Hot Spot

b)

Magma

c)

Lava

d)

Volcano

9.
What is a volcano?
a)
A mountain that has lava all over it 
b)
A giant hill filled with magma
c)
A long high sea wave 
d)
A hole in the Earth where magma erupts
10.
What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
a)
Earthquake
b)
Epicenter
c)
Fault
d)
Plate
11.

What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

a)

Tsunami

b)

Liquefaction

c)

Seismic Gap

12.

The outermost layer of earth is called:

a)

mantle

b)

crust

c)

outer core

13.
The number of deaths compared to the total number of people in a population
a)
death rate
b)
doubling time
c)
population decline
d)
birth rate
14.
The number of births compared to the total number of people in a population
a)
death rate
b)
birth rate
c)
baby boom
d)
doubling time
15.
The movement of people from place to place
a)
Migration
b)
Urbanization
c)
Modernization
d)
Industrialization
16.
Leaving one's home to live in a new place
a)
Emigration
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Ruralization
17.
To enter and live in a new country
a)
Emigration
b)
Immigration
c)
Urbanization
d)
Industrialization
18.

Resources that are not able to be reproduced as quickly as they are used are called _____.

a)

renewable resources

b)

flow resources

c)

non renewable resources

d)

non replaceable resources

19.
Can be replaced within a human lifetime
a)
Nonrenewable resource
b)
Renewable resource
20.

Which group includes ALL renewable resources?

a)

Coal, Trees, Water, Oil

b)

Water, Wind, Sun, Plants

c)

Minerals, Sun, Natural Gas, Water

21.

What is the surface area of the earth?

a)

500 million km2

b)

510 million km2

22.

What is the sea which is located within land?

a)

Japanese sea

b)

Red sea

c)

Caspian sea

d)

North sea

23.

What is the largest ocean in the world?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

24.

How many continents are there?

a)

5 Continents

b)

7 Continents

c)

6 Continents

d)

8 Continents

25.

What is the largest and smallest continents respectively?

a)

Africa and Europe

b)

North America and

South America

c)

Australia and Asia

d)

Asia and Australia

26.

What is this continent ?

a)

Asia

b)

Africa

c)

Europe

d)

North America

27.

What is the city in England which 0 degrees longitude is drawn across?

a)

London

b)

Greenwich

c)

Manchester

d)

Plymouth

28.

What is the latitude of the Arctic circle?

a)

66.5 degrees North

b)

66.5 degrees South

c)

90 degrees North

d)

23.5 degrees South

29.

What is the area of the Atlantic Ocean?

a)

20 million square kilometers

b)

156 million square kilometers

c)

77 million square kilometers

d)

69 million square kilometers

30.

What is the largest island in the Indian Ocean?

a)

The Philippines

b)

Madagascar

c)

Greenland

d)

Indonesia

31.

What is the actual time which takes the Earth to complete a journey around the sun?

a)

365 days and 6 hours

b)

365 days

c)

24 hours

d)

310 days

32.

What is the Equatorial Diameter?

a)

12757 km

b)

40077 km

c)

12757 km

d)

39943 km

33.

What is the sea that is North of Canada?

a)

North Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Caribbean Sea

d)

Beaufort Sea

34.

Why are people important to geographers?

a)

because they have jobs

b)

because they visit places

c)

because they produce data

d)

because they create landscapes

35.

How do geographers study the world at the global level?

a)

by learning about why people want to live in cities

b)

by learning about how people adapt to weather conditions

c)

by examining how events and ideas from one region affect other regions

d)

by examining how physical features and human activities affect a region

36.

Geographer's study the world, it's people, and the ____ they create.

a)

information

b)

landscapes

c)

weather

d)

surveys

37.

Geographers who study the world on a global level may examine a country’s ____.

a)

climate

b)

history

c)

mountains

d)

exports

38.

Which of the following would a physical geographer measure?

a)

the population of cities

b)

the temperature of places

c)

the number of crops grown

d)

the number of goods exported

39.

Physical geographers want to know why various parts of the world have different _____ patterns.

a)

cultural

b)

economic

c)

migration

d)

weather

40.

How do human geographers help people to make comparisons among cultures?

a)

by using evidence to identify patterns and turning points in history

b)

by discovering artifacts in different locations that show how people lived

c)

by helping planners make decisions about the designs of cities and towns

d)

by providing information about how people in various places meet their needs

41.

Human geographers can best help people to understand unfamiliar _____ .

a)

climates

b)

cultures

c)

environments

d)

histories

42.

Which of the following can be influenced by the work of meteorologists?

a)

where people get water for their crops

b)

what maps people make

c)

what clothes people wear

d)

what structures people build

43.

Meteorology is the study of ____ and what causes it.

a)

desertification

b)

flooding

c)

urbanization

d)

weather

44.

Why is geography sometimes called a social science?

a)

because it involves measuring things

b)

because it deals with weather patterns

c)

because it deals with people and how they live

d)

because it involves field work and gathering information

45.

Which of the following questions are asked by geographers who study issues at a local level?

Select the three correct answers.

a)

What do people eat?

b)

What products are exported?

c)

How does the city government work?

d)

How do people get from place to place?

e)

What characteristics does a place share with other places?

46.

Which of the following are studied as a part of physical geography?

Select the three correct answers.

a)

artifacts

b)

climates

c)

plants

d)

transportation

e)

soils

47.

Which of the following are studied as a part of human geography?

Select the three correct answers.

a)

agriculture

b)

economincs

c)

landforms

d)

migration

e)

weather

48.

Which of the following is studied by hydrologists?

a)

how islands form

b)

how plants grow

c)

what causes weather

d)

what causes droughts

49.

Which of the following is not an agent of erosion and deposition?

a)

Earthquake

b)

Glaciers

c)

Running water

d)

Wind

50.

A flat-topped table land standing above the surrounding area

a)

Gorge

b)

Plateau

c)

Horsts

d)

Graben

51.

The oldest plateau in India is:

a)

Malwa Plateau

b)

Chotanagpur Plateau

c)

Deccan Plateau

d)

Mewar Plateau

52.

____ are suitable for agriculture, settlement and transportation.

a)

Plains

b)

Plateaus

c)

Rivers

d)

Mountains

53.
A body of salt water that covers almost 71% of Earth's surface. 
a)
Lake
b)
Valley
c)
Mountain
d)
Ocean
54.
What is letter B in the picture?
a)
Magma Chamber
b)
Crater
c)
Vent
d)
Conduit
55.
What is letter C in the picture?
a)
Vent
b)
Crater
c)
Caldera
d)
Tephra
56.
What is letter D in the picture?
a)
Crater
b)
Vent
c)
Conduit
d)
Tephra
57.

When magma flows out of the volcano it is called

a)

air

b)

water

c)

egg shells

d)

lava

58.
A volcano that has erupted in the last 2000 years but not recently is known as....
a)
Dormant
b)
Active
c)
Extinct
d)
Angry
59.
This plate is involved in all of the Ring of Fire Volcanoes.
a)
The Nazca Plate
b)
The North American Plate
c)
The Pacific Plate
d)
The Indian Plate
60.

When is World Environment Day is celebrated?

a)

5 February

b)

5 August

c)

5 June

d)

5 may

61.

Identify the environment

(a)  

62.

Environment is sometimes divided into _____ parts. They are

________ and ________ environment.

a)

Two

b)

Ecological Balance

c)

Natural

d)

Human

e)

Roads

63.

How many Domains does the Earth have?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

5

d)

6

64.

About what percentage of Earth is covered with water.

a)

70

b)

80

c)

60

d)

75

65.

The biosphere is the narrow contact zone between the atmosphere, _________and ______ , where life exists.

a)

Crysphere

b)

Litosphere

c)

Biosphere

d)

Hydrosphere

66.

Which among the following are affecting biosphere /biomes?

a)

Mining

b)

Tsumani

c)

War

d)

All of the above

67.
Where would you find a waterfall?
a)
Upper course
b)
Middle Course
c)
Lower Course
68.
What landform can you see in the picture?
a)
Floodplain
b)
Delta
c)
Waterfall
d)
Oxbow lake

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