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The Natural Environment

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What characterises the relief in Europe?

a)

 Europe is the continent with the most mountain ranges and rivers.

b)

Europe is an area with a large amount of seismic and volcanic activity which is why there are so many volcanoes and volcanic lakes.

c)

Europe is the continent with the highest mountains in the world. The Ural mountain range separates Europe from Asia.

2.

What is the cause of the abundant precipitation in the maritime climate in Europe?

a)

 The large amount of peninsulas and interior seas

b)

The storms that come from the Atlantic

c)

The influence of the current from the Gulf of Mexico

3.

What relief separates the two plateaus on the Spanish peninsula?

a)

The sistema Ibérico

b)

The sistema central

c)

The Sierra Morena

4.

Into which sea does the Danube flow?

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Baltic Sea

5.

What climate is the in the Canary Islands?

a)

Canarian or sub-tropical

b)

Canarian or dry Mediterranean

c)

Canarian or wet tropical

6.

What is the main characteristic of the continental Mediterranean climate in the interior of peninsular Spain?

a)

Large thermal contrasts: very hot summers and very cold winters 

b)

In general it is warm and dry with very little temperature range

c)

The highest average and extreme temperature in Europe

7.

What are the climates in Europe?

a)

Maritime, continental, sub-tropical, alpine and polar

b)

Maritime, continental, Mediterranean, alpine and polar

c)

Maritime, continental, sub-tropical, tropical and alpine 

8.

Where is the Appalachian mountain range?

a)

North America

b)

Central America

c)

South America

9.

What is the main river of the Great Plains in North America?

a)

Yukon

b)

Mississippi

c)

Amazon

10.

What animals are typically found in the North 

American continental climate?

a)

bear, wolf, moose, beaver, fox, bison

b)

bear, coyote, moose, crocodile, fox, puma

c)

bear, caribou, moose, seal, raccoon, puma

11.

What is the main river of the Venezuelan plains?

a)

Mississippi

b)

Amazon

c)

Orinoco

12.

What is the driest desert in world, found in South America?

a)

Atacama

b)

Kalahari

c)

Gobi

13.

What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?

a)

The Himalayas

b)

The Alps

c)

The Urals

14.

What are the main Asian peninsulas?

a)

Anatolian, Arabic, Hindustan, Malaccan, Korean, Kamchatka

b)

Bornean, Sumatran, Javan, Ceilan, Formosan

c)

Tibetan, Iranian, Anatolian

15.

What characterises the equatorial climate in Africa?

a)

Abundant rainfall throughout the year

b)

Desert climate with little rainfall 

c)

Semi-desert with rainfall only in the summer months

16.

Which is the biggest island in Africa?

a)

Sicily 

b)

Madagascar

c)

Ceilan

17.

What is the main mountain range in Australia?

a)

The Tasmanian Mountain range 

b)

The Eastern Sierra Madre

c)

The Great Dividing Range

18.

What kind of climate does Antarctica have?

a)

Polar

b)

Continental

c)

Maritime

19.

What is the main form of protection for natural environments? 

a)

National parks

b)

Natural parks

c)

National monuments

20.

Which continent is the largest and has the highest mountains?

a)

Europe

b)

Asia

c)

Africa

21.

Which four bodies of water border North America?

a)

Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Indian

b)

Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Gulf of Mexico

c)

Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic

22.

Most African climates are...?

a)

cold

b)

wet

c)

warm

23.

Which of the following islands does NOT form part of Oceania?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Micronesia

c)

New Zealand

d)

The Bahamas

24.

Which is the most inaccessible continent?

a)

Antarctica

b)

Africa

c)

America

d)

Asia

25.

What was the world's first National Park?

a)

Banff

b)

Kruger

c)

Yellowstone

d)

Yosemite