WorksheetsThe Natural Environment
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 19mins
What characterises the relief in Europe?
Europe is the continent with the most mountain ranges and rivers.
Europe is an area with a large amount of seismic and volcanic activity which is why there are so many volcanoes and volcanic lakes.
Europe is the continent with the highest mountains in the world. The Ural mountain range separates Europe from Asia.
What is the cause of the abundant precipitation in the maritime climate in Europe?
The large amount of peninsulas and interior seas
The storms that come from the Atlantic
The influence of the current from the Gulf of Mexico
What relief separates the two plateaus on the Spanish peninsula?
The sistema Ibérico
The sistema central
The Sierra Morena
Into which sea does the Danube flow?
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
What climate is the in the Canary Islands?
Canarian or sub-tropical
Canarian or dry Mediterranean
Canarian or wet tropical
What is the main characteristic of the continental Mediterranean climate in the interior of peninsular Spain?
Large thermal contrasts: very hot summers and very cold winters
In general it is warm and dry with very little temperature range
The highest average and extreme temperature in Europe
What are the climates in Europe?
Maritime, continental, sub-tropical, alpine and polar
Maritime, continental, Mediterranean, alpine and polar
Maritime, continental, sub-tropical, tropical and alpine
Where is the Appalachian mountain range?
North America
Central America
South America
What is the main river of the Great Plains in North America?
Yukon
Mississippi
Amazon
What animals are typically found in the North
American continental climate?
bear, wolf, moose, beaver, fox, bison
bear, coyote, moose, crocodile, fox, puma
bear, caribou, moose, seal, raccoon, puma
What is the main river of the Venezuelan plains?
Mississippi
Amazon
Orinoco
What is the driest desert in world, found in South America?
Atacama
Kalahari
Gobi
What mountain range separates Europe from Asia?
The Himalayas
The Alps
The Urals
What are the main Asian peninsulas?
Anatolian, Arabic, Hindustan, Malaccan, Korean, Kamchatka
Bornean, Sumatran, Javan, Ceilan, Formosan
Tibetan, Iranian, Anatolian
What characterises the equatorial climate in Africa?
Abundant rainfall throughout the year
Desert climate with little rainfall
Semi-desert with rainfall only in the summer months
Which is the biggest island in Africa?
Sicily
Madagascar
Ceilan
What is the main mountain range in Australia?
The Tasmanian Mountain range
The Eastern Sierra Madre
The Great Dividing Range
What kind of climate does Antarctica have?
Polar
Continental
Maritime
What is the main form of protection for natural environments?
National parks
Natural parks
National monuments
Which continent is the largest and has the highest mountains?
Europe
Asia
Africa
Which four bodies of water border North America?
Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, Indian
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic
Most African climates are...?
cold
wet
warm
Which of the following islands does NOT form part of Oceania?
Hawaii
Micronesia
New Zealand
The Bahamas
Which is the most inaccessible continent?
Antarctica
Africa
America
Asia
What was the world's first National Park?
Banff
Kruger
Yellowstone
Yosemite
