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Topic Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which planet is closest to the Sun?

a)

Earth

b)

Mars

c)

Mercury

d)

Saturn

2.

How long is the Earth's rotation?

a)

12 hours

b)

24 hours

c)

365 days

d)

2 years

3.

What does the Earth's revolution mean?

a)

How long it takes Earth that's to complete a journey around the Sun.

b)

How long it takes the Moon to complete a journey around the Sun.

c)

How long it takes the Moon to complete a journey around the Earth.

d)

How long it takes the Earth to complete a journey around the other planets.

4.

What is a meander?

a)

The start of a river

b)

Where a river meets the sea

c)

A curve that occurs in a river

d)

The slope beside a body of water

5.

Where would you find the summit of a mountain?

a)

The bottom of the mountain

b)

Next to a mountain

c)

On the side of a mountain

d)

On the top of a mountain

6.

What part of the water cycle is precipitation?

a)

When rain falls from the sky as: sleet, snow, hail or rain

b)

When the sun heats up water and it turns into a gas called water vapour.

c)

When water vapour gets cold, changes back to a liquid and forms clouds.

d)

When water turns into rocks and forms a mountain.

7.

What does the term 'land use' mean?

a)

Land that is only used for agricultural purposes.

b)

Land that has been abandoned.

c)

When an area/piece of land is used for a specific purpose.

d)

Land that is owned by a farmer.

8.

In what year did the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster happen?

a)

1950

b)

2002

c)

41 BC

d)

1981

9.

During the Penlee Lifeboat Disaster, how many people were onboard the Union Star?

a)

4

b)

8

c)

2

d)

12

10.

What is gravity?

a)

A force that pulls everything down toward the centre of the Earth.

b)

A force that makes aeroplanes fly.

c)

A force that is found within two magnets.

d)

A force that repels everything from the centre of the Earth.

11.

What is friction?

a)

A force that joins to objects together.

b)

The act of dropping something from a height.

c)

A force that allows us to float through the air.

d)

A force that works in the direction opposite to the direction in which an object is moving.

12.

Who is Floella Benjamin?

a)

A Trinidadian-British actress, singer, author and politician.

b)

An American poet

c)

An American activist

d)

A British prime minister

13.

What was Windrush and the 'Windrush generation'?

a)

The name of a ship and it's crew.

b)

People who made the journey to the UK from the Caribbean after WW2 to help rebuild the country after the war.

c)

An area in the Caribbean.

d)

People who have moved away from the UK during WW2.

14.

What is human geography?

a)

The focus on where people live, what they do and how they use the land.

b)

The focus on the Earth's natural features?

c)

People that study Geography.

d)

The focus on the ocean.

15.

Who were the Anglo-Saxons?

a)

A mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.

b)

The last Roman soliders left in Britain

c)

A group native to Egypt.

d)

They lived alongside dinosaurs