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Maps and Earth's Features Test Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 2hrs 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does a topographic map show the steepness of a landform?

a)

the contour lines are close together

b)
a river flows into a lake
c)

the contour lines are bent

d)

the contour lines are far apart

2.
When you move from one contour line to another, the elevation
a)
stays the same
b)
goes up or down
c)
disappears
d)
is below sea level
3.

Match the topographic map to its profile picture.

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Lines drawn on a map that connect all points with the same elevation are called __________.

a)

contour lines

b)

contour intervals

c)

sea levels

5.
What do contour lines that are farther apart represent?
a)
waterfall
b)
steep area
c)

less slope

d)
river
6.

Which side of this island is the steepest?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East

d)

West

7.
How many mountain peaks are represented?
a)
one
b)
two
c)
three
d)
four
8.

What do the contour lines on a topographic map represent?

a)

tectonic plates

b)

Elevation Change

c)

Boundaries

d)

Rivers & Streams

9.

Why are topographic maps useful?

a)

They are able to show elevation of different landforms.

b)

They are not useful.

c)

They show you how to get home.

d)

They show local trails.

10.

Which side of Lookout Hill has the steepest slope?

a)
North (top)
b)
South (bottom)
c)
East (right)
d)
West (left)
11.
Which topographic map matches formation C?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.

When convergent plates (plates that come together) collide, and both plates are pushed upward, this can form ______________

a)

trenches

b)

Mountain Ranges

c)

Hotspots

d)

Rock Cycle

13.

What oceanic landform can be created when 2 tectonic plates come together?

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Mid-Ocean Ridge

c)

Island Arc

d)

Flat land

14.

The area where two or more tectonic plates meet is called a __________________.

a)

fault

b)

plate boundary

c)

plate edge

d)

ring of fire

15.

The deepest part of the ocean floor is called a ___________.

a)

deep-ocean trench

b)

mountain range

c)

rift valley

d)

plate boundary

16.

Volcanoes can happen on land and on the _________ floor

a)

plates

b)

latitude

c)

ocean

d)

volcano

17.

An opening on the Earth’s crust where lava, hot gases and ash are forced out.

a)

rift valley

b)

earthquake

c)

volcano

d)

seamount

18.

Which way is Mill River flowing?

a)

towards the ocean

b)

south

c)

west

19.

What picture does topographic map #5 match? 

a)
A
b)

F

c)
C
d)

E

20.

What is the bottom of the ocean floor like?

a)
flat sand
b)
no animals living there
c)
there are landforms like mountains and valleys
21.

What is a rift valley?

a)

An area where tectonic plates push together.

b)
a glacier
c)

An area where the tectonic plates are pulling apart and making a valley

22.

At which location in the ocean is some of the deepest water found?

a)

continental slope

b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)

rift zone

d)

deep-ocean trench

23.

What landform is this?

a)
valley
b)
plain
c)
volcano
d)
mountain
24.

What landform is this?

a)
valley
b)
canyon
c)
plain
d)
mountain
25.

An deep-ocean trench is similar to which continental landform?

a)
rift valley
b)

mid-ocean ridge

c)
volcano
d)

mountain range

26.

Label Q shows what feature of the ocean floor?

a)

Rift Valley

b)

Mid-ocean ridge

c)

Mountain range

d)

Deep ocean trench

27.

The Ring of Fire is a ring of __________ that surrounds the Pacific Ocean.

a)

fire

b)

earthquakes

c)

anger

d)

volcanoes

28.

The Earth's crust is broken into very large pieces called _______.

a)

continents

b)

tectonic plates

c)

states

d)

earthquakes

29.

Hotspots are only found at plate boundaries.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

A hotspot deep below the middle of the Pacific Ocean helped create

a)

South Carolina

b)

all the continents

c)

The Hawaiian Islands

d)

Mariana Trench