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Geo Test

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ are the most common physical feature here and make up 66% of the area.

a)

Mountains

b)

Deserts

c)

Plateaus

d)

Grasslands

2.

Which best describes the climate of much of Southwest Asia?

a)

Hot and dry

b)

Windy and cold

c)

Tropical and rainy

d)

Moderate and cool

3.

The climate of Southwest Asia has led much of the region to experience a scarcity of _____________.

a)

Trading

b)

Rainfall

c)

Oil production

d)

Desalination plants

4.

This 25-mile territory has been a source of dispute between Israel and its neighbors for many years:

a)

Gaza Strip

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Strait of Hormuz

d)

Suez Canal

5.

Why is the Suez Canal so important to international shipping?

a)

It allows ships to get out of the Persian Gulf.

b)

It is Iraq’s only waterway to the Persian Gulf.

c)

It connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf, making it cheaper to ship oil to other parts of Southwest Asia.

d)

It makes it possible to get from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea without sailing around Africa.

6.

Which rivers flow through Turkey and Iraq?

a)

Jordan and Tigris

b)

Jordan and Euphrates

c)

Tigris and Euphrates

d)

Red and Jordan

7.

Disputes over what two natural resources are problematic for many Southwest Asian countries?

a)

Oil and Water

b)

Water and Diamonds

c)

Diamonds and Natural Gas

d)

Oil and Diamonds

8.

What are three major water problems in Southwest Asia?

a)

Water shortages, unequal distribution, pollution

b)

Flooding, pollution, dams

c)

Too much ground water, aquifers, pollution

d)

Water shortages, flooding, pollution

9.

What non-renewable natural resource has contributed to the growth of the Middle East?

a)

Oil

b)

Water

c)

Timber

d)

Cotton

10.

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to make it suitable for farming and drinking is known as

a)

Desalination

b)

Naturalization

c)

Absorption

d)

Extraction

11.

Because of its harsh climate, which country has to rely on desalination plants to provide most of its citizens’ drinking water?

a)

Israel

b)

Turkey

c)

Saudi Arabia

d)

Syria

12.

This area holds one of the largest and most important oil fields in the world.

All of the countries that produce oil in that region depend on it as a shipping route.

a)

Persian Gulf

b)

Arabian Sea

c)

Dead Sea

d)

Red Sea

13.
What part of Israel is identified by the blue 2?
a)
Gaza Strip
b)
West Bank
c)
Jordan River
14.

What's the most Northern River in the Middle East? (It has a twin river)

(a)  

15.
Which river runs through Egypt?
a)
Nile River
b)
Amazon River
c)
Euphrates River
d)
Ganges River
16.
Which sea separates Egypt from Saudi Arabia?
a)
Black Sea
b)
Red Sea
17.
What country lies east of Iran?
a)
Turkey
b)
Egypt
c)
Syria
d)
Afghanistan
18.
What is the name of the country that is labeled number 16?
a)
Turkey
b)
Egypt
c)
Iran
d)
Turkmenistan
19.
What part of Israel is identified with the red one?
a)
Gaza Strip
b)
West Bank
c)
Jordan River
20.

What is an ice age ?

a)

Line on a map joining places that are the same height above sea level

b)

the change from liquid to gas

c)

the time where earth's average temperature was lower than usual and glaciers spread

d)

a sheet of ice that is attached to land, but floats on the ocean

21.

What is Tundra ?

a)

A type of plant or animal

b)

A cold region where the ground is deeply frozen; only the surface thaws in summer, allowing small plants to grow.

c)

The average number of people living in a place, per square kilometre

d)

A map of a small area

22.

Which of the following is an iceberg ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

How are glaciers formed ?

a)

Rain turned into snow

b)

Layers of snow are compressed.

c)

Hot air convects and form snows.

d)

Long winter

24.

Why did glaciers flow ?

a)

Force of gravity

b)

Pressure of the glacial's weight

c)

All of the above

25.

What is crevasses ?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Cracks in the glaciers are called.....

a)

Crevasses

b)

Ice Cracks

c)

Ice Shelf

d)

Ice Berg

27.

Moraine found along the sides of a glacier is

a)

Side moraine

b)

Lateral Moraine

c)

Terminal Moraine

d)

Medial Moraine

28.

Pyramidal Peaks are in the shape of a

a)

Circle

b)

Square

c)

Cube

d)

Triangle

29.

What type of erosion is this?

a)

Freeze Thaw

b)

Abrasion

c)

Plucking

30.

What landform is shown in the image?

a)

Arete

b)

Cirque

c)

Erratic

d)

Till

31.

Large rocks or boulders that are transported by glaciers are called...

a)

striations

b)

erratics

c)

till

d)

abrasions

32.
A _____ glacier carves a V-shaped valley into a U-shaped valley.
a)
Valley
b)
Continental
c)
Mountain
d)
Plain
33.
A _____ is a tear-drop-shaped hill created by ice flow over and around till deposit.
a)
drumlin
b)
esker
c)
moraine
d)
erratic
34.

When two corries form side by side, it will leave a sharp ridge of rock called...

a)

Moraine

b)

Arete

c)

Pyramidal Peak

d)

Snowball

35.

Abrasion is:

a)

parallel and straight scratches cut into bedrock by a glacier.

b)

a process of erosion which occurs when material being transported wears away at a surface over time.

c)

the transportation of large rocks and boulders

d)

a ridge at the edge of a glacier where rocks and sediment are deposited

36.

Unsorted sediment or pebbles, sand, clay, etc. that is transported and deposited by glaciers is called:

a)

striations

b)

erratics

c)

till

d)

abrasions

37.

Where are glaciers found today?

a)

Equator regions

b)

Coastal areas

c)

Polar regions and high mountains

d)

Deserts

38.

What type of erosion is this?

a)

Freeze Thaw

b)

Plucking

c)

Abrasion

39.

What type of erosion is this?

a)

Freeze Thaw

b)

Plucking

c)

Abrasion

40.
Thin rocky surface of the earth
a)
core
b)
mantle
c)
 crust
d)
hydrosphere
41.
Thick layer of rock around the earth's core.
a)
core
b)
mantle
c)
crust
d)
biosphere
42.
The center of the earth
a)
core
b)
mantle
c)
crust
d)
hydrosphere
43.
The water in oceans, lakes, rivers, and under the ground
a)
biosphere
b)
lithosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
atmosphere
44.
The layer of air, water, and other substances above the earth's surface
a)
atmosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
hydrosphere
d)
lithosphere
45.
The world of plants, animals, and other living things that occupy the land and waters of the planet.
a)
hydrosphere
b)
biosphere
c)
lithosphere
d)
atmosphere
46.

Where can convection currents be found?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

47.

Which layer of the earth is divided into pieces called tectonic plates?

a)

inner core

b)

outer core

c)

mantle

d)

crust

48.

Why do the tectonic plates move?

a)

ocean currents in the hydrosphere

b)

winds in the atmosphere

c)

gravity

d)

convection currents in the mantle

49.

In which type of plate boundary do the tectonic plates move apart?

a)

conservative or transform

b)

constructive or divergent

c)

destructive (collision zone)

d)

destructive (subduction zone)

50.

Which type of plate boundary involves one piece of oceanic crust sliding under a piece of continental crust

a)

conservative or transform

b)

constructive or divergent

c)

destructive (collision zone)

d)

destructive (subduction zone)

51.

Where is the Ring of Fire

a)

round the Atlantic Ocean

b)

round the Pacific Ocean

c)

Round the Mediterranean Sea

d)

Around the Himalayan Mountains

52.

Which is an example of a convergent plate boundary (collision zone)

a)

Mid-Atlantic Ridge

b)

West coast of Mexico

c)

San Andreas Fault in California

d)

Himalayas

53.

When do fold mountains form?

a)

when plates collide or move towards each other

b)

when plates slide past each other

c)

when plates move apart

54.

Which scale is used to measure earthquakes?

a)

Richfort

b)

Decimal

c)

Beaufort

d)

Richter

55.

What is the name for the place where an earthquake originates below the ground?

a)

Richter

b)

crust

c)

focus

d)

epicentre

56.

What is the name of the instrument used to measure earthquake waves?

a)

barometer

b)

thermometer

c)

anemometer

d)

seismometer

57.

Which is an example of a secondary effect of an earthquake?

a)

lava bombs

b)

tsunami

c)

houses collapse

d)

deaths

58.

What is the name of the tube that lava rises through in a volcano?

a)

crater

b)

magma chamber

c)

vent

d)

magma

59.

Which mountain range does not have volcanoes?

a)

Himalayas

b)

Andes

c)

Sierra Madre

60.
At convergent boundaries of tectonic plates a process occurs where one plate either is forced or sinks under another plate. This process is called
a)
induction
b)
convection
c)
reduction
d)
subduction
61.
What causes the sea floor to spread apart at mid-ocean ranges?
a)
The Earth is growing in size (although we don’t know why) and the mid-ocean ranges are where the crust has cracked open to allow the Earth to grow bigger
b)
At mid-ocean range boundaries, the waves in the ocean move in opposite directions and pull the plates away from one another.
c)
Hot magma rises through the boundaries at the mid-ocean ranges, creating new rock as it cools and pushing the plates apart.
d)
The strength of the Earth’s magnetic field is so strong it affects the iron filled rocks at mid-ocean ranges, pushing them apart causing the movement in the sea floor.
62.
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
a)
A series of man-made rock formations that delineate continental boundaries
b)
The location at the deepest part of the sea where old layers of rock are destroyed
c)
An underwater mountain range formed by the movement of tectonic plates
d)
The place where marine life congregates before it migrates to other areas
63.
What causes the sea floor to spread apart at mid-ocean ranges?
a)
Hot magma rises through the boundary at the mid-ocean ranges, creating new rock and pushing apart the plates
b)
The Earth's magnetic field is so strong it pushes apart the iron-filled rocks at the mid-ocean ranges
c)
The waves in the ocean pull the plates away from each other. This happens at the mid-ocean ranges
d)
The Earth is growing in size (though we don't know why) and the mid-ocean ranges are where the crust has cracked to allow the Earth to get bigger.
64.
The type of tectonic plate boundary involving a collision between two tectonic plates is
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
d)
normal
65.
Fossils of similar species have been found on different continents, even though the continents are spread very far apart. Which statement explains how this is possible?
a)
All the continents were connected as one millions of years ago.
b)
All the continents evolved to have the exact same species.
c)
All animals on Earth today evolved at the exact same time.
d)
All these fossils have been washed to these areas by the flow of the tides.
66.
Located around the rim of the Pacific Ocean,  the Ring of Fire is known for
a)
Its great sushi
b)
Frequent droughts
c)
Johnny Cash songs
d)
Volcanoes and earthquakes
67.
Subduction plate boundaries around the Ring of Fire occur where
a)
Continental plates run into each other
b)
The sea floor is spreading
c)
Denser ocean crust goes under continental crust
d)
Fault lines are building potential energy 
68.
Like the spreading sea floor of the Atlantic Ocean,  Africa's Great Rift Valley is caused by
a)
Convergent plates
b)
Frequent earthquakes
c)
Divergent plates
d)
A tsunami
69.

The point on Earth's surface above where an earthquake occurs is the (a)   .

70.

The evidence is in ______________________, where coastlines and mountain ranges appear to fit together like a puzzle all over the world

a)

Continental drift

b)

Plate Tectonics

c)

The Rock Cycle

d)

Divergent boundaries

71.

This plate boundary moves land apart, creating an ocean trench or a valley on land : ________________________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Transform boundary

c)

Convergent boundary

d)

Mid-Ocean voundary

72.

This tectonic plate boundary creates mountain ranges: ____________________

a)

Divergent boundary

b)

Convergent boundary

c)

Transform boundary

d)

Mid-oceanic boundary

73.

Which tectonic plate boundary SLIDES past each other...

a)

Divergent

b)

Convergent

c)

Transform

d)

Continental

74.

An ocean trench is the same as a __________ on land.

a)

Mountain

b)

Valley

c)

Earthquake

d)

Volcano

75.

Weathering is:

a)

areas of old rock that make up the majority of continents.

b)

when wind, water, and/or ice gradually wear down landforms.

c)

made or caused by only human activity.

d)

made or caused by only natural activity.

76.

Erosion:

a)

shows the elevation above sea level on a map.

b)

is formed by water and glacial erosion.

c)

is when wind, water, and/or ice carry material from one place on the earth’s surface to another.

d)

is the earth's solid outer crust, made up of moving plates.

77.

Valleys:

a)

show the elevation above sea level on a map.

b)

are formed by water and glacial erosion.

c)

are when wind, water, and/or ice carry material from one place on the earth’s surface to another.

d)

are the earth's solid outer crust, made up of moving plates.

78.

Contour lines:

a)

show the elevation above sea level on a map.

b)

are formed by water and glacial erosion.

c)

are when wind, water, and/or ice carry material from one place on the earth’s surface to another.

d)

are the earth's solid outer crust, made up of moving plates.

79.

Landforms are:

a)

The tectonic plates rub past each other.

b)

the natural features that make up Earth’s surface

c)

The earth's outer, solid crust, made up of moving plates.

d)

Wind water and ice disintegrate rock

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