Geography and Earth's Features Quiz

Multiple Choice Questions

• Question 1: Identify the canyon feature on a map. (Multiple choices A-F are provided).
• Question 2: What is the most common feature on the ocean floor? (Abyssal plains).
• Question 3: For which landform are contour lines closest together on a topographical map? (A hill).
• Question 4: What lines show how far north or south of the equator something is? (Latitude).
• Question 5: Which features are NOT located near plate boundaries? (Abyssal plains).
• Question 6: Scientists found ammonite fossils on a mountain top. What does this imply about the past landscape? (The land was once covered in water).
• Question 7: What does liquid lava turn into when it cools? (Rock).
• Question 8: How might a canyon form? (Erosion from flowing water).
• Question 9: What occurs during physical weathering? (The size and shapes of rocks change).
• Question 10: What is an example of chemical weathering? (Acid from volcanoes changing rock).
• Question 11: How is animal speed determined? (Divide the distance traveled by the time spent moving).
• Question 12: If drag forces increase, how will an object fall? (More slowly).
• Question 13: What is the average speed of a car that travels 500 km in 2 hours? (250 km/h).
• Question 14: What does an airplane in flight have? (Both stored energy and energy of motion).
• Question 15: If two dogs pull in opposite directions, in which direction will the person be pulled? (Away from the dog applying more force).

Free Response Questions

• Question 16: Label landforms in a picture (delta, desert, hill, beach, plain, dune).
• Question 17: Label amplitude, crest, trough and wavelength of waves and label the two types of waves.
• Question 18: Answer questions about earthquakes and earthquake detection instruments (using provided image)
  • Name the instrument.
  • Letter representing the strongest wave.
  • How does the amplitude of earthquake waves change with magnitude increase?
  • How much more energy does an earthquake of magnitude 7 have compared to magnitude 6?
• Question 19: Label waves (transverse and longitudinal) and identify what scientists watch to warn of earthquakes.
• Question 20: Match images to descriptions of erosion and deposition (wind, water, glacier, gravity).
• Question 21: What causes changes in a landscape? (Natural processes such as weather). Explain the process called "new place" (the process that transports weathered material to new places ie. sediments). How does heavy rainfall affect the land and living things? What can affect the rate of land erosion?