Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 10 (60 MCQs)

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1. Glaciers are usually found around the Equator.
2. Mountain or hill created as liquid rock and ash erupt from inside the Earth
3. Which mountain range is the highest point in the United States located in?
4. The oceans cover about two-thirds or 70% of the earth's surface.
5. Which of the following is one of the seas that surround Trinidad?
6. How much of the water on earth is freshwater?
7. What is a river?
8. What is the landform described as 'A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake'?
9. A very small body of water that is surrounded by land.
10. A triangular landform where a river empties into another body of water.
11. The mountain regions have a huge population.
12. What is NOT one of the 4 criteria for classifying rivers?
13. Breaking down rocks
14. Which is perpendicular to the equator?
15. It is the land part of the earth.
16. The Mid-Ocean Ridge is a divergent fault on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean that helps explain continental drift. Which best describes where the oldest rock is on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean?
17. What can you ski on?
18. Which one is the largest and deepest ocean?
19. A group of islands (like Hawaii), is called:
20. Lower than mountains, but higher than surrounding areas, usually covered in grass
21. 0 degree longitude line
22. How high are the peaks in the Appalachian Mountains now?
23. Destructive waves have a
24. What landform covers just about the entire surface area of Africa allowing the continent to lie 1, 000 feet or above sea level?
25. What might you find on a prairie?
26. Tool used to measure distance on a map which corresponds to a distance on the ground
27. Release of energy through the earth is called a
28. What type of soil do you find in River-rich plains?
29. In which Australian state would you find the Swan River?
30. What would you climb?
31. What is the definition of Mesa (second definition)?
32. Heating and cooling systems are examples of which geography theme?
33. Scientist who studies and organizes locations and spaces to learn about the world
34. Which landform covers almost 1.1 million square miles and is located entirely within Latin America, home to numerous small islands?
35. As you travel to the North Pole from anywhere on Earth, in which direction are you going?
36. What is a body of water partially enclosed by land called?
37. Which of the following describes a Valley?
38. The edge of land that meets the sea.
39. What is the term for a large, powerful hurricane that forms over warm ocean waters?
40. A low area between hills or mountains, sometimes with a river running through it is a .....
41. Which of the following is located between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ranges?
42. What is geomorphology?
43. The surface features of the Earth are called:
44. What is sediment?
45. Can you predict a volcanic eruption?
46. When people change their surroundings to meet their needs.
47. How were many of New York's lakes formed?
48. Flowing water that empties into a larger body of water in another river.
49. What ocean is WEST of the United States?
50. What direction do lines of latitude run?
51. Which type of rock forms when magma is pushed out on the surface, cools, and solidifies?
52. A small body of water formed by a cape or peninsula.
53. What do we call a flat, low-lying land built up from soil carried downstream by a river?
54. Which landform is typically created by the movement and deposition of sand by wind, especially near beaches?
55. What is flat land where plants can grow?
56. Which landform is formed by the collision of two tectonic plates?
57. What is the definition of Cape?
58. What is the capital city of Australia?
59. The Nile is the Best for this Section
60. What was a supercontinent that incorporated almost all the landmasses on Earth?