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

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1. The three tectonic plate boundaries are
2. The distance east or west of the prime meridian measured in degrees.
3. In India, the Chota Nagpur plateau has vast reserves of
4. The study of Earth's landscapes, people, places & environment
5. Humans have organized the planet into a grid system called .....
6. A large, flat area of land at the mouth of a river formed by the deposition of sediments.
7. A/an ..... is a low area of land formed between hills or mountains.
8. Which of the following is NOT a social impact?
9. What is the primary branch of the East African Rift System that extends from present-day Jordan in the north, through the Dead Sea and the Red Sea and along the length of East Africa to the mouth of the Zambezi River?
10. A rocky hill that is flat, tall, and steep is called a/an .....
11. A piece of land that rises gradually (Looks like a bump)
12. A large area of land that gets little to no rain and can be hot or cold is called a/an .....
13. A long, man-made strip of water used for irrigation or boat access through a larger body of water.
14. A landform found in a coastal area
15. What is a watery land formed at the mouth of a river, triangle shaped?
16. What is the primary reason many early American cities were founded along rivers?
17. These are large stretches of flat land known as?
18. How do tectonic plates contribute to the formation of mountains?
19. Molten rock flowing from a volcano
20. The difference between a canyon and a basin is that a basin is the bottom of mountains and contains water and a canyon does not always contain water.
21. Sand dunes are large piles of sand that can be found in the desert. What causes these sand dunes to form?
22. Water that is surrounded by land.
23. Which of the following landforms in Florida is most affected by rising sea levels?
24. What can fish swim in?
25. Henry and Zoe are studying the process of economic growth and improvement in living standards. What is the term for this process?
26. This is the low area of land between mountains or hills. There's usually a river.
27. What is the third biggest city listed?
28. What makes forest fires worse?
29. Which plateau is nicknamed the 'Roof of the World'?
30. The position of a place in relation to another place
31. The continental DIVIDE is the high point in a landmass that determines the direction that ..... flow.
32. Where are the Pyramids of Giza?
33. Long, high sea wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean; causes massive flooding, a change in landscape, and a decrease in population
34. Relative location is described by landmarks, time, directions, or distance from one place to the other.
35. Which of the following is usually seen in most valleys?
36. Watery land located at the mouth of a river
37. The exact location of a place (using longitude and latitude)
38. What is the process called when magma deep within the Earth erupts onto the surface as lava, and then cools and solidifies?
39. What creates the four kinds of landforms?
40. Land that is surrounded by water on three sides
41. How do Florida's dunes differ from the dunes found in desert regions like the Sahara?
42. What is the capital of California?
43. A large area of flat land that is raised higher than the land around it.
44. What is a glacier?
45. Land which rises high above the ground is classified as which type of landform?
46. The nature features of the Earth
47. What is the largest Desert?
48. A large stream of water that flows across the land
49. Steep cone-shaped volcanoes
50. Large flowing natural body of water
51. What is the difference between a river's source and its mouth?
52. What are the 4 Cardinal Directions?
53. Ring shaped island formation built of coral on the rim of an undersea volcano
54. Large group or chain of islands
55. Which of the following is a characteristic of a delta?
56. What is a primary source?
57. What is frozen water called?
58. What is Mount Everest?
59. Which of the following is not a region in Georgia
60. Which best describes the surface of the earth over billions of years?