This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Grassland in N America A) Tundra. B) Prarie. C) Steppe. D) Reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prarie. 2. Generally explosive eruptions separated by longer periods of time A) Shield. B) Stratovolcano. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stratovolcano. 3. Which process involves the decay and disintegration of rocks to create soil from rock? A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) Subduction. D) Sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Weathering. 4. Which mountain range is located on the east coast of Australia? A) The Andes. B) The Alps. C) The Great Dividing Range. D) Barrow Range. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Dividing Range. 5. A ..... is a valley with very steep, rocky sides. A) Valley. B) Mountain. C) Gorge. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gorge. 6. What covers 71% of the earth's surface? A) Ocean. B) Sea. C) Cape. D) Strait. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ocean. 7. A mountain with a crater or vent which lava and gas is being erupted through. A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Strait. D) Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcano. 8. What kind of landform is lower than the area around it? A) Range. B) Island. C) Plains. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Valley. 9. What type of fault is created where the crust is moving apart vertically? A) Reverse fault. B) Thrust fault. C) Strike-slip fault. D) Normal fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Normal fault. 10. A stream or river that flows into a larger river is called a(n) ..... A) Tributary. B) Estuary. C) Ocean. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tributary. 11. Which is an example of absolute location? A) Time. B) Address. C) Distance. D) Direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Address. 12. What describes a mountain? A) A FLAT topped elevated landform. B) Land bordering an ocean or sea. C) A large steep area of land that usually has an elevation of 1, 000 feet or more. D) A dry area of land containing little plant life and has very little rain fall each year. E) A gently sloped raised land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A large steep area of land that usually has an elevation of 1, 000 feet or more. 13. Deep Cracks in the Earth's Surface when 2 Plates move in Opposite Directions A) Faults. B) Folds. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Faults. 14. Where does the Mississippi River end? A) In the Gulf of Mexico. B) In the Pacific Ocean. C) In the Great Lakes. D) In the Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In the Gulf of Mexico. 15. A Plateau in New York State is A) Atlantic. B) Adirondacks and Catskills. C) Tug Hill and Alleghany. D) Long Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tug Hill and Alleghany. 16. The theory the Earth's surface is made up of rigid plates. A) Lithosphere. B) Divergent boundary. C) Plate tectonics. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plate tectonics. 17. What is a large area of flat land called? A) Plateau. B) Plains. C) Valley. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plains. 18. Name three kinds of landforms found in New York. A) Desert, ocean, mountains. B) Mountains, plateau, desert. C) Mountains, plateau, lakes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountains, plateau, lakes. 19. What is the definition of location? A) Describes characteristics places have in common. B) Describes the ways people, goods, and ideas get from place to place. C) Describes characteristics of a place. D) Tells you where a place is (either exact or close to). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tells you where a place is (either exact or close to). 20. The ..... is located between United Kingdom and France. A) English Channel. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) Rhine River. D) Atlantic Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English Channel. 21. Which ocean separates Japan from the United States? A) Atlantic Ocean. B) Arctic Ocean. C) Indian Ocean. D) Pacific Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pacific Ocean. 22. What are the characteristics of a plateau? A) Hilly terrain, low elevation, gradual slopes, small area of uneven land. B) Curved surface, below sea level, gentle inclines, scattered hills. C) Flat terrain, elevated position, steep sides, large area of level land. D) Rocky landscape, coastal position, flat sides, narrow strip of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat terrain, elevated position, steep sides, large area of level land. 23. What is a mountain range? A) A series of mountains with steep peaks at the top of each mountain. B) Low land in between mountains. C) Opelika, AL. D) Raised land with a flat top. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A series of mountains with steep peaks at the top of each mountain. 24. A city near a warm current will have a ..... climate. A) Colder. B) Warmer. C) Moderate. D) Temperate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Warmer. 25. The landforms on Earth are formed by? A) Volcanic Forces. B) Tectonic forces. C) Gradual forces. D) Earth forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tectonic forces. 26. What are valleys? A) The wearing away of earth's surface through the movement of rocks and soil by wind or water. B) Mountains whose tops have worn away or eroded. It means 'table' in Spanish. C) Formed by rivers or glaciers cutting through the earth after thousands of years. D) Land that is carved by fast flowing rivers with high cliffs on the sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Formed by rivers or glaciers cutting through the earth after thousands of years. 27. An area of flat or almost flat land. A) Peninsula. B) Plain. C) Hill. D) Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plain. 28. What is the definition of Desert? A) An extremely dry area with little water. B) A place with heavy rainfall and dense forests. C) A region covered mostly by water. D) An area with constant snowfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An extremely dry area with little water. 29. What is Africa's size as a continent compared to the rest in the world? A) 4th. B) 1st. C) 3rd. D) 2nd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2nd. 30. Lowland between hills or mountains A) Ocean. B) Valley. C) River. D) Gulf. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valley. 31. Which mountain range is a dramatic volcanic landscape of immense beauty in the Russian Far East? A) Rocky Mountains. B) Himalayas. C) Andes Mountains. D) Kamchatka Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Kamchatka Peninsula. 32. Which plateau is in India? A) Plateau of Patagonia. B) Plateau of Iran. C) The Deccan Plateau. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Deccan Plateau. 33. Which of the following best defines an island? A) A landform that is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip. B) A piece of land completely surrounded by water. C) A body of water between two land masses. D) A flat, elevated area of land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A piece of land completely surrounded by water. 34. Which landform is a narrow strip of land connecting two larger landmasses? A) Archipelago. B) Strait. C) Peninsula. D) Isthmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isthmus. 35. GEOGRAPHY is the study of Earth's land. GEOLOGY is the study of Earth's structure. What do you think the prefix GEO-means? A) Study. B) Animals. C) Earth. D) Plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earth. 36. Which one of the following is the youngest folded mountain range in India? A) Aravalli Hills. B) Eastern Ghats. C) Western Ghats. D) Himalayas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Himalayas. 37. Water bordering on and laying within a coastline, has a large opening A) Isthmus. B) Gulf. C) Weathering. D) Bog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gulf. 38. An area of very dry land is a ..... A) Valley. B) Plain. C) Plateau. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Desert. 39. Altitude, latitude, geographical features and climate are examples of factors that do not make landscapes different. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 40.  What is a valley? A) A large, flat area of land that is higher than the surrounding land. B) A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it. C) A narrow, deep opening in the earth's surface. D) A large body of saltwater surrounded by landTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it. 41. What is the highest mountain in the world? A) K2. B) Mount Kilimanjaro. C) Mount Everest. D) Mount McKinley. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mount Everest. 42. Which of the following describes the current conditions? A) Forecast. B) Climate. C) Weather. D) Season. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weather. 43. Which definition best defines an abyssal plain? A) The sharp slope at the end of a continent. B) An underwater plain. C) The ocean floor along the coast covered by shallow water and gradually slopes down. D) Mountains completely underneath the ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An underwater plain. 44. The wearing away of the Earth's surface by wind or water A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Lava. D) Landform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 45. Which landform is land that is very dry? A) Lake. B) Desert. C) Mountain. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 46. Where a river meets the sea A) Lake. B) Estaury. C) Lagoon. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Estaury. 47. What are the two largest types of landforms? A) Rivers and Mountains. B) Oceans and Mountains. C) Land and water. D) Plains and Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land and water. 48. What are the five themes of geography? A) Human-environment interaction, location, regions, continents, place. B) Place, regions, movement, human-animal interaction, location,. C) Location, movement, human-environment interaction, countries, regions. D) Human-environment interaction, regions, location, movement, place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Human-environment interaction, regions, location, movement, place. 49. Earth with opening that spills lava, rock, and gases. A) Volcano. B) Mountain. C) Lake. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Volcano. 50. Arm of an ocean or sea that is partly enclosed by land, usually larger than a bay. A) Gulf. B) Island. C) Tributary. D) Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gulf. 51. A land area completely surrounded by water is called a(n): A) Island. B) Archipelago. C) Strait. D) Reef. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Island. 52. A gulf is similar to a bay, but how is it different? A) A gulf is usually larger and deeper than a bay. B) A gulf is always freshwater. C) A gulf is surrounded by land on all sides. D) A gulf is found only in mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A gulf is usually larger and deeper than a bay. 53. Which part of the Interior Plains is known for wide rivers and grassy hills? A) Great Basin. B) Rocky Mountains. C) Central Plains. D) Coastal Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Plains. 54. The top of a mountain is called a ..... A) Plain. B) Peak. C) Cliff. D) Tower. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peak. 55. Which term describes a group of islands closely scattered in a body of water? A) Peninsula. B) Archipelago. C) Bay/Gulf. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Archipelago. 56. Smallest Continent of the world? A) North America. B) Austrailia. C) Africa. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Austrailia. 57. What is a large body of water surrounded by land called? A) Plateau. B) Lake. C) Valley. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake. 58. Stream/river that flows into another stream/river A) Tributary. B) Atoll. C) Cape. D) Fjord. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tributary. 59. What is a strait? A) A narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas. B) A narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water. C) A large area of flat land. D) A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A narrow strip of water connecting two larger bodies of water. 60. Another name for latitude lines A) Meridians. B) Parallels. C) All the above. D) None of the above. 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