This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A ..... is one half of Earth's surface. A) Continent. B) Landform. C) Hemisphere. D) Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hemisphere. 2. A major body of water that covers large parts of the earth. A) Strait. B) Lake. C) Ocean. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ocean. 3. A storm with very strong fast winds that moves over water A) Hurricane. B) Tsunami. C) Tornado. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurricane. 4. Symbol with four points printed on a map to show main directions A) Compass rose. B) Weathering. C) Map key. D) Map scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compass rose. 5. Physical features are any part of the landscape that occurs naturally, without the influence of man. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. What is the definition of Lake? A) A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides. B) A small stream of water flowing through a forest. C) A mountain covered with snow. D) A desert area with little rainfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large body of water surrounded by land on all sides. 7. A ..... is a flat, level area of land. A) Plain. B) Mountain. C) Valley. D) Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plain. 8. Lakes that Do NOT Drain into the Ocean and Water Evaporates but minerals are Left A) Freshwater Lakes. B) Salty Lakes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salty Lakes. 9. A glacier is ..... A) Series of frozen lakes that line up parallel to one another. B) Series of frozen seas that rest in the interior of continents. C) O large body of ice that does not move across the earth's surface. D) Large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large body of ice and snow that shows evidence of movement. 10. Another name for longitude lines A) Meridians. B) Parallels. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meridians. 11. A large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it. A) Island. B) Plain. C) Valley. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plateau. 12. How do you find a location using latitude and longitude? A) Follow the sun to find your way. B) Use latitude and longitude coordinates to locate a specific point on a map. C) Estimate the location based on nearby landmarks. D) Use a compass to determine direction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use latitude and longitude coordinates to locate a specific point on a map. 13. It's hot, dry and sandy here. A) Mountains. B) Desert. C) Valley. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Desert. 14. Which natural disaster uses the Richter scale to measure strength? A) Earthquake. B) Tornado. C) Hurricane. D) Tsunami. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 15. An area of land surrounded by water on all sides is called a/an ..... A) Peninsula. B) Waterfall. C) Island. D) Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Island. 16. A long period of dry weather and not enough water A) Drought. B) Forest fire. C) Famine. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Drought. 17. A/an ..... is an area of land that is raised and has a flat top. It might remind you of a table. A) Peninsula. B) Plateau. C) Butte. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plateau. 18. The highest kind of land. A) Mountain. B) River. C) Lake. D) Hill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mountain. 19. Deep narrow inlet of the sea between high rocky cliffs, usually carved by a glacier resulting in a rugged coastline A) Cape. B) Atoll. C) Tributary. D) Fjord. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fjord. 20. What type of ecosystem is primarily found in the Florida Keys? A) Tundra. B) Coral reefs. C) Grasslands. D) Rainforests. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coral reefs. 21. A lot of water that covers an area that is usually dry A) Flood. B) Tsunami. C) Tornado. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flood. 22. High rounded or pointed landforms with steep sides. A) Hill. B) Valley. C) Bay. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mountain. 23. What is a large, flowing body of freshwater that usually empties into a sea or ocean? A) Sea. B) River. C) Ocean. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) River. 24. Part of a body of water that drops off a cliff or ledge into a pool of water is called a/an ..... A) Ocean. B) River. C) Canyon. D) Waterfall. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Waterfall. 25. Which landform is created by the collision of tectonic plates? A) Ocean trench. B) Canyon. C) Volcano. D) Mountain range. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mountain range. 26. Who has been given the credit of stating the principles of the tectonic movement. A) Jack Parsons. B) William Buckland. C) Dan Mackenzie. D) Francis Crick. E) Sergei Brukhonenko. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dan Mackenzie. 27. Which of the following is a river that is found in Trinidad? A) The Nile River. B) The Mississippi River. C) The Amazon River. D) The Caroni River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Caroni River. 28. Where does the Ganga originate? A) Vindhya Range. B) Himalayas. C) Deccan Plateau. D) Aravallis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Himalayas. 29. What is the climate of the Southeast region of the United States? A) Semi-arid. B) Continental. C) Mediterranean. D) Humid sub-tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humid sub-tropical. 30. What does latitude measure? A) Latitude measures the distance north or south of the equator. B) Latitude measures the temperature of a location. C) Latitude measures the distance east or west of the prime meridian. D) Latitude measures the height above sea level. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Latitude measures the distance north or south of the equator. 31. Language patterns, religion, and culture are examples of which geography theme? A) Location. B) Human/Environment Interaction. C) Movement. D) Place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Place. 32. What type of landform is created by the deposition of sediment at the mouth of a river? A) Delta. B) Plateau. C) Canyon. D) Mountain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delta. 33. Which landform is a low lying area of land found between hills or mountains? A) Lake. B) Valley. C) Plains. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valley. 34. Where would you find a waterfall? A) Field. B) Island. C) Cliff. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cliff. 35. What is a group of connected mountains by high ground called? A) Valley. B) Plateau. C) Mountain Range. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mountain Range. 36. What was the outcome of the American Revolution? A) Texas gained independence from Mexico. B) The US became a constitutional republic. C) The Civil War ended slavery. D) The Midwest became a leading center of industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The US became a constitutional republic. 37. What is the geological definition of "ELEVATION" ? A) To be elevated. B) Something you use to get to the top floor of a building. C) A large region that is flat, or gently rolling. D) Height above a given level, generally sea level. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Height above a given level, generally sea level. 38. An area of very flat land that has fertile soil for crops is called ..... A) Plains. B) Desert. C) Hill. D) Butte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plains. 39. What are the three processes in which diastrophism is involved? A) Subduction, seafloor spreading, transform movement. B) Weathering, mass wasting, erosion. C) Broad warping, folding, faulting. D) Oxidation, hydrolysis, carbonation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broad warping, folding, faulting. 40. A curved peninsula that sticks out into a large body of water to form a bay. A) Cape. B) Geography. C) Valley. D) Sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cape. 41. The beginning of the river. A) Mr.Belcher's House. B) River Source. C) Barrier Islands. D) River Starts Here CIty. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) River Source. 42. ..... forces wear the Earth's surface down, while tectonic forces build the Earth's surface up. A) Extrusive. B) Tectonic. C) Gradational. D) Diastrophic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gradational. 43. What type of land form will deposition create? A) Mountains. B) Valleys and canyons. C) Sand dunes and deltas. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand dunes and deltas. 44. Visible STANDING WATER with TREES growing in them A) Bog. B) Desert. C) Swamp/Bayou. D) Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swamp/Bayou. 45. What is the main player in exogenic processes? A) The hydrological cycle. B) The tectonic cycle. C) The rock cycle. D) The atmospheric cycle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The hydrological cycle. 46. A piece of ground completely surrounded by water A) Lake. B) Estuary. C) Island. D) Plateau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Island. 47. A body of water surrounded entirely by land A) Lake. B) Bay. C) Tributary. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lake. 48. Largest (area) Freshwater Lake A) Caspian Sea. B) Lake Superier. C) Dead Sea. D) Lake Baikal. E) Great Salt Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lake Superier. 49. Which ocean borders New York? A) Arctic. B) Pacific. C) Atlantic. D) Indian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Atlantic. 50.  Which landform is characterized by a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life? A) Desert. B) Plateau. C) Gulf. D) BayTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Desert. 51. Flat drawing of a place or part of the world A) Plateau. B) Mountain. C) Map. D) Plain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Map. 52. Which landform is the space between mountains or hills? A) Plateau. B) Valley. C) Canyon. D) Ridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Valley. 53. A large stream of water that flows across land and empties into a lake, ocean, or river A) Bay. B) Ocean. C) River. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) River. 54. What is a prairie? A) A large area of flat or gently rolling grassland. B) A tall, rocky mountain. C) A narrow waterway. D) A body of salt water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A large area of flat or gently rolling grassland. 55. What is the longest river in Africa? A) Nile River. B) Niger River. C) Zambezi River. D) Congo River. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nile River. 56. The tallest piece of land is called A) A hill. B) A mountain. C) An island. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A mountain. 57. Which volcanic mountain is in Japan? A) Mt. Alpa. B) Mt.Fuji. C) Mt. Vesuvius. D) Mt.Kilimanjaro. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mt.Fuji. 58. What is the process of erosion and how does it shape landforms? A) Erosion shapes landforms by causing volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. B) Erosion builds landforms by depositing sediment in flat areas. C) Erosion creates landforms by increasing soil fertility and vegetation. D) Erosion shapes landforms by wearing away rocks and soil, leading to the formation of valleys, canyons, and other geological features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Erosion shapes landforms by wearing away rocks and soil, leading to the formation of valleys, canyons, and other geological features. 59. What type of fault is a common type of fault created where the crust is moving apart vertically? A) Reverse fault. B) Normal fault. C) Thrust fault. D) Strike-slip fault. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Normal fault. 60. Different kinds of land on the Earth A) Landforms. B) Waterways. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landforms. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArts Humanities QuizzesClass 11 QuizzesClass 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 1Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 2Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 3Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 4Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 5Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 7Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 8Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books