This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Geography > Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the landform described as 'A raised area or mound of land'? A) Hill. B) Valley. C) Plain. D) Desert. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hill. 2. The ASTHENOSPHERE is the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, much hotter and more fluid than the lithosphere. Convection currents in the asthenosphere move tectonic plates.What does the prefix "astheno" mean? A) Soft. B) Stone. C) Life. D) Ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soft. 3. This body of water moves or flows through land. A) Lake. B) Ocean. C) River. D) Pond. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) River. 4. Opening of the earth crust A) Epicenter. B) Volcano. C) Fault line. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcano. 5. Which part of a map would help you locate a river? A) Scale. B) Legend. C) Compass rose. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 6. ..... is a group of people's way of life. A) Culture. B) Geography. C) Human feature. D) Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Culture. 7. A prairie has a lot of ..... A) Hills. B) Trees. C) Grass. D) Water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grass. 8. A large, moving block of ice A) $Mantle$. B) $plain$. C) $plateau$. D) $glacier$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $glacier$. 9. What city do we live in? A) San Francisco, CA. B) Atlanta, GA. C) Opelika, AL. D) Denver, CO. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opelika, AL. 10. A large crack in the earth formed by a river or earthquakes. A) Delta. B) Canyon. C) Island. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canyon. 11. According to their ..... the mountains are young and old mountains. A) Age. B) Height. C) None. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Age. 12. Which theme of geography explores why humans move from place to place? A) Region. B) Migration. C) Place. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Movement. 13. Largest Continent of the world? A) Asia. B) South America. C) Austrailia. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Asia. 14. Which body of water FLOWS? A) Lake. B) Ocean. C) River. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) River. 15. Why is the Great Barrier Reef special? A) It's the biggest coral reef in the world. B) It's the heaviest riff in the world. C) It's the only coral reef in the world. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's the biggest coral reef in the world. 16. I am one of the main rivers in North America. I mark part of the boundary between Mexico and the United States. What am I? A) Nile River. B) Mississippi River. C) James River. D) Rio Grande River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rio Grande River. 17. What is a landform? A) A landform was made by people. B) A landform is a type of food. C) A landform is a fish living in the ocean. D) A landform is a natural feature of the Earth's surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A landform is a natural feature of the Earth's surface. 18. All of the following EXCEPT ..... describe water's movement or storage underground. A) Runoff. B) Infiltration. C) Percolation. D) Water table. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff. 19. A large body of salt water. Four oceans cover and connect great areas of the Earth's surface. A) River. B) Ocean. C) Pond. D) Stream. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ocean. 20. Buildings, road, or clothing. A) Physical Characteristics. B) Human Characteristics. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human Characteristics. 21. A channel of water that connects two areas of water. A) Channel. B) Riverr. C) Strait. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strait. 22. Although timber is an important commodity of Africa, each year logging clears out forests twice the size of what state in the US? A) Louisiana. B) New Hampshire. C) New Jersey. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Jersey. 23. Which landform is sourround by on all the sides? A) Peninsula. B) Island. C) Plateau. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Island. 24. The volcanoes of Hawaii, for example, formed above a relatively stationary ..... in the Earth's interior. A) Subduction zone. B) Hot spot. C) Down thrust. D) Mid-ocean ridge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hot spot. 25. Which animal is most likely to be found in the Blue Ridge region? A) Black bear. B) Shark. C) Sea turtle. D) Alligator. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Black bear. 26. Which is NOT a low area of land? A) Valley. B) Mountain. C) Canyon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mountain. 27. The vertical line on a map that shows east or west position A) Longitude. B) Geography. C) Latitude. D) Peninsula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Longitude. 28. The internal movement of the Earth causes this to move. A) HEI. B) EROSION. C) TECTONIC PLATES. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) TECTONIC PLATES. 29. Large body of water completely or partly surrounded by land A) Island. B) Gulf. C) River. D) Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sea. 30. What continent do we live on? A) Asia. B) South America. C) Europe. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) North America. 31. Land formation that is flat on top with steep walls. Usually in a dry area A) Hill. B) Plateau. C) Basin. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plateau. 32. An ice cap is a large area covered by ice, like at the north and south poles. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Which mountain range is the oldest on the North American continent? A) Appalachian Mountains. B) Coast Range. C) Cascade Range. D) Sierra Nevada. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Appalachian Mountains. 34. How are a plateau and a mountain different? A) A plateau if never high like a mountain. B) A plateau is pointed and a mountain is flat. C) A plateau has a flat top and a mountain has a peak. D) A plateau must be rocky and a mountain must be grassy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A plateau has a flat top and a mountain has a peak. 35. Which landform is most commonly associated with Florida's coastline? A) Glaciers. B) Lakes. C) Mountains. D) Beaches. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Beaches. 36. A body of water with land on all sides is a ..... A) Bay. B) Gulf. C) Lake. D) Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake. 37. Which state in the US has the largest known petroleum reserves? A) California. B) Texas. C) Florida. D) Alaska. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Texas. 38. Which of the following is an example of a human-made feature on a map? A) Mountain. B) River. C) City. D) ForestTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) City. 39. Speed of onset is BEST described as: A) How quickly people were able to react to the event. B) How quickly the event occurred. C) How long it took to fully recover from the disaster. D) How long the geomorphological event lasted. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How quickly the event occurred. 40. How many peaks in Colorado are higher than 14, 000 feet? A) 20. B) 30. C) 10. D) 40. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 40. 41. A body of land completely surrounded by water A) Mountain. B) Hill. C) Island. D) Mesa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Island. 42. Horizontal line on a map showing north or south position A) Longitude. B) Peninsula. C) Plateau. D) Latitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Latitude. 43. What is the definition of region? A) Where people and places are located on the surface of the Earth. B) Way in which the places in an area are similar. C) Ways goods, ideas, and people move from place to place. D) Describes where a place is located on the surface of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Way in which the places in an area are similar. 44. What land form is an opening in the earth's surface from which lava flows? A) Mountain. B) Volcano. C) Canyon. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcano. 45. Both land and water cover the Earth. Which one covers more of the Earth? A) Water. B) Air. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 46. What is the name of the plateau that includes the Grand Canyon and Massia? A) Columbia Plateau. B) Colorado Plateau. C) Central Lowlands. D) Piedmont PlainsTagsDOK Level 2:Skill/Concept. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colorado Plateau. 47.  Identify the landform that is an isolated hill with steep, often vertical sides and a small, relatively flat top. A) Mesa. B) Butte. C) Canyon. D) ValleyTagsDOK Level 1:Recall. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Butte. 48. The land between mountains or hills. "U" or "V" shaped. A) Valley. B) Mountain. C) Cape. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Valley. 49. The ocean on the East coast of the United States is the (a) A) Pacific. B) Arctic. C) A. Atlantic. D) Southern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. Atlantic. 50. What extends from France to the Ural Mountains and in very important to Europe's agriculture (farming)? A) Scandinavian Peninsula. B) Mediterranean Sea. C) European Plain. D) Ural Mountains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) European Plain. 51. Low lying areas that are partially covered by water. A) Disney World. B) Wetlands. C) Aquaman's House. D) Tributrary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wetlands. 52. A ..... is a narrow valley with steep sides and was formed by erosion. A) Canyon. B) Mountain. C) Desert. D) Butte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canyon. 53. A long, narrow body of water that usually connects to a lake or ocean A) Pond. B) Ocean. C) River. D) Lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) River. 54. What is the definition of movement? A) Areas of the world that have similar characteristics. B) The way goods, people, and ideas travel from place to place. C) The way humans interact with their environment. D) Where something is on the surface of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way goods, people, and ideas travel from place to place. 55. A wetland that forms near the mouth of a river is called a/an ..... A) Bay. B) Delta. C) Cove. D) Valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delta. 56. A very dry place where few plants grow. A) Valley. B) Island. C) Desert. D) Bay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Desert. 57. The distance north or south of the equator measured in degrees. A) Longitude. B) Equator. C) Latitude. D) Prime meridian. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Latitude. 58. A land form that has water around three sides and connected to a larger piece of land is called ..... A) Island. B) Peninsula. C) Delta. D) Isthmus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peninsula. 59. A ridge of rocks or coral in a body of water which lies slightly beneath or at the surface A) Tundra. B) Reef. C) Prarie. D) Steppe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reef. 60. Large areas of raised land that are flat on top A) Plateau. B) Plain. C) Valley. D) Island. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plateau. ← 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 6Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 8Class 11 Geography Chapter 3 Landforms Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books