This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > Geography > Our Changing Earth > Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth Quiz 12 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The forces that move and change landforms could be outside the earth A) Exogenic forces. B) Endogenic forces. C) Both (a) and (b). D) NONE OF THESE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exogenic forces. 2. The landform in triangular shape is called A) George. B) Natural leeves. C) Delta. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Delta. 3. What can cause a river to flow in a different direction? A) The wind. B) A glacier. C) A valley. D) An earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An earthquake. 4. The vibration on the earth surface while the movement of ..... plates are called earthquake A) Lithographic. B) Lithospheric. C) Oceanic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithospheric. 5. A dinosaur track, a trail, and burrow are all examples of A) Molds. B) Trace fossils. C) Preserved remains. D) Casts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trace fossils. 6. The place on the surface above the focus is called the? A) Earthquake. B) Epicenter. C) Vent. D) Cater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epicenter. 7. ..... are the preserved remains or traces of living things. A) Organic matter. B) Bones. C) Fossils. D) Artifacts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fossils. 8. The lithospheric plates move inside the earth because of the movement of A) Minerals. B) Water. C) Air. D) Molten magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molten magma. 9. What is this chapter about? A) Building homes. B) Helping earth. C) Marking art. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helping earth. 10. The place on the surface where earthquake observed first called A) Epicentre. B) Hypocentre. C) Epicentre. D) Focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epicentre. 11. A massive earthquake hit Bhuj Town on(a) 16th December 2001(b) 26th January 2004(c) 26th January 2001(d) 16th December 2004 A) D. B) C. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 12. Features formed by wind is called A) V-shaped valley. B) Sand dunes. C) Mushroom rocks. D) Aeolian features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aeolian features. 13. P waves travel at a speed of A) 32 km/m. B) 20 km/s. C) 8 km/s. D) 6 km/s. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6 km/s. 14. Quartzite rock is a metamorphic rock. This means it was formed by: A) Layers cementing together. B) Heat and pressure. C) Wind and water. D) Melting and cooling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heat and pressure. 15. This is a process where pieces of soil, rock, or sand are moved by wind, water or ice. A) Conserve. B) Weathering. C) Erosion. D) Litter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 16. What are the sudden forces? A) Volcano. B) Earthquake. C) Building of Mountains. D) Both (a) and (b). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (a) and (b). 17. The machine used to measure an earthquakes' magnitude A) Oximeter. B) Odometer. C) Seismograph. D) Stethoscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Seismograph. 18. How long does it take for weathering to change a rock? A) Many days. B) Many weeks. C) Many years. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Many years. 19. What covers most of the Earth's surface? A) Rivers. B) Oceans. C) Lakes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oceans. 20. Which ruler first established his capital at Delhi? A) Chauhans ruler. B) Khalji dynasty. C) Turkish ruler. D) Your prince ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your prince ruler. 21. Which is the correct order of the Earths layers? A) Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust. B) Crust, mantle, inner core, outercore. C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. D) Crust, inner core, outer core, mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crust, mantle, outer core, inner core. 22. Fossils are most commonly found in ..... rock. A) Tar. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 23. He energy generated, within the Earth is the main force behind A) External forces. B) Endogenic forces. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endogenic forces. 24. Which of these is an opinion? A) Tsunamis are the worst disasters. B) Earthquakes shake the ground. C) Volcanoes have lava. D) Erosion shapes cliffs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tsunamis are the worst disasters. 25. Geothermal energy comes from- A) Fossil fuels. B) Large wind storms. C) The interior of the earth. D) Currents near the equator. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The interior of the earth. 26. Layer below the Earth's crust A) Crust. B) Outer core. C) Inner core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mantle. 27. What are the deposits of fine and light sand carried by wind called? A) Mushroom rocks. B) Sand dunes. C) Loess. D) Moraines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loess. 28. Which of the following is the part of the middle-course A) Gorge. B) Braided river. C) Delta. D) V-shaped valley. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Braided river. 29. The plates around very ..... just a few ..... each year A) Fast, meters. B) Quickly, inches. C) Slowly, millimetres. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Slowly, millimetres. 30. What is a vent in the earth's crust through which molten material erupts suddenly called? A) Crust. B) Crater. C) Volcano. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Volcano. 31. What is the difference between magma and lava? A) Magma is below the crust; lava is above the crust. B) Magma is red, lava is orange. C) Magma is very hot, lava is cool to the touch. D) Magma is a liquid, lava is a solid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magma is below the crust; lava is above the crust. 32. The ..... cuts off from the river and forms an ox bow lake. A) Levee. B) River bank. C) Meander. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meander. 33. Earth quick is measured with a scale called A) Seismoghraphy. B) Of the Migraph. C) Seisomograph. D) Seismograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismograph. 34. What does NOT happen when magma breaks through the crust on the floor of the ocean? A) The magma forms a new continent. B) It creates a mid-ocean ridge. C) The cooling magma forms a new part of the floor of the ocean. D) The magma cools. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The magma cools. 35. Stack is formed by the ..... A) River. B) Sea waves. C) Wind. D) Glacier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea waves. 36. Which statement about the rock cycle is true? A) Igneous rocks form from cooling magma. Sedimentary rocks form by compacting sediments.Metamorphic rocks form from existing rocks under heat and pressure. B) Igneous rocks form from compaction. Sedimentary rocks form from heat and pressure.Metamorphic rocks form from melting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous rocks form from cooling magma. Sedimentary rocks form by compacting sediments.Metamorphic rocks form from existing rocks under heat and pressure. 37. Moving mass of ice A) River. B) Glacier. C) Sea. D) Lagoon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glacier. 38. Deposition of layers of fine soil along the bank of rivers forms ..... A) Levees. B) Flood plains. C) Ox-Bow lake. D) Meander. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flood plains. 39. Source of Earth's magnetic field is Iron from this core A) Inner core. B) Crust. C) Outer core. D) Mantle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer core. 40. This is a very fast wind storm that moves in circles. A) Drought. B) Tornado. C) Flood. D) Blizzard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tornado. 41. What role do plants play in preventing erosion? A) Plants absorb water and increase erosion. B) Plants have no effect on soil stability. C) Plants only grow in areas with no erosion. D) Plants stabilize soil and reduce erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plants stabilize soil and reduce erosion. 42. In Endogenic forces, what is the meaning for Endo? A) Inside. B) Front side. C) Back Side. D) Outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inside. 43. Name the uppermost layer of Earth A) Crust. B) Mental. C) Core. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crust. 44. Deccan Plateau was considered relatively safe from earthquake as if had experienced some earthquake of low intensity only. Did it experienced a major earthquake in 1993. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 45. Which type of force results in slow earth movements? A) Wind erosion. B) Volcanic eruptions. C) Exogenic forces. D) Earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exogenic forces. 46. ..... is when sediments are placed in a location by erosion A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition. 47. What geographical feature is formed when a river breaks up into distributaries and deposits sediments? A) Sea cliff. B) Waterfall. C) Meander. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Delta. 48. The Mid Atlantic Ridge is an example of a ..... boundary A) Divergent. B) Convergent. C) Transform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Divergent. 49. When the wind blows, it lifts and transports sand to form what? A) Loess. B) Stacks. C) Sand dunes. D) Mushroom rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sand dunes. 50. Erosion is breaking up of the rocks on the Earth's surface? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Trees help keep our air clean. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. This is an overflow of water covering land that is usually dry. A) Change. B) Drought. C) Flood. D) Litter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flood. 53. The vibrations caused by earthquakes A) Secondary waves. B) Surface waves. C) Primary waves. D) Seismic waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Seismic waves. 54. Waterfall is the erosional feature of; A) Waves. B) Winds. C) Glaciers. D) The River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The River. 55. Dormant volcanoes have erupted recently and are expected to erupt again. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. Highest waterfall is A) Ganga. B) Yamuna. C) Angel falls of venezuela. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angel falls of venezuela. 57. Which waterfall is located on the border between Canada and USA? A) Angel Waterfall. B) Victoria Waterfall. C) Niagara Waterfall. D) Courtallam Waterbill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Niagara Waterfall. 58. Original structure of continents A) Earth. B) Land. C) Pangea. D) Seismograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pangea. 59. How can individuals prepare for earthquakes? A) By spreading awareness about environmental issues. B) By learning about different types of animals. C) By being informed about disaster management and sharing knowledge. D) By participating in fire drills and evacuation exercises. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By being informed about disaster management and sharing knowledge. 60. ..... waves do not pass through liquids A) Secondary Waves. B) Primary Waves. C) Surface Waves. D) Push Waves. 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