This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > Geography > Our Changing Earth > Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth Quiz 14 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The place in the crust where movement start is called the ..... A) Epic centre. B) Focus. C) Magma. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Focus. 2. What does the theory of Continental Drift explain? A) Ocean currents move continents around the planet. B) Convection works deep within the asthenosphere. C) Mid-ocean ridges force tectonic plates to move. D) Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continents were once together and slowly drifted to where they are today. 3. Is volcano a Sudden force or a Diastrophic force A) Sudden force. B) Sudddern Froce. C) All the above. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sudden force. 4. What is a volcanoe? A) An opening in the crust of the earth through which material is ejected on to the earth. B) Tremors and vibrations in the earth. C) The solid crust of rocks forming the surface of the earth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An opening in the crust of the earth through which material is ejected on to the earth. 5. Which layer contains convection currents? A) Lithosphere. B) Inner core. C) Mantle. D) Outer core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mantle. 6. A glacier is a slowly moving mass of ..... A) Rock. B) Ice. C) Wind. D) Sediments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice. 7. Endogenic forces are A) The forces act in enterior. B) The forces work on surface of Earth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The forces act in enterior. 8. The collection of sediments from al the mouths forms a ..... A) Ox-bow lake. B) Delta. C) Waterfall. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Delta. 9. Small hill of sand caused by the action of the wind A) Loess. B) Sand dunes. C) Mushrom rock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand dunes. 10. Pangaea was divided into how many continents? A) 8. B) 1. C) 4. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 11. What type of rocks are formed when molten lava cools and hardens? A) Metamorphic. B) Shale. C) Igneous. D) Sedimentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Igneous. 12. The Earth may run out of some fossil fuels. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. The wearing away of the landscape by different agents is called A) Weathering. B) Deposition. C) Erosion. D) Landslide. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion. 14. Why are fossils most commonly found in sedimentary rock? A) Sedimentary rock is formed when rocks are melted in lava. B) Sedimentary rock is formed when layers of material and sediment are pressed together. C) Sedimentary rock is formed from weathering and erosion. D) Sedimentary rock is formed when organisms and plants are frozen together. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary rock is formed when layers of material and sediment are pressed together. 15. Fossil fuels are made from dead plants and animals. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. (T/F) The five types of fossils are:Trace, Preserved Remains, Petrified, Mold and Casts, and Carbon Films. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 17. The North American plate and Pacific plates meet at the San Andres Fault in California causing frequent earthquakes. This fault is located at a ..... boundary. A) Transform. B) Divergent. C) Ridge. D) Convergent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transform. 18. Meteorites burn up in this layer on entering from the space A) Stratosphere. B) Thermosphere. C) Mesosphere. D) Troposphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mesosphere. 19. Natural forms on the earth's surface A) Endogenic forces. B) Landforms. C) Triassic. D) Molten. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Landforms. 20. What is happening when the Earth's surface moves and shakes? A) Water is weathering a rock. B) An earthquake is happening. C) Wind is eroding rock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An earthquake is happening. 21. What do you mean by a glacier? A) Moving of rivers. B) Moving of Soil. C) Moving of layers of earth. D) Moving of Ice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moving of Ice. 22. Other Name of tectonic plates is A) Plates. B) Lithospheric Plates. C) Earthquake. D) Magnitude. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithospheric Plates. 23. What is a hurricane? A) A fire in the forest. B) A cold day. C) A big wave. D) A strong wind storm. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A strong wind storm. 24. Dams collect energy from ..... A) Water. B) Wind. C) Air. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Water. 25. ..... , meaning "all land, " is the name of the great landmass that existed millions of years ago. A) Pag. B) Wegener. C) Subduction zone. D) Tectonic. E) Lithosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pag. 26. The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited. These deposits form glacial moraines. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 27. (i) Which is not an erosional feature of sea waves? A) Headland. B) Beach. C) Cave. D) Cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beach. 28. The Food will begin to turn into new ..... A) Compost bin. B) Energy. C) Soil. D) Changes. E) Glass. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Soil. 29. What are the sections into which the lithosphere is broken? A) Earthquake zones. B) Tectonic divisions. C) Lithospheric plates. D) Mantle sections. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lithospheric plates. 30. This can cause rocks to fall down a hill A) Wind. B) Gravity. C) The Grinch. D) Inner core. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gravity. 31. The process of seafloor being destroyed at the trench is called A) Trenching. B) Seafloor spreading. C) Subduction. D) Ridging. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subduction. 32. An earthquake over ..... can cause damage A) Over 0.2. B) Over 0.7. C) Over 0.5. D) Over 0.6. E) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Over 0.5. 33. Ox bow lakes r found in A) Glaciers. B) River valleys. C) Deserts. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) River valleys. 34. Slower changes to the Earth can be caused by A) Tsunami waves. B) Glaciers receding. C) Volcano eruptions. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glaciers receding. 35. Tiny pieces of rock wear down bigger rocks through ..... A) Abrasion. B) Chemical weathering. C) Deposition. D) Ice wedging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abrasion. 36. Continental Drift is the A) Movement of the one large tectonic plate found on Earth. B) Movement of the hundreds of tectonic plates found on Earth. C) Movement of the seven tectonic plates found on Earth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement of the seven tectonic plates found on Earth. 37. Which rock is formed from layers of sediment compacted and cemented together A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 38. The Great Rift Valley in Africa and the Mid-Ocean Ridge were all created by this boundary A) Reform. B) Divergent. C) Convergent. D) Transform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent. 39. Which of these changes to Earth's surface was most likely formed by weathering? A) Mountain range. B) Canyon. C) Desert. D) Sand dune. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Canyon. 40. It is an Active Volcano A) Mt Etna. B) MT Vesuvius. C) Crater Lake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mt Etna. 41. The breaking up of the rocks on the earth's surface is called: A) Deposition. B) Erosion. C) Weathering. D) Transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weathering. 42. A tsunami is a series of giant ocean waves. Most are caused by A) Wind storms. B) Powerful undersea earthquakes. C) Humans. D) Weathering and erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Powerful undersea earthquakes. 43. In which country is a large deposit of loess found? A) China. B) USA. C) India. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) China. 44. Flood plains are the depositional features of: A) The River. B) Wind. C) Glaciers. D) Waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The River. 45. Volcano, earthquakes are ..... forces. A) Endogenic. B) Exogenic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endogenic. 46. What are the two types of crust A) Continental and oceanic. B) Ocean and upper. C) Lower and upper. D) Pizza and subway. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continental and oceanic. 47. How is beach formed? A) Deposits of sediments by sea waves. B) Separation of sea from land. C) Deposits of volcano. D) Separation of Islands. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deposits of sediments by sea waves. 48. ..... is a bend or loop in a river's course. A) Meander. B) Levee. C) Ox bow lake. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Meander. 49. Which of these is a sudden movement? A) Earthquake. B) Exogenic forces. C) Lava. D) Glacier. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake. 50. The type of boundary where plates slide past each other, moving in opposite directions A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform. 51. River is an agent of erosion and deposition in the desert. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 52. What happens when water freezes? A) It expands. B) It stays the same size. C) It contracts or gets smaller. D) It becomes a new substance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It expands. 53. What are the vibrations travelling on the earth surface due to the movement of Lithospheric plates called? A) Volcano. B) Earthquake. C) Landslide. D) Flood. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earthquake. 54. What is it called when layers pile up and press down on the material below? A) Compaction. B) Cementation. C) Layering. D) I don't know. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compaction. 55. Hollow like caves formed on rocks A) Sea caves. B) Sea arch. C) Stacks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sea caves. 56. The degree of hotness and coldness of the air is known as A) Climate. B) Weather. C) Season. D) Temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Temperature. 57. Earthquakes and volcanos are the results of the ..... forces. A) Endogenic. B) Exogenic. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Endogenic. 58. Which of the following are most destructive earthquake waves: A) Primary waves. B) Secondary waves. C) Love waves. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Love waves. 59. Magnitude of the earthquake is measured in: A) Mercalli Scale. B) Hygrometre. C) Thermometer. D) Richter scale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Richter scale. 60. As the ice melts they get filled up with water and become ..... in the mountains A) Beautiful lakes. B) Beautiful pond. C) Beautiful rivers. D) None of the above. 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