This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > Geography > Our Changing Earth > Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Sediment piling up to form sand bars is an example of- A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) Deposition. D) Conservation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition. 2. Alternative energy uses fossil fuels. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 3. Which forces cause changes on the earth's surface due to weathering and erosion? A) Endogenic forces. B) Exogenic forces. C) Diastrophic forces. D) Tectonic forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exogenic forces. 4. The place in the crust from where the energy is released, called: A) Epicentre. B) Foci. C) Epicentre. D) Focus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Focus. 5. ..... is a depositional feature of glaciers. A) Ice. B) Moraine. C) Both of these. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moraine. 6. What does "immense" mean? A) Very small. B) Very fast. C) Very loud. D) Very large. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Very large. 7. Removal of soil and rock from the Earth's surface A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Erosion. 8. Oxbow lake is also known as ..... A) Cut off lake. B) Cut up lake. C) Cut on lake. D) Cut down lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut off lake. 9. What is the Richter scale used for in relation to earthquakes? A) It measures the speed at which earthquakes occur. B) It measures the size of the cracks formed on the ground during earthquakes. C) It measures the magnitude and strength of earthquakes. D) It measures the amount of rainfall caused by earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It measures the magnitude and strength of earthquakes. 10. S waves can travel through: A) Solid and Liquid. B) Liquid only. C) Solid only. D) Gas only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solid only. 11. Where is the Angel Falls located? A) South Africa. B) South America. C) South India. D) North America. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) South America. 12. 3Q) WHICH IS THE FIRST WAVE CAUSES A LITTLE LESS DAMAGE AFTER EPICENTER? A) S WAVE. B) P WAVE. C) SESMIC WAVES. D) L WAVE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) P WAVE. 13. All of the following are clues that an area was weathered and eroded by flowing water EXCEPT for A) Smooth, slanted sides. B) A series of cracks that grows over time. C) An S-shaped path carved from the rock. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A series of cracks that grows over time. 14. Limestone, Shale, Sandstone, and Coal are examples of ..... rocks A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary. 15. Which term is used for the sudden movements caused by endogenic forces? A) Earthquake forces. B) Volcanic forces. C) Tectonic forces. D) Diastrophic forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Earthquake forces. 16. The very fine and light grains of sand carry by the wind and get deposit in large area, it is called ..... A) Lose. B) Loosen. C) Loess. D) Loss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loess. 17. Which feature is formed by moving water? A) A canyon. B) A volcano. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A canyon. 18. The place in the crust where earthquake occurs is called the ..... A) Epicentre. B) Focus. C) Plate boundary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Focus. 19. Which is the highest waterfall? A) Angel Falls. B) Victoria Falls. C) Niagara Falls. D) Zambia Falls. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angel Falls. 20. Rocks that are formed by melting and cooling are categorized as- A) Sedimentary. B) Glaciers. C) Metamorphic. D) Igneous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Igneous. 21. Where can fossils be found? A) In different layers of rock. B) The atmosphere. C) In the bark of old trees. D) The inner core of the Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In different layers of rock. 22. Example of diastrophic forces A) Earthquake. B) Building mountains. C) Volcano. D) Landslides. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Building mountains. 23. Deposition is breaking up of 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. 24. This rock contains molecules that orient themselves to the north A) Obsidian. B) Granite. C) Magnetite. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Magnetite. 25. Which of these is a chemical process? A) Iron combining with oxygen. B) Rock breaking into pieces. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iron combining with oxygen. 26. What is the deposition of sand in a low hill-like structure known as? A) Hills. B) Ridges. C) Mounds. D) Sand dunes. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sand dunes. 27. The sudden shaking of the earth caused by intenral forces of the earth is known as A) Fault scarp. B) Earth quake. C) Focus. D) Seismic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Earth quake. 28. Earthquake is measured on A) Seismograph. B) Bar graph. C) Pie chart. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismograph. 29. Magma is ..... fluid material. A) Hot. B) Cold. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hot. 30. When did the supercontinent Pangaea began to break? A) 1 million years ago. B) 200-225 million years ago. C) 50 million years ago. D) 100 million years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 200-225 million years ago. 31. Which process is responsible for turning Magma/Lava into Igneous Rock? A) Cooling & crystallization. B) Melting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooling & crystallization. 32. All districts were affected in the Bhuj earthquake in Gujarat. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 33. This means to use less of something. A) Recycle. B) Reuse. C) Reduce. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce. 34. How do we refer to a deep ravine between pairs of cliffs carved by the erosive activity of a river? A) Canyon. B) Valley. C) Ravine. D) Cliff. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canyon. 35. 2Q) WHERE IS THE MOST DAMAGE CAUSED BY A EARTHQUAKE? A) FROM P WAVE. B) FROM S WAVE. C) IN CRUST. D) ON EPICENTER. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ON EPICENTER. 36. The experts who studies the pattern of earthquakes in called? A) Seismologist. B) Scientists. C) Artist. D) Doctor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seismologist. 37. ..... is the breaking up of the rocks on the earth's surface A) Landslide. B) Erision. C) Weathering. D) Earthquake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Weathering. 38. Natural disasters occurs due to ..... forces A) Tsunami. B) Endogenic. C) Exogenic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endogenic. 39. The Earth's surface is not subject to constant changes? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 40. The feature that forms where seafloor spreading occurs is the A) Subduction zone. B) Ridge. C) Trench. D) Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ridge. 41. The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces A) Weathering. B) Erosion. C) Deposition. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weathering. 42. Food items are recycled in a ..... A) Changes. B) Soil. C) Energy. D) Glass. E) Compost bin. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Compost bin. 43. Identify a process in the rock cycle that uses energy (heat) from the Earth's core A) Melting or heat & pressure. B) Weathering. C) Erosion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melting or heat & pressure. 44. Which of the following are the 3 types of earthquakes A) Latitudinal wave, reversed wave, Land wave. B) Longitudinal wave, transverse wave, surface wave. C) Circular wave, reversed wave, longitudinal wave. D) Reversed wave, surface wave, circular wave. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal wave, transverse wave, surface wave. 45. Place above focus is called A) Focus. B) Epicplay. C) Forses. D) Epicentre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epicentre. 46. Which among the following is not related to Exogenic forces? A) Glaciers. B) Wind. C) Sea waves. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcano. 47. Earthquake of ..... magnitude is considered as major A) 5. B) 3. C) 7. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 48. On the Celsius scale the water freezes at ..... and boils at ..... A) 32$^\circ$C, 232$^\circ$C. B) 0$^\circ$C, 100$^\circ$C. C) 100$^\circ$C, 0$^\circ$C. D) 10$^\circ$C, 90$^\circ$C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 0$^\circ$C, 100$^\circ$C. 49. Which type of crust is DENSER (and will be subducted under the other), continental crust or oceanic crust? A) It varies. B) Continental. C) Oceanic. D) They are the same density. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oceanic. 50. A divergent boundary occurs when plates ..... A) Pull apart. B) Come together. C) Slide past each other. D) Subducting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pull apart. 51. As the cavities become bigger and bigger, only the roof of the caves remain, thus forming ..... A) Mushroom rocks. B) Sea arches. C) Glacier. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea arches. 52. Which is/are the safe spot to hide during the Earthquake? A) Under the table. B) Under the Kitchen Counter. C) Under the desk. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 53. A rock formed from fragments of other rocks is a(n) A) Igneous Rock. B) Sedimentary Rock. C) Metamorphic Rock. D) Extrusive Rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sedimentary Rock. 54. Earthquake preparedness A) Safe spot. B) Stay away from-fireplaces etc. C) Spread awareness. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 55. Which is the highest waterfall and where is it located? A) Angel Falls of Venezuela, North America. B) Victoria Falls, Africa. C) Angel Falls of Venezuela, South America. D) Niagara falls, border of USA and Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Angel Falls of Venezuela, South America. 56. What is the process called when sediments are laid down in a new location? A) Weathering. B) Deposition. C) Erosion. D) Transportation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deposition. 57. What is the primary agent of erosion and deposition in deserts? A) Human activities. B) Water. C) Glaciers. D) Wind. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wind. 58. This type of boundary causes earthquakes A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transform. 59. Where is the recommended safe spot to take shelter during an earthquake? A) Under a kitchen counter, table, or desk, against an inside corner or wall. B) Near fireplaces, chimneys, or windows. C) In open areas with no furniture nearby. D) In large, open fields with clear visibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under a kitchen counter, table, or desk, against an inside corner or wall. 60. Which of the following is a depositional feature of a river? A) Loess. B) Moraines. C) Delta. D) None of the above. 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