This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 7 > Geography > Our Changing Earth > Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 7 Geography Chapter 3 Our Changing Earth Quiz 4 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is NOT exogenic force A) Sea Waves. B) Wind. C) Glaciers. D) Volcano. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Volcano. 2. From the Earth's crust toward the inner core, pressure and temperature- A) Decrease. B) Increase. C) Stay the same. D) Become equal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Increase. 3. What rocks are formed when hot melted rock (magma/lava) cools? A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Igneous. 4. Which layer is the hot layer of melted rock? A) Mantle. B) Crust. C) Outer Core. D) Inner Core. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Outer Core. 5. The circular movement of molten magma is associated with which forces? A) Tectonic forces. B) Endogenic forces. C) Exogenic forces. D) Weathering forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Endogenic forces. 6. When the Lithospheric plates move, the surface of the earth vibrates, called A) Volcano. B) Landslide. C) Earthquake. D) Asthenosphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Earthquake. 7. The type of boundary where plates move apart; under the ocean this causes magma to rise up, cool, and form ridges or new sea floor A) Convergent. B) Divergent. C) Transform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Divergent. 8. The Richter scale was Invented in A) 1945. B) 1978. C) 1947. D) 1935. E) 1889. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1935. 9. Which is the origin of the seismic energy? A) Epicentre. B) Focus. C) Plate boundary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Focus. 10. What term is used for the forces that cause changes on the surface of the earth? A) Geological forces. B) Geological movements. C) Geomorphic forces. D) Surface forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geomorphic forces. 11. Which of these things cause weathering? A) Wind. B) Water. C) Ice. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 12. What are the 'rivers' of ice that erode the landscape called? A) Glaciers. B) Moraines. C) Deltas. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glaciers. 13. What is a force in which sediments that have been moved from one place are dropped or released in another place to create new landforms? A) Weathering. B) Volcanoes. C) Deposition. D) Erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deposition. 14. Weathering is the process of- A) Moving sediment from one place to another. B) Dropping or leaving sediment in a location. C) Breaking down rocks into sediment. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Breaking down rocks into sediment. 15. The ..... measures the intensity of an earthquake's effects. A) Richter Scale. B) Mercalli Scale. C) Seismograph. D) Epicentre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mercalli Scale. 16. In 2001 massive Earthquake occurred in ..... A) Bhuj (Gujarat). B) Jammu and Kashmir. C) Chamoli (Uttarakhand). D) Latur (Maharashtra). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhuj (Gujarat). 17. Cold air is ..... than hot air A) Small and heavy. B) Denser and heavy. C) Less denser and light. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Denser and heavy. 18. Can Earthquakes Be Predicted A) Yes. B) No. C) Both. D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 19. Tectonic Plates move ..... in an year A) 5 mitre. B) Few millimetres. C) 100 kilometres. D) Few centimetres. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Few millimetres. 20. The Earthquake which hit the Bhuj city is located in which state? A) Madhya pradesh. B) Gujarat. C) Rajasthan. D) Haryana. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gujarat. 21. What are the two main types of weathering? A) Mechanical weathering and chemical weathering. B) Erosional weathering and gravitational weathering. C) Physical weathering and atmospheric weathering. D) Biological weathering and thermal weathering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mechanical weathering and chemical weathering. 22. Who explored that Pangaea started to break 200-225 million years ago? A) Gregor Mendel. B) Alfred Wegner. C) Alfred Wright. D) George Mestral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alfred Wegner. 23. The process by which soil and rock are removed from one location and transported to another is known as A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) Compaction. D) Sedimentation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 24. The sea waves deposits sediments along the shores forming ..... A) Sea caves. B) Levees. C) Beaches. D) Floodplains. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beaches. 25. Floods occur after heavy rains and cover ..... A) Everything. B) Only oceans. C) Land that is usually dry. D) Deserts. E) 1 and 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Land that is usually dry. 26. Which process is the picking up and moving of pieces of rock? A) Erosion. B) Weathering. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion. 27. The lithosphere is broken into a number of plates known as A) Lothospheric plates. B) Lithospheric plates. C) Lethospheric plates. D) Lathospheric plates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lithospheric plates. 28. How many rivers are there in whole world A) 500. B) 1000. C) 200. D) More than 400. E) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) More than 400. 29. In deserts you can see rocks in the shape of a mushroom, commonly called A) Metamorphic rock. B) Sedimentary rocks. C) Mushroom rocks. D) Igneous rocks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mushroom rocks. 30. Ox Bow lake are also known as A) Cut-off lake. B) Flood plain. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cut-off lake. 31. What do we call the steep rocky coast that rises almost vertically above sea water? A) Estuary. B) Beach. C) Sea cliff. D) Delta. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sea cliff. 32. What are the types of earthquake waves? A) P wave. B) S wave. C) L wave. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 33. A large hole at the top of a volcano A) Seismic waves. B) Volcanoes. C) Crater. D) Endogenic forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crater. 34. What kind of changes do exogenic forces cause on the earth's surface? A) Sudden movements. B) Slow movements. C) Erosion and deposition. D) Mountain building. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erosion and deposition. 35. The tectonic plates float on A) The oceanic crust. B) The continental crust. C) Other tectonic plates. D) Molten rock. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Molten rock. 36. The point where an earthquake originates is known as its A) Crater. B) Focus. C) Quake centre. D) Epicentre. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Focus. 37. What is the place on the surface above the focus of an earthquake known as? A) Fault line. B) Seismic zone. C) Focus. D) Epicenter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epicenter. 38. What we called 99 in marathi A) Newly. B) Ashi. C) Ninth. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newly. 39. Which of these is a product of weathering? A) Rain. B) Lava. C) Small pieces of rock. D) Trees and other plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Small pieces of rock. 40. P waves are called A) Transverse waves. B) Longitudinal waves. C) Surface waves. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Longitudinal waves. 41. Waterfall is formed by the ..... A) Sea waves. B) Glacier. C) Wind. D) River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) River. 42. What are some methods of earthquake prediction adopted by people locally? A) Studying animal behavior, such as fish in ponds getting agitated and snakes surfacing. B) Using advanced technology to predict earthquakes accurately. C) Analyzing weather patterns and predicting seismic activity. D) Observing changes in plant growth and predicting earthquakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Studying animal behavior, such as fish in ponds getting agitated and snakes surfacing. 43. Earthquakes and ..... can change Earth's surface quickly. A) Wind. B) Volcanoes. C) Water. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Volcanoes. 44. The place of origin of an earthquake? A) Epiccenter. B) Epicenter. C) Focus. D) Force. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Focus. 45. P waves refer to as ..... A) Longtudinal waves. B) Surface waves. C) Longitudinal waves. D) Transverse waves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longitudinal waves. 46. What are the hill-like structures formed by wind-deposited sand called? A) Mushroom rocks. B) Sand dunes. C) Loess. D) Moraines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sand dunes. 47. Beaches are depositional features formed by ..... A) Glaciers. B) Sea waves. C) Rivers. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sea waves. 48. Lithosphere plates move because A) These are irregular in shape. B) Molten magma moves. C) As a result of earthquakes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Molten magma moves. 49. The molten magma inside the earth moves in a A) Horizontal manner. B) Vertical manner. C) Triangular manner. D) Circular manner. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Circular manner. 50. The point of disturbance on the Earth's crust which lies vertically above the focus is ..... A) Of the Migraph. B) Richter scale. C) Epicentre. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epicentre. 51. The raised bank of the floodplain is called A) Leeves. B) Magnitude. C) Sand. D) Sediment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Leeves. 52. When material is dropped or placed in a new location, it is called ..... A) Erosion. B) Deposition. C) Weathering. D) All of the above. E) . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Deposition. 53. The processes of ..... and ..... create different landform on the surface of earth. A) Erosion, deposition. B) Rising, water. C) Erosion, rising. D) Deposition, erosion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Erosion, deposition. 54. Which rock is formed from heat and pressure beneath the Earth's surface? A) Igneous. B) Sedimentary. C) Metamorphic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metamorphic. 55. How is glacial moraines formed? A) By deposit of layer of earth. B) By deposit of material by glacier. C) By erosion. D) By deposit of magma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By deposit of material by glacier. 56. What is the outcome of continuous erosion and deposition along the sides of a meander? A) Formation of floodplains. B) Creation of waterfalls. C) Expansion of the river's width. D) Deepening of the riverbed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formation of floodplains. 57. The three groups of rocks are classified by A) Chemical Composition. B) How they form. C) Color. D) Grain size. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) How they form. 58. Carbon dioxide released in the atmosphere creates a A) Carbon effect. B) Dioxide effect. C) Earth effect. D) Green house effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Green house effect. 59. Earth's crust can be compared to what part of an egg? A) Yolk. B) Egg white. C) Shell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shell. 60. What is the name of the instrument used for measuring earthquake? A) Thermometer. B) Weighing machine. C) Seismograph. D) All of these. 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