Geographical Earth Features Quiz
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Earth's landscapes are constantly changing, shaped by powerful natural forces over millions of years. Earth science and geology help us understand how mountains rise, rivers carve...
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All 20 questions in this Geographical Earth Features quiz
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What is the name of the tectonic plate that covers most of Africa?
- A. Eurasian Plate
- B. Somali Plate
- C. African Plate
- D. Nubian Plate
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What is the name of the large flat areas of sedimentary rock in the interior of continents?
- A. Cratons
- B. Rifts
- C. Shields
- D. Sequences
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What is the name of the large circular gyre that accumulates plastic waste in the North Pacific?
- A. Pacific Conveyor
- B. Great Pacific Garbage Patch
- C. Gulf Stream
- D. Sargasso Sea
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What is the name of the dark cloud of hot gas and ash that travels at high speed down the flanks of a volcano?
- A. Fumarole
- B. Lahar
- C. Pyroclastic flow
- D. Tephra
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What is the name of the process by which rocks break down through chemical reactions with water, oxygen, and acids?
- A. Erosion
- B. Chemical weathering
- C. Physical weathering
- D. Abrasion
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What is the name of the supercontinent that existed before the current continents formed?
- A. Pangaea
- B. Laurasia
- C. Gondwana
- D. Rodinia
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What is the name of Earth's second atmospheric layer starting at approximately 12 km altitude?
- A. Stratosphere
- B. Exosphere
- C. Thermosphere
- D. Mesosphere
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What is the name of the dramatic landscape created by the erosion of soluble rock like limestone by water?
- A. Karst
- B. Badlands
- C. Canyon lands
- D. Tors
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What is the name of the catastrophic rapid flow of water and debris down a mountain slope?
- A. Debris flow
- B. Avalanche
- C. Lahar
- D. Rockslide
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What type of rock forms when existing rock is subjected to intense heat and pressure?
- A. Clastic
- B. Igneous
- C. Sedimentary
- D. Metamorphic
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What is the name of the phenomenon where land previously covered by ice rebounds upward after the ice melts?
- A. Subsidence
- B. Eustatic change
- C. Thermal expansion
- D. Isostatic rebound
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What is the name of the underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains and transmits groundwater?
- A. Artesian well
- B. Perched water table
- C. Aquifer
- D. Aquitard
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What is the name of the volcanic rock that can float on water due to its high porosity?
- A. Rhyolite
- B. Tuff
- C. Pumice
- D. Scoria
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What type of boundary exists where two tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other?
- A. Convergent boundary
- B. Transform fault boundary
- C. Divergent boundary
- D. Subduction zone
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What is the name of the period of Earth's history from 252 to 66 million years ago when dinosaurs dominated?
- A. Cenozoic
- B. Mesozoic
- C. Precambrian
- D. Paleozoic
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Which device measures earthquake?
- A. Thermometer
- B. Seismograph
- C. Altimeter
- D. Barometer
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What is the name of the oceanic zone that receives sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis?
- A. Bathypelagic zone
- B. Abyssal zone
- C. Photic zone
- D. Hadal zone
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What is the name of the study of the physical features of Earth's surface and the processes that shape them?
- A. Pedology
- B. Hydrology
- C. Geomorphology
- D. Geology
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What is the name of the geological time unit longer than a period but shorter than an eon?
- A. Era
- B. Age
- C. Epoch
- D. Stage
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What is the name of the phenomenon where warm ocean water causes widespread coral death and bleaching?
- A. Eutrophication
- B. Algal bloom
- C. Crown-of-Thorns outbreak
- D. Coral bleaching