Chapter-3[ Our Changing Earth]
1. Match the following.
i) Biosphere (a) blanket of air that surrounds the earth
ii) Atmosphere (b) domain of water
iii) Hydrosphere (c) our surroundings
iv) Environment (d) narrow zone where land water and air interact
Answer.
- i-d;
- ii-a;
- iii-b;
- iv-c;
2. Which is not an erosional feature of sea waves?
a) Cliff
b) Beach
c) Sea cave
d) Sea stack
- Answer. b. Beach.
- The beach is not an erosional feature, Beach is the depositional feature.
- Cliffs and sea caves are erosional features of sea waves.
3. The depositional feature of a glacier is:
a) Floodplain
b) Beach
c) Moraine
d) Delta
Answer. c. Moraine
- Moraine is unconsolidated( rocks, boulders, gravel, clay) deposits features of glaciers.
- The flood plain is the depositional feature of running water,
- The beach is a depositional feature of ocean waves.
4. Which is caused by the sudden movements of the earth?
a) Volcano
b) Folding
c) Floodplain
d) Fold mountain
Answer. a. Volcano
The following are the sudden movement of the earth:
- Volcano
- Earthquake
- Landslides
5. Mushroom rocks are found in:
a) Deserts
b) River valleys
c) Glaciers
d) Tundra region
Answer. a. Deserts.
- Mushroom rocks are erosional landforms in the desert and they are made by the act of Wind.
6. Oxbow lakes are found in:
a) Glaciers
b) River valleys
c) Deserts
d) Mountain
Answer. a. River Valley.
- Oxbow lakes are made by a meandering river and they are continuous erosional and depositional work of the river.
7. Match the following.
i) Glacier (a) Seashore
ii) Meanders b) River of ice
iii) Beach (c) Rivers
iv) Sand dunes (d) Vibrations of earth
v) Waterfall (e) Hard bedrock
vi) Earthquake (f) Deserts
Answer.
- i-b;
- ii-c;
- iii-a;
- iv-f;
- v-e;
- vi-d;
8. The lithosphere is broken into a number of plates known as the
a) Lithospheric Plates
b) Mantle Plate
c) Convectional Cell
d) Rifts
Answer. a) Lithospheric Plates
9. The forces which act in the interior of the earth are called?
a) Convention Cell
b) Endogenic forces
c) Exogenic force
d) Geomorphic forces
Answer. b) Endogenic forces
10. Which of the following is a Diastrophic Endogenetic force?
a) Earthquake
b) Volcano
c) Landslides
d) Building mountains
Answer. d) Building mountains
11. Which of the following is not a Sudden Endogenetic force?
a) Earthquake
b) Volcano
c) Landslides
d) Building mountains
Answer. d) Building mountains
12. Which of the following are exogenetic forces?
a) Sea-waves
b) Volcano
c) Landslides
d) Building mountains
Answer. a) Sea-waves
13. When the Lithospheric plates move, the surface of the earth vibrates. The vibrations can travel
all around the earth. These vibrations are called?
a) Earthquake
b) Volcano
c) Landslides
d) Building mountains
Answer. a) Earthquake
14. The place in the crust where the movement of earthquake vibration starts is called the?
a) Epicenter
b) Focus
c) Centre
d) Asthenosphere
Answer. b) Focus
15. The place on the surface above the focus is called the?
a) Epicenter
b) Focus
c) Centre
d) Asthenosphere
Answer. a) Epicenter
16. The place where vibration travels outward in the form of earthquake waves is called?
a) Epicenter
b) Focus
c) Centre
d) Asthenosphere
Answer. a) Epicenter
17. An earthquake is measured with a machine called a?
a) seismograph
b) Richter scale
c) Barometer
d) Thermometer
Answer. a) seismograph
18. The magnitude of the earthquake is measured on the?
a) seismograph
b) Richter scale
c) Barometer
d) Thermometer
Answer. b) Richter scale
19. Which earthquake magnitude is considered a major earthquake?
a) 5.0 or higher magnitude
b) 6.0 or higher magnitude
c) 7.0 or higher magnitude
d) 8.0 or higher magnitude
Answer. c) 7.0 or higher magnitude
20. Which earthquake magnitude is considered a very strong earthquake?
a) 5.0 or higher magnitude
b) 6.0 or higher magnitude
c) 7.0 or higher magnitude
d) 8.0 or higher magnitude
Answer. b) 6.0 or higher magnitude
21. Breaking up the rocks on the earth’s surface is called?
a) Earthquake
b) Volcano
c) Weathering
d) Erosion
Answer. c) Weathering
22. The wearing away of the landscape by different agents like water, wind, and ice is called?
a) Earthquake
b) Volcano
c) Weathering
d) Erosion
Answer. d) Erosion
23. Which of the following is the world's highest waterfall?
a) Victoria Falls
b) Niagara Falls
c) Angel falls
d) Jog Falls
Answer. c) Angel falls
24. Which of the following waterfalls are located on the borders of Zambia and Zimbabwe in Africa?
a) Victoria Falls
b) Niagara Falls
c) Angel falls
d) Jog Falls
Answer. a) Victoria Falls
25. Which of the following waterfalls are located on the borders between Canada and USA?
a) Victoria Falls
b) Niagara Falls
c) Angel falls
d) Jog Falls
Answer. b) Niagara Falls
26. Which of the following waterfalls are located in Venezuela in South America?
a) Victoria Falls
b) Niagara Falls
c) Angel falls
d) Jog Falls
Answer. c) Angel falls
27. When the river tumbles at a steep angle over very hard rocks or down a steep valley side, it forms a?
a) Alluvial Fan
b) Floodplain
c) Waterfall
d) Meanders
Answer. c) Waterfall
28. When the river enters the plain it twists and turns to form large bends known as?
a) Alluvial Fan
b) Floodplain
c) Waterfall
d) Meanders
Answer. d) Meanders
29. Which of the following is a depositional landform of the river?
a) Valley
b) Ox-bow lake
c) Levees
d) Waterfall
Answer. c) Levees; Levees is raised structure on the flood plain and it is a depositional landform.
30. The collection of sediments from all the distributaries' mouths forms a?
a) Valley
b) Ox-bow lake
c) Delta
d) Waterfall
Answer. c) Delta
31. The erosion and deposition of the sea waves give rise to which type of landform?
a) Fluvial landform
b) Arid landform
c) Glacial landform
d) Coastal Landform
Answer. d) Coastal Landform
32. In the coastal areas, hollow-like caves are formed on the rocks by sea waves is called?
a) Sea Arch
b) Stack
c) Sea Cave
d) Beaches
Answer. c) Sea Cave
33. Over time, the Cavities of Sea cave become bigger and bigger only the roof of the caves remain, such type of structure is called?
a) Sea Arch
b) Stack
c) Sea Cave
d) Beaches
Answer. a) Sea Arch
34. Over time, erosion breaks the roof of the sea arch, and only walls are left, these type of structure is called?
a) Sea Arch
b) Stack
c) Sea Cave
d) Beaches
Answer. b) Stack
35. Which of the following is an example of a depositional landform of sea waves?
a) Sea Arch
b) Stack
c) Sea Cave
d) Beaches
Answer. d) Beaches
36. The material carried by the glacier such as rocks big and small, sand and silt gets deposited. These deposits are called?
a) River of ice
b) Glacial moraines
c) Eskars
d) Cirque
Answer. b) Glacial moraines
37. Which of the following landform in the desert area looks like in the shape of a mushroom?
a) Sand dunes
b) Oasis
c) Mushroom rocks
d) Loess
Answer. c) Mushroom rocks
38. When winds stop blowing in the desert areas and the sand falls and gets deposited in the low hill–like structures?
a) Sand dunes
b) Oasis
c) Mushroom rocks
d) Loess
Answer. a) Sand dunes
39. When the grains of sand is very fine and light, the wind can carry them over very long distances. When such sand is deposited in large areas, what is it called?
a) Sand dunes
b) Oasis
c) Mushroom rocks
d) Loess
Answer. d) Loess
40. Which of the following is an erosional work of wind?
a) Sand dunes
b) Longitudinal dunes
c) Mushroom rocks
d) Loess
Answer. c) Mushroom rocks
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- Chapter-6 [ Natural Vegetation and Wild Life]
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- Chapter-9[ Life in the Deserts]
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