Physical Geography Quiz 40 (20 MCQs)

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1. A plant with thick, fleshy leaves that can conserve moisture

Correct Answer: D) Succulent.

2. THIRD HEIGHEST PEAK IN EASTERN GHATS IS .....

Correct Answer: C) URGAMALAI.

3. What kind of crops does the coastal and Mediterranean climate support?

Correct Answer: A) Barley, Oats, and Wheat.

4. What is a delta?

Correct Answer: C) An area where a river empties into a large body of water.

5. Capital of Latvia

Correct Answer: A) Riga.

6. How many continents are on Earth?

Correct Answer: A) 7.

7. Once a large inland body of water that is now several small, disconnected bodies of water

Correct Answer: C) Aral Sea.

8. What term refers to the study of the Earth and everything on it?

Correct Answer: A) Geography.

9. A climate zone that occurs as elevation increases, with its own natural vegetation and crops

Correct Answer: D) Vertical climate zone.

10. ..... dry, flat land; wilderness with fewer people than animals

Correct Answer: C) Outback.

11. Steep, narrow, u-shaped valley that is carved out by a glacier.

Correct Answer: C) Fjords.

12. What city develope on the semiarid coastal area?

Correct Answer: B) Euphrates.

13. The Chang Jiang (Yangtze River) is the

Correct Answer: A) Longest river in East Asia.

14. Australia is surrounded by

Correct Answer: C) Indian and Pacific oceans.

15. Conflict among ethnic groups within a state, a country, or a region is known as

Correct Answer: C) Balkanization.

16. The process of continental drift is based on the theory of .....

Correct Answer: A) Plate Tectonics.

17. Where in South Asia is it possible to smell spices growing and see wild elephants?

Correct Answer: B) Karnataka Plateau.

18. The United States is the ..... largest country.

Correct Answer: A) Fourth.

19. What sea is south of Europe?

Correct Answer: D) Mediterranean Sea.

20. A small stream or river that flows into a larger river

Correct Answer: A) Tributary.