Geography continents and oceans Test 1 Welcome to your Geography continents and oceans Test 1 Name Email 1 . Name the only sea in the world that does NOT have a land boundary. (a) Sargasso Sea (b) Pechora Sea (c) Amundsen Sea (d) Iroise Sea None 2 . Which of the following statements about tides is INCORRECT? (a) High tides occur when the moon is in its first and last quarter. (b) Low tides are also called neap tides. (c) Tides are caused by the gravitational pull exerted by the sun and the moon on Earth’s surface. (d) Spring tides occur on full moon and new moon days None 3 . ______ are gently sloping areas of the ocean basins. (a) Deep sea plains (b) Continental shelves (c) Continental slopes (d) Oceanic deeps None 4 . Through which of the following actions does the lithosphere move over the asthenosphere? (a) Continental drift (b) Plate tectonics (c) Deposition (d) Weathering None 5 . Which of the following was NOT a part of Gondwanaland? (a) Australia (b) South America (c) India (d) North America None 6 . ______ is made of lower density felsic rocks, such as andesite and granite. (a) Outer core (b) Oceanic crust (c) Inner core (d) Continental crust None 7 . ______ boundaries occur when plates collide and one plate is pushed under the other. (a) Convergent (b) Transform (c) Continental (d) Divergent None 8 . Which of the following is one of the main causes of tides? (a) Rotation of Earth (b) Gravitational pull of the Sun and the Moon (c) Solar flares (d) Closed orbits of planets None 9 . Almost 98% of earth's crust is made up of eight elements. Which of the following does NOT figure among these elements? (a) Carbon (b) Oxygen (c) Calcium (d) Silicon None 10 . Which of the following water bodies is closest to the Palk Strait? (a) Mahim Creek (b) Chilika Lake (c) Gulf of Mannar (d) Gulf of Khambhat None 11 .In the context of ocean energy conversion, ‘T’ in OTEC stands for: (a) Tidal (b) Thermal (c) Technological (d) Thermodynamic None 12 . To which continent of the world do India, China and Japan belong? (a) Asia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) Europe None 13 . What was the name of the mega-ocean that surrounded the single continental mass before the continental drift as described by Alfred Wegener? CHSL 19-10-2020 (Afternoon) (a) Panama (b) Panthalassa (c) Pigmalion (d) Pangaea None 14 . Which of the following plates has the slowest rate of movement at less than 2.5 cm/year? (a) Arctic Ridge (b) North American Plate (c) Mid-Atlantic Ridge (d) East Pacific Rise None 15 .What is the Palk Strait? (a) It is the border line between China and India in the western side. (b) It is the boundary line between India and Pakistan. (c) It is a water body that separates India and Sri Lanka. (d) It is the boundary line between northeastern India and China None 16 . Millions of years ago the Indian subcontinent was separated from the mainland by a large sea known as the: (a) Tethys (b) Aegina (c) Prometheus (d) Typhon None 17 . Which instrument records the waves reaching the surface during an earthquake? (a) Barograph (b) Seismograph (c) Manometer (d) Chronometer None 18 . What is the name of the force with which earth pulls everything towards itself? (a) Thrust (b) Air pressure (c) Gravity (d) Resistance None 19 . What is the range of the intensity scale used in measuring earthquakes? (a) 1 to 12 (b) 1 to 7 (c) 1 to 5 (d) 1 to 15 None 20 . Which zone separates the crust and mantle? (a) Moho (b) Stratosphere (c) Lithosphere (d) Asthenosphere None None Time's up
