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Earth's Features, Weather Worksheet

This multiple choice quiz tests knowledge of key geographic concepts. It contains questions that assess understanding of topics like the composition of Earth's surface, major landforms, bodies of water, and map key features. The correct answers are provided. A second section contains identification questions related to Earth's structure, atmospheric properties, and weather/climate measurements.

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Earth's Features, Weather Worksheet

This multiple choice quiz tests knowledge of key geographic concepts. It contains questions that assess understanding of topics like the composition of Earth's surface, major landforms, bodies of water, and map key features. The correct answers are provided. A second section contains identification questions related to Earth's structure, atmospheric properties, and weather/climate measurements.

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Multiple choice

1. Almost three fourths of Earth is covered by ____________.


a. Continents b. Freshwater c. Oceans
2. Rivers, streams, glaciers and ponds are water features on Earth that have ______________.
a. Salt water b. Freshwater c. Muddy waters
3. The seven great areas of land on Earth are called ______________.
a. Islands b. Ridges c. Continents
4. The ______________ shows what a map’s colors and shapes mean
a. Key b. Legend c. Globe
5. ______________ are the tallest landforms
a. Mountains b. Hills c. Everest
6. A ______________ is an island surrounded by waters on three sides.
a. Plain b. Canyon c. Peninsula
7. A ______________ is a large body of moving water
a. Stream b. River c. Lake
8. ______________ is land that borders around the ocean.
a. Coast b. Peninsula c. Island
9. An ______________ is land with water all around it
a. Coast b. Peninsula c. Island
10. A ______________ is water that is surrounded by land.
a. Valley b. Lake c. River
11. A ______________ is land that is wide and flat
a. Canyon b. Valley c. Plateau
12. A ______________ is the low point of land between hills or mountains.
a. Plateau b. Canyon c. Valley
13. A ______________ is land with steep sides and a flat top. It is higher than the land around it.
a. Plateau b. Canyon c. continent
14. A ______________ is a deep valley with steep sides. Rivers often flow through them.
a. Plateau b. Canyon c. valley
15. The land below the ocean is called.
a. Abyssal plain b. ocean floor c. continental shelf
16. The ______________ is like a huge plateau that lies under the ocean at the edge of the continent.
a. Abyssal plain b. ocean floor c. continental shelf
17. A ______________ is wide and flat and stretches thousands of kilometers across the ocean.
a. Trench b. continental shelf c. abyssal plain
18. A ______________ is a canyon on the ocean floor.
a. Trench b. continental shelf c. abyssal plain

Identification:

___________________ 1. The layer of Earth that is part solid rock, and part melted rock that flows.
___________________ 2. The deepest and hottest part of Earth with melted rock.
___________________ 3. The Earth’s outer most layer.
___________________ 4. The deepest and hottest part of Earth with solid rock.
___________________ 5. A blanket of gasses and tiny bits of dust that surrounds Earth.
___________________ 6. What the air is like at a certain time and place.
___________________ 7. A measurement of how hot or cold something is.
___________________ 8. A tool used to measure temperature.
___________________ 9. Water that falls to the ground from the atmosphere.
___________________ 10. A crystalline water ice that fall from the clouds.
___________________ 11. A lump of ice that falls during a thunderstorm.
___________________ 12. Moving air.
___________________ 13. The weight of air pressing down on Earth.
Answer Keys
1. C
2. B
3. C
4. A
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. C
10. B
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. B
15. B
16. C
17. C
18. A

1. Mantle
2. Inner core
3. Crust
4. Outer Core
5. Atmosphere
6. Weather
7. Temperature
8. Thermometer
9. Precipitation
10. Snow
11. Hale
12. Wind
13. Air pressure

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