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The Earth's relief
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1
The Urals and the Caucasus separate............from Asia.
America
Europe
Spain
Oceania
2
What is the highest point in the world?
The Alps
the Pyrennes
Mount Everest
The Apenins
3
Antarctica is located in the...
South Pole surrounded by the Pacific and Indian
North Pole surrounded by the Pacific and indian Ocean
North Pole
South Pole
4
A large underground pool of molten rock beneath the surface is called
magma chamber
lava flow
side vent
gases
5
What are the three most important features of relief in Europe?
The young mountain ranges and the old mountains
great Europ. Plain, the Plateaus, old+ young mountain ranges
The Pyrenees
European Peninsulas
6
There very little vegetation on this continent because the temperatures are very low.
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Antartica
7
What is the most important external force tha shapes the Earth?
human activity
water
vegetation
wind
8
The land is separated into six large landmasses known as
peninsulas
river basins
mountain ranges
continents
9
What is the highest mountain in Spain?
Mulhacen
Teide
Aneto
Pica d'estats
10
What materials are expelled during a volcano's eruption?
molten rocks
magma
paper and flowers
gases, ash, rock and lava
11
The Earth's crust is between...................kilometres thick.
10-70
10-80
10-50
10-60
12
A piece of land completely surrounded by water
basin
gulf
island
valley
13
The deepest part of the Earth with a 15% of the planets total volume is called...
core
crust
magma
oceanic trench
14
What is the longest river that crosses South America from West to east?
Tajo
Volga
Nile
Amazon
15
The earth's relief is always changing because of the External and internal forces
False
True
It depends
16
What is the hypocentre?
Area inside the Earth where the earthquake originates
place where the ground shakes
Place on the surface of the Earth
Place where the waves lose intensity
17
The opening at the end of the pipe where the materials come to the surface is called
pipe
cone
crater
seismic waves
18
What are the important parts of a volcano?
pipe, cone, crater, magma chamber, lava flow, side vent
magma chamber, pipe and crater
rocks and lava
volvanic eruption, gases, ash
19
Earthquakes spread in different directions in the for of...
magma
ash
epicentre
seismic waves
20
Volcanoes and earthquakes produce when...
landmasses move
tectonic plates collide in unstable areas
tectonic plates move slowly
tectonic plates meet in the oceans
21
An area of sea surrounded by land on three sides
bay
gulf
peninsula
inlet
22
The African river that is the longest in the world
Amazon
Seine
Euphratis
Nile
23
Pangea was a single continent on Earth that existed 200 million years ago.
true
false
24
This area contains many thousands of islands
Hawaii
Europe
Antartica
Oceania
25
It is divided into two different subcontinenets connected by an isthmus
Africa
Europe
America
Antartica
26
Groups of islands in the middle of the sea are known as...
archipelagos
gulfs
bays
peninsulas
27
Magma comes out of the volcano through the..........................in the form of lava
pipe
side vent
cone
crater
28
How does the wind contribute in the formation of the relief?
It breaks trees
It erodes and transport small dust particles to other places
It reacts with elements from the rocks
it erodes mountains
29
What are the layers of the Earth?
mantle, crust and sphere
mantle, crust, internal and external core
crust and mantle
tectonic plates
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A long depression of the land, v-shaped due to the action of the river is called a...
Island
cape
Valley
Plain
