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Geology of Geography Quiz

Can you answer these questions relating to both geology and geography?
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Last updated: January 25, 2024
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1. Which country is not volcanically active?
Ethiopia
Japan
Norway
Canada
2. In which of these places is land area NOT expanding?
Ganges River Delta
Iceland
Island of Hawaii
New Orleans
New Orleans is very slowly sinking, while the others are expanding due to volcanic activity, plate movement, or sediment deposition
3. Is the Pacific Ocean currently growing or shrinking due to plate tectonics?
Shrinking
Growing
4. Given current plate movements, which two countries may share a border in 20 million years?
Egypt and Turkey
Australia and New Zealand
Japan and Indonesia
Canada and Ireland
5. Which city is located near a plate boundary?
Berlin
Sydney
Rio de Janeiro
Algiers
Boundary of the African and Eurasian plates
6. Which mountain range is NOT currently growing?
Appalachians
Andes
Himalayas
Alps
Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world, and are currently eroding
7. Which geographic feature was created by a river?
Great Rift Valley
Grand Canyon
Cenotes of Mexico
White Cliffs of Dover
8. Which country does not have significant oil reserves?
Norway
Thailand
Iran
Venezuela
9. Which of these American cities is located atop limestone?
Honolulu
New York
Tampa
Denver
As a result, the city is at constant risk of sinkholes
10. What was Panthalassa?
A continent
An ocean
An ice cap
A desert
Panthalassa was the singular ocean surrounding Pangaea
11. What do Tehran, Jerusalem, and Salt Lake City have in common?
Located atop major cave systems
Rainfall does not flow to the ocean
At high risk of landslides and mudflows
Built on former sand dunes
All are located in endoheric basin, meaning there is no route for water to flow to the ocean
12. Which of these cities was never destroyed by an Earthquake?
Tokyo
Port-au-Prince
Mumbai
Lisbon
13. Which of these things would not have existed 30,000 years ago?
Mount Vesuvius
North American Great Lakes
Nile River
Bahrain
They would have been under a massive ice sheet
14. Long before India collided with Asia, what landmass was it attached to?
Australia
Arabian Peninsula
Madagascar
Antarctica
As a result, the closest relative of Madagascar lemurs is the lorise in India
15. Is the longest mountain range on Earth a result of tectonic plates colliding, or separating?
Separating
Colliding
The Mid-Atlantic ridge forms from plates separating beneath the Atlantic ocean
7 Comments
+4
Level 79
Jan 15, 2024
Tricky for a non-geologist. I have learned some things though.
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Level 65
Jan 16, 2024
How come a range can be created because of a separation of plates?
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Level 66
Jan 21, 2024
As plates spread, the crust becomes very thin in those areas, allowing magma to rise from the surface and form volcanoes
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Level 66
Jan 23, 2024
Nice quiz!!! That was fun. Would love to see more of this kind of questions.
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Level 69
Jan 25, 2024
Enjoyed this, but you don't get lemurs in India. :)
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Level 66
Jan 25, 2024
My mistake. The closest living relative of the Lemur is found in India. I’ve changed the explanation.
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Level 68
Jan 25, 2024
There are no lemurs in India.