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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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| First submitted | January 15, 2024 |
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1. Which country is not volcanically active?
Ethiopia
Norway
Japan
Canada
2. In which of these places is land area NOT expanding?
New Orleans is very slowly sinking, while the others are expanding due to volcanic activity, plate movement, or sediment deposition
New Orleans
Island of Hawaii
Iceland
Ganges River Delta
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?
Canada and Ireland
Japan and Indonesia
Australia and New Zealand
Egypt and Turkey
5. Which city is located near a plate boundary?
Boundary of the African and Eurasian plates
Sydney
Algiers
Rio de Janeiro
Berlin
6. Which mountain range is NOT currently growing?
Appalachians are one of the oldest mountain ranges in the world, and are currently eroding
Himalayas
Appalachians
Andes
Alps
7. Which geographic feature was created by a river?
White Cliffs of Dover
Cenotes of Mexico
Grand Canyon
Great Rift Valley
8. Which country does not have significant oil reserves?
Thailand
Venezuela
Norway
Iran
9. Which of these American cities is located atop limestone?
As a result, the city is at constant risk of sinkholes
Denver
Tampa
New York
Honolulu
10. What was Panthalassa?
Panthalassa was the singular ocean surrounding Pangaea
A desert
An ice cap
A continent
An ocean
11. What do Tehran, Jerusalem, and Salt Lake City have in common?
All are located in endoheric basin, meaning there is no route for water to flow to the ocean
Located atop major cave systems
Rainfall does not flow to the ocean
Built on former sand dunes
At high risk of landslides and mudflows
12. Which of these cities was never destroyed by an Earthquake?
Lisbon
Mumbai
Tokyo
Port-au-Prince
13. Which of these things would not have existed 30,000 years ago?
They would have been under a massive ice sheet
Bahrain
North American Great Lakes
Mount Vesuvius
Nile River
14. Long before India collided with Asia, what landmass was it attached to?
As a result, the closest relative of Madagascar lemurs is the lorise in India
Arabian Peninsula
Australia
Madagascar
Antarctica
15. Is the longest mountain range on Earth a result of tectonic plates colliding, or separating?
The Mid-Atlantic ridge forms from plates separating beneath the Atlantic ocean
Separating
Colliding
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9 Comments
EcceHomo
+4
Level 83
Jan 15, 2024
Tricky for a non-geologist. I have learned some things though.
jordibabot
+2
Level 67
Jan 16, 2024
How come a range can be created because of a separation of plates?
WolfCam
+4
Level 67
Jan 21, 2024
As plates spread, the crust becomes very thin in those areas, allowing magma to rise from the surface and form volcanoes
Simoellon
+1
Level 67
Jan 23, 2024
Nice quiz!!! That was fun. Would love to see more of this kind of questions.
RhymingCouplet
+3
Level 70
Jan 25, 2024
Enjoyed this, but you don't get lemurs in India. :)
WolfCam
+2
Level 67
Jan 25, 2024
My mistake. The closest living relative of the Lemur is found in India. I’ve changed the explanation.
Lukose
+2
Level 73
Jan 25, 2024
There are no lemurs in India.
Broccolix
+1
Level 75
Jan 9, 2025
What about the Beerenberg on the island of Jan Mayen?
Denimnga
+1
Level 35
Mar 13, 2025
Cant believe 11 out of 15 was enough to beat everybody in this test
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