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Geology of Geography Quiz

Can you answer these questions relating to both geology and geography?
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1. Which country is not volcanically active?
Canada ✓
Japan ✓
Norway ✓
Ethiopia ✓
2. In which of these places is land area NOT expanding?
New Orleans ✓
Island of Hawaii ✓
Ganges River Delta ✓
Iceland ✓
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?
Growing ✓
Shrinking ✓
4. Given current plate movements, which two countries may share a border in 20 million years?
Australia and New Zealand ✓
Japan and Indonesia ✓
Canada and Ireland ✓
Egypt and Turkey ✓
5. Which city is located near a plate boundary?
Berlin ✓
Sydney ✓
Algiers ✓
Rio de Janeiro ✓
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?
White Cliffs of Dover ✓
Great Rift Valley ✓
Grand Canyon ✓
Cenotes of Mexico ✓
8. Which country does not have significant oil reserves?
Norway ✓
Iran ✓
Thailand ✓
Venezuela ✓
9. Which of these American cities is located atop limestone?
Honolulu ✓
New York ✓
Denver ✓
Tampa ✓
As a result, the city is at constant risk of sinkholes
10. What was Panthalassa?
A continent ✓
An ocean ✓
A desert ✓
An ice cap ✓
Panthalassa was the singular ocean surrounding Pangaea
11. What do Tehran, Jerusalem, and Salt Lake City have in common?
Rainfall does not flow to the ocean ✓
Built on former sand dunes ✓
At high risk of landslides and mudflows ✓
Located atop major cave systems ✓
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?
Lisbon ✓
Port-au-Prince ✓
Mumbai ✓
Tokyo ✓
13. Which of these things would not have existed 30,000 years ago?
Mount Vesuvius ✓
Bahrain ✓
North American Great Lakes ✓
Nile River ✓
They would have been under a massive ice sheet
14. Long before India collided with Asia, what landmass was it attached to?
Madagascar ✓
Arabian Peninsula ✓
Australia ✓
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?
Colliding ✓
Separating ✓
The Mid-Atlantic ridge forms from plates separating beneath the Atlantic ocean
7 Comments
EcceHomo
+4
Level 79
Jan 15, 2024
Tricky for a non-geologist. I have learned some things though.
jordibabot
+2
Level 65
Jan 16, 2024
How come a range can be created because of a separation of plates?
WolfCam
+4
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
Simoellon
+1
Level 66
Jan 23, 2024
Nice quiz!!! That was fun. Would love to see more of this kind of questions.
RhymingCouplet
+3
Level 69
Jan 25, 2024
Enjoyed this, but you don't get lemurs in India. :)
WolfCam
+2
Level 66
Jan 25, 2024
My mistake. The closest living relative of the Lemur is found in India. I’ve changed the explanation.
Lukose
+2
Level 68
Jan 25, 2024
There are no lemurs in India.
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