Physical Geography – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. 13. What are tectonic plates?

   • A. Large slabs of the Earth's lithosphere that move and interact
   • B. Small fragments of the Earth's crust
   • C. The layers of the Earth's atmosphere
   • D. The currents in the Earth's oceans

2. 14. What causes tectonic plates to move?

   • A. Ocean currents
   • B. Wind patterns
   • C. Convection currents in the Earth's mantle
   • D. Solar radiation

3. 15. What happens at a transform plate boundary?

   • A. Plates collide
   • B. Plates move apart
   • C. Plates slide past each other horizontally
   • D. Plates subduct

4. 16. What are mountains?

   • A. Landforms that rise significantly above their surrounding terrain
   • B. Flat areas of land
   • C. Depressions in the Earth's surface
   • D. Bodies of water surrounded by land

5. 17. How are fold mountains formed?

   • A. By volcanic eruptions
   • B. By the erosion of plateaus
   • C. By the collision of tectonic plates
   • D. By the deposition of sediments

6. 18. How are block mountains formed?

   • A. By the folding of the Earth's crust
   • B. By the faulting of the Earth's crust
   • C. By volcanic activity
   • D. By glacial erosion

7. 19. What are earthquakes?

   • A. Sudden and violent shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates
   • B. Gradual changes in the Earth's surface
   • C. Weather phenomena
   • D. Oceanic disturbances

8. 20. What is weathering?

   • A. The breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces
   • B. The movement of weathered material
   • C. The formation of mountains
   • D. The process of soil formation

9. 21. What are the two main types of weathering?

   • A. Physical and chemical
   • B. Erosion and deposition
   • C. Volcanic and seismic
   • D. Folding and faulting

10. 22. What is erosion?

    • A. The breakdown of rocks
    • B. The movement of weathered material by natural forces
    • C. The formation of soil
    • D. The growth of plants

11. 23. What are the main agents of erosion?

    • A. Wind
    • B. water
    • C. ice
    • D. gravity

12. 24. What is deposition?

    • A. The wearing away of land
    • B. The laying down of eroded material
    • C. The formation of mountains
    • D. The process of weathering