GEOGRAPHY GRADE 11 UNIT ONE – SMART ETHIO E-Learning

Welcome to your GEOGRAPHY GRADE 11 UNIT ONE

UNIT ONE

1.

Which relative dating principle applies for conditions where younger rocks cut across older rocks?

Radioactive decay

Cross-cutting relationship

Original horizontality

Superposition

2.

How were the present-day Continents and Oceans created?

through continental drift

By the art of cartographers

By the will of God

Through space explosion

3.

One of the following is correct about the formation of the Earth’s continents

All of the Earth’s surface features had evolved in less than 6,000 years

The present-day continents evolved 4.6 billion years ago

Earth’s continents were formed by rapid chemical precipitation from the world’s oceans

The current continents and oceans have been shaped by the process of plate tectonics

4.

Mariana trench (challenger deep) forms the lowest part of the Earth in the:

the Indian Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Arctic Ocean

5.

Which is correct about the distribution of Continents and Ocean basins?

More continental coverage north of the equator compared to the south

Continents occupy more area in the southern hemisphere

There is wider Ocean coverage in the northern hemisphere

Continents and Oceans account for equal size on Earth