Physical Geography – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

1. 1. What is the Earth's shape?

   • A. Perfect sphere
   • B. Flat disc
   • C. Oblate spheroid
   • D. Perfect cube

2. 2. What is the Earth's axis of rotation tilted at?

   • A. 0 degrees
   • B. 23.5 degrees
   • C. 45 degrees
   • D. 90 degrees

3. 3. What causes day and night?

   • A. Earth's revolution around the sun
   • B. Earth's rotation on its axis
   • C. The tilt of the Earth's axis
   • D. Changes in the Earth's distance from the sun

4. 4. What causes seasons?

   • A. Earth's rotation
   • B. Changes in Earth's magnetic field
   • C. The tilt of the Earth's axis and its revolution around the sun
   • D. Volcanic activity

5. 5. What are latitudes?

   • A. Imaginary lines running east to west parallel to the equator
   • B. Imaginary lines running north to south from pole to pole
   • C. The distance north or south of the prime meridian
   • D. The height above sea level

6. 6. What are longitudes?

   • A. Imaginary lines running east to west
   • B. Imaginary lines running north to south from pole to pole
   • C. The distance east or west of the equator
   • D. The depth below sea level

7. 7. What is the equator?

   • A. The northernmost latitude
   • B. The southernmost latitude
   • C. The imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
   • D. The prime meridian

8. 8. What is the Prime Meridian?

   • A. The line of longitude at 0 degrees
   • B. The equator at 0 degrees latitude
   • C. The International Date Line
   • D. The Arctic Circle

9. 9. What is the International Date Line?

   • A. A line of latitude
   • B. A line of longitude approximately 180 degrees east or west of the prime meridian
   • C. The equator
   • D. The Tropic of Cancer

10. 10. What is the Earth's mantle?

    • A. The solid innermost layer
    • B. The liquid outer core
    • C. The layer beneath the crust
    • D. The Earth's magnetic field

11. 11. What is the Earth's outer core?

    • A. A solid layer made of iron and nickel
    • B. A liquid layer primarily composed of iron and nickel
    • C. A gaseous layer surrounding the inner core
    • D. The Earth's gravitational field

12. 12. What is the Earth's inner core?

    • A. A liquid layer
    • B. A solid sphere primarily composed of iron and nickel
    • C. A layer of magma
    • D. The Earth's ozone layer