Human and Physical Geography Quizzes for Year 1 Comprehensive School

Question 1

What is the biggest ocean on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Question 2

Which of these is a natural part of the Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

A hill

Answer

A house

Answer

A street

Question 3

What is a natural part of the Earth's surface?

Accepted Answer

A hill

Answer

A house

Answer

A bus

Question 4

What is something you would NOT find in nature?

Accepted Answer

A car

Answer

A tree

Answer

A rock

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A cloud

Question 5

Which of these is a natural feature found on the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

Accepted Answer

River

Answer

Building

Answer

Bridge

Question 6

What is a natural part of the land?

Accepted Answer

A mountain

Accepted Answer

A lake

Answer

A house

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A road

Question 7

What is something that humans cannot get from nature?

Accepted Answer

Paper

Answer

Water

Answer

Wood

Question 8

Where do lots of people live together?

Accepted Answer

Village

Answer

Mountain

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River

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Forest

Question 9

What is something that humans get from nature that they can use?

Accepted Answer

Water

Accepted Answer

Trees

Answer

Cars

Answer

Buildings

Question 10

What is an example of a natural feature found in the environment?

Accepted Answer

A river

Answer

A farm

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A city

Question 11

What do we call things like trees, water, and sunlight that come from nature and are useful to us?

Accepted Answer

Natural resources

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Things made by humans

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Things that are not real

Question 12

What do we call things that we find in nature, like trees and water?

Accepted Answer

Things found in nature

Answer

Things made by humans

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Things we buy in shops

Question 13

Which of these is not something we find in nature?

Accepted Answer

Plastic

Answer

Water

Answer

Trees

Question 14

Which of these is NOT something you can find in nature?

Accepted Answer

A bicycle

Answer

Rocks

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A tree

Answer

Water

Question 15

What is NOT a part of human geography?

Accepted Answer

How mountains are formed

Answer

Where people live

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How people affect the environment

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Where cities are located

Question 16

What is something we do NOT get from nature?

Accepted Answer

Plastic toys

Answer

Trees

Answer

Water

Answer

Rocks

Question 17

Which of these is a natural resource that we can't make ourselves?

Accepted Answer

Water

Answer

Car

Answer

Computer

Answer

Toy

Question 18

What do we call the very, very tall piece of land with a pointy top?

Accepted Answer

Mountain

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Hill

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Valley

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Forest

Question 19

Which of these is something that people have built?

Accepted Answer

Bridge

Answer

River

Answer

Tree

Answer

Mountain

Question 20

What do we call a natural body of water, like a large flowing stream of water?

Accepted Answer

A river

Answer

A ship

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A boat

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A bridge

Question 21

Which part of the Earth is the biggest, made of water, and has lots of fish?

Accepted Answer

The sea

Answer

The mountains

Answer

The desert

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The forest

Question 22

We use trees for lots of things, and we can plant new ones - what type of resource are trees?

Accepted Answer

Renewable

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Non-renewable

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Fossil fuel

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Metallic

Question 23

When water turns into steam or clouds, what do we call this process?

Accepted Answer

Evaporation

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Condensation

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Precipitation

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Transpiration

Question 24

What do we call a big, rocky hill with a hole in the top?

Accepted Answer

A volcano

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A mountain

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A rock

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A hill

Question 25

When it's raining and the ground gets all wet, what type of weather are we having?

Accepted Answer

Rainy

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Sunny

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Windy

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Snowy

Question 26

Which of these is a living thing, that can move around by itself?

Accepted Answer

A dog

Answer

A tree

Answer

A rock

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A car

Question 27

Mountains and rivers are examples of what?

Accepted Answer

Natural features

Answer

Human-made features

Question 28

Which is a kind of rock?

Accepted Answer

Granite

Answer

Wood

Answer

Water

Answer

Glass

Question 29

Which can you use without running out?

Accepted Answer

Wind

Answer

Coal

Answer

Oil

Answer

Gas

Question 30

The planet is divided into the North and South sides by which line?

Accepted Answer

Equator

Answer

Prime Meridian

Answer

Tropic of Cancer

Answer

Antarctic Circle

Question 31

Which city is England's capital?

Accepted Answer

London

Answer

Paris

Answer

Rome

Answer

Madrid

Question 32

Which is the biggest mountain chain in the UK?

Accepted Answer

Pennines

Answer

Alps

Answer

Andes

Answer

Himalayas

Question 33

Which river is the UK's longest?

Accepted Answer

Thames

Answer

Nile

Answer

Amazon

Answer

Mississippi

Question 34

Which of these is something that people do that can change the environment?

Accepted Answer

Driving a car

Answer

Planting trees

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Recycling

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Walking

Question 35

True or False: The United Kingdom is surrounded by the sea.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 36

Which of these is a line on a map that joins up places that are the same height?

Accepted Answer

A line that connects points of equal height

Answer

A line that shows the direction of rivers

Answer

A line that separates different types of land

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A line that shows the boundaries of a country

Question 37

What is the big city where the Queen lives?

Accepted Answer

London

Answer

Manchester

Answer

Birmingham

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Edinburgh

Question 38

Which of the following can grow back naturally?

Accepted Answer

Wood

Answer

Coal

Answer

Natural gas

Answer

Oil

Question 39

What is the name of the process when plants use sunlight to make their own food?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Answer

Respiration

Answer

Decomposition

Answer

Evaporation

Question 40

Which of these is something found in nature, like a river or a hill?

Accepted Answer

The Thames River

Answer

The Houses of Parliament

Answer

Big Ben

Answer

Stonehenge

Question 41

What is something we find in nature that we can use, like water or wood?

Accepted Answer

Water

Answer

Plastic

Answer

Car

Answer

Paper

Question 42

Which of these is a part of the land, like a big pile of dirt?

Accepted Answer

Hill

Answer

Building

Answer

Tree

Answer

Cloud

Question 43

What can we do to help take care of our planet?

Accepted Answer

Reduce, reuse, recycle

Answer

Cut down trees

Answer

Throw litter on the ground

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Use plastic bags

Question 44

What's the name of the city we go to to visit the Queen?

Accepted Answer

London

Answer

Paris

Answer

Rome

Answer

New York City

Question 45

What is something very special we have in the UK, like a big clock tower?

Accepted Answer

Big Ben

Answer

The Eiffel Tower

Answer

The Great Wall of China

Answer

The Statue of Liberty

Question 46

Which of these is something found in nature that we can use?

Accepted Answer

Water

Answer

A car

Answer

A pencil

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A book

Question 47

What is the name of the big, blue area around the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

The Atlantic Ocean

Answer

The Big Water

Answer

The Pacific Ocean

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The Indian Ocean

Question 48

Which of these things that people do can hurt nature?

Accepted Answer

Driving cars

Answer

Planting trees

Answer

Recycling waste

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Using the sun to make electricity

Question 49

What is the tallest mountain in the United Kingdom called?

Accepted Answer

Ben Nevis

Answer

Mount Snowdon

Answer

Scafell Pike

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Mount Everest

Question 50

What is the name of the city where the King or Queen lives?

Accepted Answer

London

Answer

Edinburgh

Answer

Cardiff

Answer

Belfast

Question 51

What is the name of the river that runs through the middle of London?

Accepted Answer

The River Thames

Answer

The River Severn

Answer

The River Mersey

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The River Clyde

Question 52

What do we call it when it's raining, sunny, or snowing?

Accepted Answer

Weather

Answer

Climate

Answer

Seasons

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Temperature

Question 53

What is the name of the biggest ocean in the world?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Answer

Indian Ocean

Answer

Arctic Ocean

Question 54

What is the name of the line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Equator

Answer

Latitude

Answer

Longitude

Answer

Tropic of Cancer

Question 55

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a mountain?

Accepted Answer

Flat surface

Answer

Steep slopes

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High elevation

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Abundant vegetation

Question 56

What is the name of the tool used to measure temperature?

Accepted Answer

Thermometer

Answer

Barometer

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Anemometer

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Hydrometer

Question 57

Which large body of water surrounds the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Answer

Pacific Ocean

Answer

Indian Ocean

Answer

Arctic Ocean

Question 58

Which of these is a famous mountain range in the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Pennines

Answer

Alps

Answer

Pyrenees

Answer

Andes

Question 59

What is the capital city of the United Kingdom?

Accepted Answer

London

Answer

Paris

Answer

Edinburgh

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Dublin

Question 60

Which of these is a resource that will never run out?

Accepted Answer

Wind

Answer

Coal

Answer

Natural gas

Answer

Oil

Question 61

What is the name of the imaginary line that divides the Earth into two halves, the Northern and Southern Hemispheres?

Accepted Answer

Equator

Answer

Prime Meridian

Answer

Tropic of Cancer

Answer

Arctic Circle

Question 62

What is the name of the tallest mountain on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Mount Everest

Answer

Mount Kilimanjaro

Answer

Mount Fuji

Answer

Mount Denali

Question 63

What is the largest ocean in the world?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Ocean

Answer

Atlantic Ocean

Answer

Indian Ocean

Answer

Arctic Ocean

Question 64

What's the name of the process when water turns from a liquid into a gas?

Accepted Answer

Evaporation

Answer

Condensation

Answer

Precipitation

Answer

Runoff