Geology of England - Quiz
A) Jurassic B) Devonian C) Triassic D) Carboniferous
A) Hercynian Orogeny B) Caledonian Orogeny C) Variscan Orogeny D) Alpine Orogeny
A) Near the Arctic Circle B) At the equator C) In the mid-latitudes D) At the South Pole
A) Rheic Ocean B) Atlantic Ocean C) Pacific Ocean D) Tethys Ocean
A) Metamorphism B) Glaciation C) Carbonation D) Volcanism
A) In the Whin Sill B) In the granite batholith C) In Carboniferous limestone D) In the Old Red Sandstone
A) Basalt B) Granite C) Millstone Grit D) Chalk
A) Volcanic plains B) Glacial valleys C) Swamps and rain forests D) Deep marine basins
A) South east England B) South west England C) North east England D) The Midlands
A) Laramide Orogeny B) Variscan Orogeny C) Caledonian Orogeny D) Alpine Orogeny
A) The Yorkshire Dales B) The Pennines C) Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor D) The Mendip Hills
A) Lead and zinc B) Coal and iron C) Copper and tin D) Gold and silver
A) China clay and porcelain B) Construction concrete C) Fuel source D) Road surfacing
A) Whin Sill B) Limestone pavement C) Granite batholith D) Pennine anticline
A) Gaping Gill B) Whitley Bay C) High Force D) Hadrian's Wall
A) Devon B) The Mendip Hills C) Kent D) The Alston Block
A) Arctic tundra B) Tropical rainforest C) Temperate grassland D) Hot arid desert
A) Dartmoor B) The Cotswolds C) Bodmin Moor D) Mendip Hills
A) Hadean B) Proterozoic C) Archean D) Phanerozoic
A) Avalonia B) Laurentia C) Baltica D) Gondwana
A) Sedimentation B) Glaciation C) Subduction D) Rifting
A) 570 million years ago B) 730 million years ago C) 600 million years ago D) 541 million years ago
A) They were subducted B) They were eroded C) They remained unchanged D) They were uplifted
A) Nuneaton B) Scafell Pike C) Mendip Hills D) Lake District
A) Metamorphosed marine sediments B) Igneous granite C) Sedimentary sandstone D) Volcanic ash
A) Caledonian slates B) Borrowdale Volcanics C) Mendip ashes D) Cadomian deposits
A) Baltica B) Newfoundland C) North America D) Gondwana
A) 500 million years ago B) 600 million years ago C) 541 million years ago D) 425 million years ago
A) The Cadomian mountains B) A volcanic island arc C) An Alpine-style mountain range D) The Gondwana chain
A) Southern fringe B) Central core C) Northern fringe D) Far eastern edge
A) Volcanic B) Sedimentary C) Igneous D) Metamorphic
A) London–Cromer line B) Bristol–London line C) York–Lancaster line D) Tees–Exe line
A) Solid geology B) Sedimentary geology C) Fluvio-glacial geology D) Drift geology
A) Drift B) Solid C) Hardened D) Folded
A) Vale of York B) Cromer Ridge C) Ribble valley D) Holderness
A) Drumlin B) Terminal moraine C) Gravel bed D) Chalk headland
A) Sandy and infertile B) Rich loamy soils C) Clay and waterlogged D) Rocky and thin
A) Flamborough Head B) Hornsea C) Mappleton D) Cromer Ridge
A) York to London B) Ribble to Bristol C) Bristol to London D) Tees to Exe
A) Fluvio-glacial deposition B) Glacial till C) Drumlin creation D) Terminal moraine formation
A) Fluvio-glacial deposits B) Volcanic ash C) Hardened bedrock D) Glacial till
A) Glacial weight B) Coastal retreat C) River erosion D) Horizontal forces
A) Sea level rise due to rainfall B) Melting polar ice sheets C) Tectonic subsidence D) Volcanic eruptions
A) 300–100 Ma B) 66 Ma to present C) 252–66 Ma D) 541–252 Ma
A) Chalk Group B) Old Red Sandstone C) New Red Sandstone D) Carboniferous Limestone
A) France B) Germany C) Wales D) Scotland
A) Norfolk B) Cornwall C) Kent D) Cheshire
A) Devon B) Cumbria C) Yorkshire D) Hampshire
A) A massive meteorite impact B) Breakup of the supercontinent C) Major volcanic activity D) Collision with North America
A) Chicxulub Crater B) Vredefort Crater C) Manicouagan Impact Crater D) Barringer Crater
A) England B) France C) Norway D) Canada
A) Lundy Island granite B) The Portland limestone C) The Weald anticline D) The Pennine basalt
A) Piltdown Man B) Cheddar Man C) Swanscombe Man D) Clactonian Man
A) Ipswichian Stage B) Anglian Stage C) Hoxnian Stage D) Wolstonian Stage
A) Anticlines B) Synclines C) Oolitic limestone ridges D) U-shaped valleys
A) Sinking B) Moving east C) Rising rapidly D) Remaining stable
A) 11% B) 25% C) 40% D) 5%
A) Wolston B) Dover C) London D) Bristol
A) Pannotia B) Pangaea C) Laurasia D) Gondwana
A) 30° South B) 60° South C) 45° South D) Equator
A) Armorica B) Laurentia C) Avalonia D) Baltica
A) Pannotia B) Euramerica C) Pangaea D) Laurasia
A) Laurasia B) Pangaea C) Euramerica D) Gondwana
A) 60°S B) 0° C) 45°S D) 30°S
A) Dense tropical forests B) Volcanic mountains C) Shallow sea D) Ice sheets |
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