Quiz  /  Planet Earth Quiz

  • 1. 
    What percentage of Earth is arable?

  • 30
  • 20
  • 10
  • 40

  • 2. 
    How wide, in miles, is a degree of latitude?

  • 69
  • 59
  • 29
  • 89

  • 3. 
    Which of these cities is sinking into the sea?

  • Luanda, Angola
  • Los Angeles, California
  • Shanghai, China
  • Venice, Italy

  • 4. 
    What is the circumference of Earth at the equator (in kilometers)?

  • 40,000
  • 50,000
  • 30,000
  • 10,000

  • 5. 
    How long does it take a bottle to bob across the Atlantic Ocean?

  • 1 year
  • 5 years
  • 10 years
  • 20 years

  • 6. 
    What is the word for land that has fallen down a slope?

  • landslide
  • avalanche
  • tsunami
  • comet

  • 7. 
    Which of these is not a peninsula?

  • Japan
  • Korea
  • Yucatan
  • Sinai

  • 8. 
    What word describes the bend of a river?

  • mendicate
  • meander
  • maraud
  • manger

  • 9. 
    The world’s longest river is:

  • the Ganges
  • the Amazon
  • the Mississippi
  • the Nile

  • 10. 
    What is the name given to the imaginary line at latitude zero?

  • the prime meridian
  • the Tropic of Cancer
  • the equator
  • the Tropic of Capricorn
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