NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL

YESHWANTHPUR BANGALORE
TERM 1 PERIODIC TEST 1 2021-22
SUBJECT: GEOGRAPHY
Class: 7 Max.marks: 30
Date: 22/07/2021 Time: 1 hour
No. of pages: 2

General instructions:
 The Question paper has 20 questions in all. All questions are compulsory.
 Questions 1 to 15 carry one mark each. Answer them as instructed.
 Questions 16 and 17 carry two marks each. Answer in 30 words.
 Questions 18 and 19 carry three marks each. Answer in 50 words.
 Question 20 carries five marks. Answer in 80 words.

SECTION - A (OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS)

I. FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. The upper crust mainly consists of the minerals and . 1

2. Under water earthquakes are called . 1
3. is formed when a loop of a meander gets cut off from the main stem of the river. 1

II. MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

4. The thickness of the mantle is 1

a. 3000 km
b. 2900 km
c. 2800 km
d. 2700 km
5. The raised banks of a river along its flood plain are called 1
a. levees
b. delta
c. meander
d. valley
6. Which out of the following is a depositional feature of wave action? 1
a. Sea cave
b. Sea stack
c. Wave-cut platform
d. Beach

III. ANSWER THE FOLLOWING IN ONE SENTENCE

7. What happens to the organic matter trapped between sedimentary layers? 1

8. Despite very high temperature, why does the lower core remain solid? 1
9. Mountains are built by two forces. Name them. 1
10. The closer a place is to the epicenter, greater is the damage. Explain. 1

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 IV. CORRECT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS

11. Mesas are areas of softer rock left after the resistant rock around them is eroded. 1
12. The lake formed in the crater of an extinct volcano is called a tarn. 1

V. COMPLETE THE ANALOGY

13. Continental crust: 35 – 70 km 1

Oceanic crust:

VI. COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING FLOW CHART 1

14. TYPES OF VOLCANOES

ACTIVE VOLCANOES

15. MOVEMENT OF TECTONIC PLATES

CONVERGENT
PLATE BOUNDARY

SECTION - B (SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS)

16. Differentiate between metallic and non-metallic minerals. 2

17. Describe the upper course of a river. 2

18. How is the lithosphere different from asthenosphere? 3

19. What is a cirque? How is it formed? 3

SECTION - C (LONG ANSWER QUESTION)

20. Explain the rock cycle. 5

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Prepared by: Ms Cynthia Jose

Checked by: Ms Sangeetha V Teacher
Incharge: Ms Rekha Ravi
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