Geography Pub Quiz

Drinking during this quiz may result in a strong telling off!

Round 1

Rivers Environments

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Question 2Put these in to their correct groups

OxidationRabbits burrowingSalt crystal growthDisintegrationExfoliationPressure releaseFreeze thawCarbonationHydrolysisHydrationGrowth of roots

Question 3True or False?

a. Rate of weathering varies with climate.

b. Rock type influences the rate of weathering.

c. Geography students influence the rate of weathering.

d. Geology is the study of penguins.

e. Chemical weathering increases with moisture and heat.

f. Wetted peimeter is the cross sectional area of a river.

Question 5What variables does the Hjulstrom curve show the relationship between?

Question 4

Suspension, Saltation and Traction are all processes of transportation. Name one other.

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Question 7True or False?

a. Abrasion is the wearing away of the bed and bank by the load carried by a river.

b. Attrition is where water collides with the river bank causing miniture explosions within air pockets.

c. Hydraulic action occurs as a river tumbles over a waterfall and crashes in to and erodes the rock below.

d. Solution is the removal of chemical ions, especially calcium. It is a form of erosion especially effective on Granite.

8. What feature frequently occurs on the margins of horizontally bedded rocks in highland regions?

9. What is the name of a bend in the river?

10. What is the term for a hole in the base of a stream or river?

Round 2

Coastal Environments

11. What may occur if the following factors coincide:

• High tides

• Strong onshore winds creating high levels of sea energy.

• Low pressure weather stystems allowing the sea to expand.

12. What does prevailing wind mean?

13. What 3 factors decide how powerful waves are?

14. What is the typical process of transportation found along most coastlines?

15. What is the feature called where deposited sediment joins an island to the

mainland?

Question 16

“Hurst”

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16. What is calculated by subtracting the volume of sediment outputs from the volume of sediment inputs?

17. What document examines the risks associated with coastal processes and prevents a policy to manage those risks?

18. Give 3 examples of hard engineering.

19. Give 2 examples of soft engineering.

20. What is the term given to the growth of algae as a result of fertiliser leaching from farmland?

Round 3Cold Environments

21. What is another name for relief rainfall?

22. What is the term given to incoming solar radiation, that is heat recieved from the sun?

23. Name 2 types of glacial erosion.

24.Give 2 types of glacial weathering.

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27. What is a transitional stage between snow and ice?

28. What is a tarn?

29. What are angular sediment that collects at the foot of a mountain range or cliff?

30. Name 3 animal adaptations in cold environments.