Advanced Geography Quiz

1. Which of the Earth's crustal plates is subducted into the Peru-Chile deep sea trench ?
 A. South American Plate
 B. Eurasian Plate
 C. Nazca Plate
 D. Pacific Plate
 E. North American Plate

2. What is the wetted perimeter of a river ?
 A. The flood plain area to either side of the channel.
 B. The part of the bank in contact with the water.
 C. The surface of the bed and banks in contact with the water.
 D. The area of surrounding soil into which water seeps.
 E. The distance from the source to the mouth of the river.

3. What is an isovel ?
 A. A plug of ice extruded from the surface of a glacier.
 B. An instrument for measuring velocity.
 C. A line joining points of equal velocity.
 D. A low and symmetrical hill of glacial moraine.
 E. A braided river issuing from beneath a glacier.

4. Which of these is a description of a Kettle ?
 A. Long winding channel of frozen water.
 B. Small shallow lake of glacial origins.
 C. An elongated ridge of fine glacial deposits.
 D. A large block of ice calved off a glacier where it meets the sea.
 E. A type of braided stream.

5. What is a Pingo ?
 A. Dome shaped hill with an ice core.
 B. Sub-species of the Penguin family.
 C. Type of oasis found in the Sahara.
 D. Small volcanic vent producing sulphur fumes and steam.
 E. Large rock outcrop with vertical sides

6. Which of these Lapse Rates is a constant value?
 A. Environmental Lapse Rate.
 B. Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate.
 C. Saturated Adiabatic Lapse Rate.
 D. None of the above. They all vary.

7. The layer of loose, broken material that is the first stage in the formation of a soil is called ?
 A. Mull
 B. Illuviation
 C. Mor
 D. Regolith

8. What is special about Halophyte plants ?
 A. They can withstand very cold conditions.
 B. They can grow with out access to carbon dioxide.
 C. They can withstand extremely high temperatures.
 D. They can go without water for years if conditions are bad.
 E. They can grow in salty conditions.

9. In which stage of the Demographic Transition Model (Population) would you find Japan and Canada ?
 A. Stage 1
 B. Stage 2
 C. Stage 3
 D. Stage 4

10. Christaller's Central Place Theory has three values for k.
What are the values ?
 A. 1, 3, 5
 B. 1, 3, 9
 C. 3, 4, 7
 D. 1, 4, 9

11. Heinrich von Thünen devised a model which is applied to ?
 A. Industrial location
 B. Rural land use
 C. Urban land use
 D. Population change
 E. Communications networks

12. Burgess (1924) developed a model of Urban Structure. Upon which city was his work based ?
 A. Chicago, USA
 B. Rome, Italy
 C. New York, USA
 D. Quebec, Canada
 E. London, UK