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Year 10 Geography Term 1 Quiz

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  • Salt scald is
    visible presence of salt crystals on the surface of the land, giving it a crust-like appearance.
  • What is sheet erosion?
    removal of topsoil in thin layers from the land surface by water and wind
  • Precipitation is
    liquid and solid water particles that falls from the clouds towards the ground, especially as rain or snow
  • What is this type of map called?
    flowline map
  • Infiltration is
    hte process of water moving through soil and rock layers on the Earth's surface to be stored as groundwater
  • The difference between food webs and food chains is
    food chains only shows one path ways of energy transfer whereas food webs show interactions of all energy pathways in ecosystem
  • This is
    a ternary graph.
  • What is this type of map called?
    precis map
  • What is ‘Atmosphere’?
    Anything to do with plants and living creatures
    Anything to do with the air and gases
    Anything to do with water
    Anything to do with soil, rocks and mountains
  • What is the similarity between rose diagrams and pie charts?
    Both of them are circular.
  • List all types of evollution.
    DIvergent, convergent and parallel evolutions
  • The similarity between topographic and relief maps is
    they both show the human features
    they both show political borders
    they both show the hight above sea level
    they are both very colourful
  • What is the cause of ongoing extinction?
    The ongoing extinction (holocene extinction) is caused by human activities such as deforestation, land clearing, pollution, and poaching
  • Transpiration is
    the process of water passing out from the surface of a plant's leaves into the air as water vapour
  • The similarity between food webs and food chains is
    they both show the trensfer of energy through an ecosystem (ie, who eats who)
  • What is this type of map called?
    political map
  • which of the following is NOT lithospheric process?
    nitrogen cycle
    condensation
    erosion
    weathering
  • This is
    a line graph.
    a rose diagram.
    a scatter graph.
    a ternary graph.
  • Weathering is
    breaking down or dissolving of rocks and minerals on the surface of Earth
  • What is this type of map called?
    synoptic charts
  • What is this type of map called?
    topographic map
  • The difference between choropleth and political maps is
    political maps only shows political borders while choropleth maps show statistical data
  • What is extinction?
    Complete disappearance of a species from the earth.
  • Which of following are produced from photosynthesis?
    water and carbon dioxide
    water and oxygen
    gulcose and carbon dioxide
    gulcose and oxygen
  • What is this type of map called?
    cartogram
  • What is this type of map called?
    isoline map
  • What is ploughing?
    the turning-over of the soil in order to bring fresh nutrients to the surface before seeds are planted.
  • What is ‘Biosphere’?
    Anything to do with the air and gases
    Anything to do with water
    Anything to do with plants and living creatures
    Anything to do with soil, rocks and mountains
  • How long does it take to form 1cm of soil in wet tropical areas?
    3 000 years
    600 years
    about 200 years
    200-400 years
  • Environmental changes
    are all slow/gradual
    can be severe/drastic or slow/gradual.
    are all very severe/drastic.
    are all slow but severe
  • A ternary graph
    are useful if three variables are compared.
    are circular.
    is easy to be interpreted.
    .can display two types of data.
  • This map shows landownerships. What is this type of map called?
    cadastral map
  • The differece between migration (biosphere) and transportation (lithosphere) is
    migration is about the movement of species from one place to another due to resource availability while trans. is the movement of rocks/soil by wind/water
  • This map is used for a specific purpose. What is this type of map called?
    Special purpose map
  • What is ‘Hydrosphere’?
    Anything to do with plants and living creatures
    Anything to do with soil, rocks and mountains
    Anything to do with the air and gases
    Anything to do with water
  • What is ‘Lithosphere’?
    Anything to do with water
    Anything to do with soil, rocks
    Anything to do with the air and gases
    Anything to do with plants and living creatures
  • This map shows how the land is being used. What is this type of map called?
    Land use map
  • What is the difference between rose diagrams and pie charts?
    pie charts represent data as parts of whole (out of 100%) whereas rose diagrams use equal angles and varying radii
  • What is compaction of soil?
    The densification of soil caused by loss of vegetation (resulting  water loss) and pressure exerted frommachinery trafficing and stock tramping
  • Which of the following contains contour lines?
    synoptic chart
    isoline map
    flowline map
    topographic map
  • The similarity between choropleth and political maps is
    they both use colours
  • What is the similarity between simple bar charts and histograms?
    they both use bars to visually represent data
  • What is this type of map called?
    relief map
  • Runoff is
    Runoff is the flow of water from land to the water bodies caused by rainfall that exceeds the soil's ability to absorb it
  • The difference between rill and gully erosion is
    their depths and size - rills are shallow (up to 0.3m) and narrow while gullies are deeper (more than 0.3m) and wider
  • What is this type of map called?
    physical map
  • The similarity between migration (biosphere) and transportation (lithosphere) is
    they are both about movements
  • Land degradation is
    the physical, chemical and biological decline in soil quality
  • What is this type of map called?
    Choropleth map
  • How long does it take to form 1cm soil in areas of mild climate?
    200-400 years
    up to 200 years
    600 years
    3 000 years
  • List four causes of land degradation.
    Mining, overgrazing, landfill, introduced animal/plant species, urban development, climate change, etc.
  • The water cycle occurs in …
    Lithosphere and hydrosphere
    Atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere
    All spheres
    Hydrosphere and atmosphere
  • In reflection (an atmoshepic process)
    about 29% of incoming solar radiation is reflected back from an object in the atmosphere, on land and water
  • This is
    a scatter graph.
    a bar shart.
    a rose diagram.
    a ternary graph.
  • Which of the following can solve all types of soil erosion?
    constructing dams
    terracing
    planting vegetation
    building wind breaks
  • The difference between topographic and relief maps is
    Relief map shows political borders unlike topographic map
    Topographic map is three-dementional whild relief map is two
    Relief map shoes isolines while topographic map doesn't
    Topographic map is two-dementional while relief map is three
  • When the water vapour gets cooled down, _____ happens.
    Evaporation
    Condensation
    Precipitation
    Infiltration
  • What is this type of map called?
    thematic map
  • What is the difference between simple bar chart and histograms?
    In a simple bar chart there are some space between bars but in histograms bars are adjacent to each other.
  • The similarites between rill and gully erosion are
    both are result of water erosion and involve the formation of channels by flowing water
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