Geo Quiz

Geomorphology

This type of weathering involves the reaction of compound minerals with water and breaks the rock into fine debris oxidation hydration hydrolysis carbonation

A red-brownish soil formed from the leaching of soluble minerals leaving behind iron rich minerals.
gleysol laterite podzol red sand

An explosive volcano that release tonnes of ash, gases and pyroclastic material.
shield volcano composite cone cinder cone maar

Hydrology

Which sediment has high cohesion
gravel sand clay pebble

Infiltration is more pronounced on.
flat groundsloping groundwavy groundsaturated ground

This landform forms when a river's velocity reduces and deposits some of the load across the channel
meanders river terraces braids levees

Climatology

According to the Bergeron Findeisen Theory, high vapour pressure is concentrated on Water vapour Ice crystals Supercooled droplets Ice nuclei

A front where a cold air mass undercuts and lifts an incoming warm air mass
occluded front warm front stationary front cold front

Which of the following surface has a high albedo value
crops grass dry concrete dry sand

Hot Deserts

The bouncing of small stones along a desert pavement.
saltation creep deflation abrasion

A desert landform characterised by troughs and ridges formed when sandy wind abrades vertical bands of soft strata.
zeugen yardang butte deflation

A fan shaped deposit of sediments at the exit of a wadi.
playa alluvial fan bajada barchan dune

Population

According to Malthus, which of the following is a positive check of population
contaceptions pandemics late marriages sterilisation

The stage two of the Demographic Transition Model is characterised by a
falling death and birth rate falling death rate falling population falling birth rate

Natural change is as a result of
differences in migration and births differences in deaths and migration differences in migration and fertility differences in deaths and births

Environmental Management

Which of the following is mainly a Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC)
aerosols carbon dioxide ozone argon

Deforestation results in
increased oxygen in the atmosphere increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere increased oxygen and carbon in the atmosphere increased nitrogen in the atmosphere

Which of the following is degradation
digging trenches to reveal mineral seams dumping waste into a river smoke from factories acid rain on land