Component 1 Knowledge Quiz

Question 1

What is the distribution of highland areas in the UK?

Answer 1

Northern UK, Scotland, Wales & Northern England.

Question 2

What is the distribution of lowland areas in the UK?

Answer 2

Southern UK particularly South East.

Question 3

What is a national park?

Answer 3

Protected area due to wildlife, cultural heritage or beautiful countryside.

Question 4

What does AONB stand for?

Answer 4

Area of Outstanding National Beauty

Question 5

How is the Brecon Beacons National Park managed?

Answer 5

Footpaths repaired using stone & Vegetation on pathways being restored.

Question 6

How is the Gower managed?

Answer 6

• Information boards
• Clearly marked car parks
• Strict control over building.

Question 7

What are the impacts of human activity on Snowdonia?

Answer 7

Souvenir shops instead of essential goods stores, Welsh language diluted, house price increase & Jobs.

Question 8

What does carrying capacity mean?

Answer 8

The maximum population size that an environment can sustain.

Question 9

What limestone landscape have you studied?

Answer 9

Yorkshire dales.

Question 10

What are the 5 key features of a drainage basin?

Answer 10

Tributary, Confluence, Source, Mouth & Watershed.

Question 11

What three fluvial/water processes change rivers over time?

Answer 11

Erosion, Transportation & Deposition.

Question 12

What are the four types of fluvial/water transportation?

Answer 12

Solution, Suspension, Saltation & Traction.

Question 13

What are the four types of fluvial/water erosion?

Answer 13

Abrasion, Hydraulic Action, Solution & Attrition.

Question 14

What is a meander?

Answer 14

Bend in a river.

Question 15

On a meander where is the fastest flow?

Answer 15

Outside of the bend.

Question 16

On a meander where does deposition occur?

Answer 16

Inside of the bend.

Question 17

Is a river cliff likely to form on the outside or the inside of a meander?

Answer 17

Outside.

Question 18

Where is the hard rock located on a waterfall?

Answer 18

On top.

Question 19

Where is the soft rock located on a waterfall?

Answer 19

Underneath.

Question 20

How is a plunge pool formed?

Answer 20

Force of water hitting rock.

Question 21

What is the ledge of hard rock called on a waterfall?

Answer 21

Overhang.

Question 22

When a waterfall retreats (goes backwards) it forms a…

Answer 22

Gorge.

Question 23

What named example of a waterfall have we studied?

Answer 23

Niagara falls.

Question 24

What two ways have people used waterfalls?

Answer 24

Tourism & Hydroelectric Power.

Question 25

What is the flat area next to a river called?

Answer 25

Floodplain.

Question 26

What is the Bluff line?

Answer 26

Edge of a floodplain.

Question 27

What is the key process that forms floodplain?

Answer 27

Deposition.

Question 28

True or False? Levees are banks made of deposited.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

True or False? Levees are only naturally made.

Answer 29

False

Question 30

What word is used for water flowing over the surface of the land?

Answer 30

Overland flow

Question 31

What word is used for water flowing into the soil?

Answer 31

Infiltration

Question 32

What word is used when there is too much water in the soil and it cannot take anymore?

Answer 32

Saturation

Question 33

Give the 4 natural causes of flooding

Answer 33

• Prolonged rainfall (raining for a long time)
• Heavy rainfall
• Steep relief (steep slopes)
• Impermeable geology (rocks that don’t allow water to
  sink through it.)

Question 34

Give 2 man made (human) causes of flooding.

Answer 34

• Deforestation (Chopping down trees)

- Urbanisation (Buildings)