Unit 2 Geography

Question 1

This is the day to day climatic conditions and changes in the atmosphere.

Answer 1

Weather

Question 2

This is the average weather, generally over 30 years.

Answer 2

Climate

Question 3

Is the layers of gases that surround the Earth.

Answer 3

Atmosphere

Question 4

This is a device for measuring wind speed.

Answer 4

Anemometer

Question 5

This is a device used to measure the atmospheric pressure of a place.

Answer 5

Barometer

Question 6

This is an instrument used to measure temperature.

Answer 6

Thermometer

Question 7

This is a unit used to express the extent of cloud clover. It is equal to
one-eighth of the area of the sky.

Answer 7

Oktas

Question 8

This is a data presentation technique that shows the temperature and the
rainfall of a country over one year using lines and bars.

Answer 8

Climate graph

Question 9

This is when warm and cold fronts meet, creating rainfall

Answer 9

Frontal rainfall

Question 10

This is rain that occurs on high land and in mountainous areas.

Answer 10

Relief rainfall

Question 11

This occurs in warm or tropical climates when heated air rises and cools

Answer 11

Convectional rainfall

Question 12

This is a large body of air with similar characteristics of temperature and
humidity.

Answer 12

Air mass

Question 13

This is a vast body of air that forms over water

Answer 13

Maritime (air mass)

Question 14

This is a vast body of air that forms over the interior of a continent, excluding
maritime areas.

Answer 14

Continental (air mass)

Question 15

This is when a climate in a small area is different to the general surroundings.

Answer 15

Microclimate

Question 16

This is the compass direction that a place faces

Answer 16

Aspect

Question 17

This is a structure or building that provides protection from the local environment.

Answer 17

Shelter

Question 18

This is a prediction made with limited evidence at the beginning of a scientific
investigation.

Answer 18

Hypothesis

Question 19

This describes and justifies the way that data was collected.

Answer 19

Methodology

Question 20

This is used to measure the strength of the wind.

Answer 20

Beaufort Scale

Question 21

The stage of your investigation where you reflect on how your investigation
has gone. What went well in your investigation? What didn’t go well in your
investigation? What would you do to improve it for next time?

Answer 21

Evaluation

Question 22

The good or beneficial quality of a person or thing

Answer 22

Strength

Question 23

This describes a restriction or something that is not as good as it could be.

Answer 23

Limitations

Question 24

This describes the action of making something better

Answer 24

Improvement

Question 25

This is the stage in your investigation where you sum up the findings of your
investigation, referring back to your original enquiry question.

Answer 25

Conclusion

Question 26

This is a slow-moving ice mass, formed over a long period from compacted
snow

Answer 26

Glacier

Question 27

This is a steep-sided U-shaped valley formed by the erosive forces of a
glacier.

Answer 27

Glaciated valley

Question 28

This is a long period of reduction in the temperature of the Earth’s surface and
atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of ice sheets and alpine
glaciers

Answer 28

Ice age

Question 29

This is a large, permanent area of ice which could expand in most directions.

Answer 29

Ice sheet

Question 30

This is moisture falling from the atmosphere eg. rain, snow or sleet.

Answer 30

Precipitation

Question 31

This is the process of a substance changing from a solid to a gas

Answer 31

Sublimation

Question 32

This is when water in rocks freezes and expands, breaking the rock apart.

Answer 32

Freeze-thaw weathering

Question 33

This is a type of glacial erosion that occurs when ice freezes into the
landscape, ripping out rocks when it moves

Answer 33

Plucking

Question 34

These are grooves or scratches on bedrock caused by the movement of a
glacier

Answer 34

Striations

Question 35

This is the sandpaper effect of glacial ice scouring a valley floor and sides.

Answer 35

Abrasion

Question 36

This occurs when material being transported by ice is dropped due to the ice
melting.

Answer 36

Deposition

Question 37

This is a bowl-shaped hollow area formed by glaciation, sometimes containing
lakes or ‘tarns’.

Answer 37

Corrie

Question 38

This is when ice in a corrie melts, a circular lake is often formed at the bottom
of the hollow.

Answer 38

Tarn

Question 39

This is a sharp ridge of rock separating two corries

Answer 39

Arête

Question 40

This is a sharply pointed mountain peak that has been formed by glaciation.

Answer 40

Pyramidal peak

Question 41

This is a narrow valley with steep sided slopes

Answer 41

V-shaped valley

Question 42

This is a wide valley carved out by glaciers.

Answer 42

U-shaped valley

Question 43

This is a long narrow lake found in a glacial trough.

Answer 43

Ribbon lake

Question 44

This is a smaller valley which is located high above the main U-shaped valley

Answer 44

Hanging valley

Question 45

This is the debris, rocks and materials that a glacier has picked up,
transported and then deposited.

Answer 45

Moraine

Question 46

This is a mound of deposited moraine

Answer 46

Drumlin

Question 47

This is a large rock fragment transported by ice away from its place of origin

Answer 47

Erratics

Question 48

This is a person that is travelling or visiting a place for pleasure

Answer 48

Tourist

Question 49

This is a natural fuel such as coal or gas.

Answer 49

Fossil fuel

Question 50

This is an international agreement signed on 23 June 1961 to ensure
economic development did not happen at the expense of the environment.

Answer 50

Arctic treaty