The Geography Game Trivia Quiz

Answer: The break up of rocks and land in-situ.

The wearing away of rock is the definition of erosion. Weathering does not involve the material being moved, whereas erosion does. An example of weathering is acid rain, which causes a chemical reaction to wear away the rock.

Answer: Tertiary.

Primary industry involves raw materials and their collection, for example farming and mining. Secondary industry is the manufacturing of raw materials to make a product, for example, oil refining. Tertiary occupations provide a service, e.g. a receptionist, and quaternary industry involves specialist research and development. Jobs in this sector include science research and IT communications.

Answer: The measurement of people per square kilometre.

The population density is calculated by dividing the number of people by the area that they occupy. It tells us the average number of people in an area, but nothing about where they are in that area.

Answer: Newly Industrialised Country.

The countries of South East Asia are now classified as NIC's due to dramatic levels of industrialisation recently, for example in Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South Korea. An MEDC is a more economically developed country (e.g. England, America) and an LEDC is a less economically developed country (e.g. Brazil, India). The other possible answers were made up.

Answer: The lateral movement of beach material across the coast.

Longshore drift can be detrimental to tourist locations as parts of the beach can be washed away. Groynes can be installed to prevent this and to collect the beach material. Groynes are made of wood and run from the beach down to the sea, they are usually low and their effect is obvious. However, they are expensive and cause visual pollution.

Answer: Brownfield

An example of a brownfield construction is the Oracle shopping centre in Reading, England. It was created to restore jobs to the CBD of the town. A CBD is a central business district, usually located in the centre of a town. It usually comprises of offices, shops and public services.

Answer: Burgess

The Burgess model is similar to a target, with the CBD at the centre, then the light manufacturing zone, low class residential, medium class residential and finally high class residential. The Hoyt sector model also shows land use in cities, but is is a very different structure to the Burgess model.

Answer: Non-renewable

Non-renewable or finite resources include coal, oil and gas, which are also known as fossil fuels. Nuclear energy is also non-renewable. All of these are pollutants, although nuclear is much cleaner. The world needs to invest in renewable and clean resources such as wind power and hydroelectric power.

Answer: A river of hot ash, mud, gas and rock from volcanoes

Pyroclastic flows can move at very high speeds and reach temperatures of 500 degrees centigrade. They are deadly and destroy large areas of land, including houses and crops. Pyroclastic flows from an eruption in Monserrat lasted two years!

Answer: Forced and voluntary

Forced and voluntary migration is then split into subcategories such as political and recreational. People move because of push factors, which are undesirable qualities about their present location. They choose a location depending on pull factors, which are desirable qualities about that area.