Geography Vocabulary Quiz

What is the definition of a natural hazard?

• A natural event that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and death.

• The probability or chance that a natural hazard may take place.

• A sudden or violent movement within the Earth’s crust followed by a series of shocks.

• An area of low pressure with winds moving in a spiral around the calm central point called the eye of the storm.

What is the definition of a tectonic hazard?

• A tectonic plate margin where two tectonic plates slide past each other.

• A tectonic plate margin where two plates are converging or coming together and oceanic plate is subducted.

• A tectonic plate margin where rising magma adds new material to plates that are diverging or moving apart.

• A natural hazard caused by movement of tectonic plates.

What is the definition of a tropical storm (hurricane, cyclone, typhoon)?

• An area of low pressure with winds moving in a spiral around the calm central point called the eye of the storm.

• A natural event that threatens people or has the potential to cause damage, destruction and death.

• A long-term change in the earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature.

• A sudden or violent movement within the Earth’s crust followed by a series of shocks.

What is the definition of a food web?

• A community of plants and animals that interact with each other and their physical environment.

• The connections between different organisms that rely on one another as their source of food.

• A set of processes whereby organisms extract minerals necessary for growth from soil or water.

• An organism or plant that is able to absorb energy from the sun through photosynthesis.

What is the definition of a drumlin?

• A sharp, knife-like ridge formed between two corries cutting back by processes of erosion and freeze thaw.

• A former river valley spur which has been sliced off by a valley glacier, forming cliff-like edges.

• A long, narrow lake found in glaciated valleys formed in locations where the glacier had more erosive power.

• A hill made of glacial till deposited by a moving glacier, usually elongated or oval in shape.

What is the definition of a mega-city?

• The variety of life in the world or a particular habitat.

• An urban area with a total population in excess of ten million people.

• The number of births in a year per 1000 of the total population.

• The process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities.

What is the definition of a brownfield site?

• Land that has been used, abandoned and now awaits some new use.

• Abandoned buildings and wasteland.

• An area of poor-quality housing, lacking in amenities such as water supply, sewerage and electricity.

• The process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities.

What is the definition of a sustainable urban living?

• The wearing away and removal of material by a moving force, such as a breaking wave.

• A sustainable city is one in which there is minimal damage to the environment, the economic base is sound with resources allocated fairly and jobs secure, and there is a strong sense of community.

• The process of increasing and preserving open space such as public parks and gardens in urban areas.

• The process by which an increasing percentage of a country's population comes to live in towns and cities.

What is the definition of a Commonwealth?

• The variety of life in the world or a particular habitat.

• The number of births in a year per 1000 of the total population.

• The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 53 independent and equal sovereign states, which were mostly territories of the former British Empire.

• An urban area with a total population in excess of ten million people.

What is the definition of a flood plain?

• The relatively flat area forming the valley floor on either side of a river channel, which is sometimes flooded.

• A barrier built across a valley to interrupt river flow and create a man‐made lake.

• Occurs when river discharge exceeds river channel capacity and water spills out of the channel onto the floodplain and other areas.

• A zone of transition between the built-up area and the countryside, where there is often competition for land use.