A-Level A-Level Geography 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of ocean trenches?
- Constructive boundary
- Conservative boundary
- Destructive boundary (Correct answer)
- Collision boundary
Correct answer: Destructive boundary
Destructive (convergent) plate boundaries form ocean trenches where oceanic crust is subducted beneath another plate.
Question 2: What is the term for the maximum amount of sediment a river can carry at any given time?
- Competence
- Capacity (Correct answer)
- Load
- Discharge
Correct answer: Capacity
Capacity refers to the total maximum load a river can transport, measured by the volume of material it can carry.
Question 3: The Demographic Transition Model (DTM) describes which of the following?
- How urbanisation affects birth rates over time
- How birth and death rates change as a country develops economically (Correct answer)
- The movement of people from rural to urban areas
- Changes in average household size across generations
Correct answer: How birth and death rates change as a country develops economically
The DTM shows how both birth rates and death rates decline as countries undergo economic and social development, moving through four or five stages.
Question 4: Which process best describes the wearing away of a river's bed and banks by the material it carries?
- Hydraulic action
- Solution
- Attrition
- Abrasion (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Abrasion
Abrasion (corrasion) occurs when sediment and rock fragments carried by the river scrape and grind against the bed and banks, eroding them.
Question 5: In the context of glaciation, what is a 'corrie' (also known as a cirque)?
- A ridge formed between two glacial valleys
- A hollow on a mountainside carved out by rotational ice movement (Correct answer)
- A valley formed by the confluence of two glaciers
- A mound of debris deposited at the snout of a glacier
Correct answer: A hollow on a mountainside carved out by rotational ice movement
A corrie is an armchair-shaped hollow carved into a mountainside by rotational movement of ice and associated freeze-thaw weathering.
Question 6: What does the Gini Coefficient measure?
- GDP per capita relative to population size
- Income inequality within a population (Correct answer)
- The proportion of urban to rural populations
- Carbon emissions per unit of GDP
Correct answer: Income inequality within a population
The Gini Coefficient is a statistical measure of income or wealth inequality within a nation, ranging from 0 (perfect equality) to 1 (maximum inequality).
Question 7: Which of the following is an example of a push factor in migration?
- Higher wages in a destination country
- Better healthcare facilities available abroad
- Political persecution in the country of origin (Correct answer)
- Employment opportunities in an urban centre
Correct answer: Political persecution in the country of origin
Push factors are negative conditions at the origin that encourage people to leave, such as political persecution, conflict, or poverty.
A-Level A-Level Geography 1
Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of ocean trenches?