A-Level A-Level Geography

Question 1

Which type of plate boundary is associated with the formation of ocean trenches?

Accepted Answer

Destructive boundary

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Capacity

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

How birth and death rates change as a country develops economically

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

Abrasion

Answer

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)?

Accepted Answer

A hollow on a mountainside carved out by rotational ice movement

Answer

A corrie is an armchair-shaped hollow carved into a mountainside by rotational movement of ice and associated freeze-thaw weathering.

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