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Physical Environments: SQA National 5 Geography Unit 1 quiz quiz

17questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. Which type of pressure system brings dry, settled, calm weather?

  2. Which air mass brings warm, wet weather to the UK from the south-west?

  3. On a synoptic chart, closely spaced isobars indicate:

  4. What is the small round lake often found in a corrie called?

  5. Which two processes carry out most glacial erosion?

  6. A narrow, knife-edged ridge formed between two corries is called:

  7. Which is the correct order of features as a headland is eroded?

  8. What is the zig-zag movement of material along a coast called?

  9. Which valley shape is carved by a river through vertical erosion?

  10. An ox-bow lake is formed when:

  11. What is the raised ridge of sediment along a river bank, built up during floods, called?

  12. Which process shapes limestone (karst) landscapes?

  13. On a limestone pavement, the deep dissolved grooves are called:

  14. Which land use is best suited to the steep, poor pasture of a glaciated upland?

  15. Which is a solution to traffic congestion at a honeypot tourist site?

  16. In a grid reference, which figures do you read first?

  17. On a 1:50 000 OS map, how many centimetres represent 1 kilometre?