Physical Geography

A warm ocean current that keeps Ireland's ports ice-free

• The Canary current

• The North Atlantic Drift

• The Labrador current

• The West Atlantic Drift

What scale measures earthquakes

• The richter scale

• The beaufort scale

The two types of weathering are called

Name a type of chemical weathering.

What are the oldest type of fold mountain?

• Amorican

• Caledonian

• Alpine

What is abrasion?

• When a river uses its load to cut into the bank of a river to erode it

• When a river wears down the load it carries over time

In soils, when rain pushes all the nutrients down into the B horizon it is known as what?

• screeching

• wenching

• leeching

• squelching

Epicentre is

• The area above the earth's core

• The area above a sink hole

• The area above a magma chamber

• the area above the focus of an earthquake

What type of defence measure is used to tackle Longshore drift

• groynes

• gabbions

• rock armour

• sea wall

An Oxbow lake occurs in the Old stage of a river

• True

• False