AQA Geography A-level Water and Carbon Cycles Quiz

What is the process of burning a substance, in the presence of oxygen, to release energy?

• Photosynthesis

• Biofuel

• Combustion

• Respiration

What is the gradual reduction of pH of the oceans, due to dissolving carbon dioxide from the atmosphere called?

• Desalination

• Salinisation

• Choke Points

• Acidification

What is the movement of carbon between stores known as?

• Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)

• Carbon Stores

• Carbon Neutral

• Carbon Fluxes

What is the process of converting carbon dioxide and water into glucose and oxygen called?

• Respiration

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Photosynthesis

What is the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries called?

• River Regime

• Watershed

• Drainage Density

• Drainage Basin

What is the process through which water evaporates through the stomata in plants' leaves called?

• Infiltration

• Throughflow

• Evapotranspiration

• Transpiration

What is the movement of volumes of seawater from cold deep water to warm water surface water known as?

• ENSO Cycles

• Hydrological Drought

• Thermohaline Circulation

• Aquifer

What is the pattern of river discharge over a year called?

• River Regime

• Channel Flow

• Storm Hydrograph

• Runoff

What is the conversion of seawater to freshwater, suitable for human consumption called?

• Water Transfer

• Desublimation

• Water Recycling

• Desalination Plant

What is the process of joining atomic nuclei together, to produce energy called?

• Nuclear Fusion

• Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)

• Combustion

• Biofuel