Random Geography
Kingston is the capital of which caribbean island?
Jamaica
Most tropical hurricanes form in the ____________
A. Caribbean Sea
B. Pacific Ocean
C. Atlantic Ocean
D. Gulf of Mexico
C. Atlantic Ocean
Which Caribbean island does not sit on the Caribbean plate?
Cuba
Without ______, the water cycle would cease to exist.
The sun.
This is the removal of weathered materials.
Erosion
What is the first name of the President of Trinidad and Tobago?
Kamla
There are _____ types of weathering.
A. Two
B. Three
C. Four
D. Five
B. Three
What tectonic plate sits north of the Caribbean plate?
North American Plate
Where are the THREE places/areas water is stored on our earth?
On the surface of the land (rivers, oceans etc.)
Underground (groundwater, aquifers etc.)
In the air (water vapour)
__________ weathering involves the dissolving or decaying of rocks.
Chemical
What is the largest rainforest in the world?
The Amazon Rainforest
Which of the following island have a radial drainage pattern?
A. Bahamas
B. Anguilla
C. Barbados
D. St. Lucia
D. St. Lucia
A ___________________ is a feature found at a convergent plate boundary, resulting in the release of magma/lava up through the Earth's crust.
Subduction zone.
Which process of the water cycle does NOT allow precipitation to reach the surface of the Earth?
Interception.
This type of physical weathering cannot take place in areas too hot nor too cold. However, there MUST be:
A. Plenty rainfall
B. Frequently fluctuating temperatures
Frost action / Freeze-thaw
What is the longest river in the world?
The Nile River
Why do rivers deposit their materials in the lower course?
A. The river does not have enough energy to carry sediments.
B. The river is wide enough to drop all materials
C. The river channel is now flat.
A. The river does not have enough energy to carry sediments.
In what year did the term "Continental Drift" come about?
1912
Percolation is a _____________ process.
A. Storage
B. Transfer
C. Output
B. Transfer
I peel like layers of skin.
Exfoliation
Which Caribbean volcano erupted in 2021? Name the volcano and the country.
La Soufriere, St. Vincent & The Grenadines
If a tributary is a small river that flows into a larger river, what then, is a distributary?
A. A smaller river that flows out of a larger river
B. A larger river that flows into a smaller river
C. A smaller river that flows underground from a larger river
D. None of the above.
A. A smaller river that flows out of a larger river.
What are the types of crust?
Continental Crust (SIAL) & Oceanic Crust (SIMA)
Name TWO output processes of the water cycle.
Evaporation
Transpiration
Evapo-transpiration
This type of weathering allows rainwater to collect carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
Carbonation