River Run
What is the name for the high-ground boundary that marks the edge of a drainage basin?
The watershed
What is the exact point inside the Earth’s crust where an earthquake actually starts?
The focus
These waves are low, long, and build up the beach.
Constructive waves
What do we call a city that has grown so massive it has over 10 million residents?
Megacity
What is the name of a hand-drawn summary of the landscape that focuses only on key features?
Field sketch
If a meander gets too "exaggerated" and the river decides to take a shortcut, what kind of lake is left behind?
An oxbow lake
Hawaii isn't on a plate boundary, yet it has volcanoes! What geological feature is responsible for this?
Hotspot
When waves hit the beach at an angle, sediment zig-zags down the coast. Name this process!
Longshore drift
If you live in the Australian Outback or the Sahara, your houses are likely miles apart. What is this settlement pattern?
Dispersed settlement
What is it called when a country needs more energy than it can actually produce itself?
An energy gap
According to the Bradshaw Model, as you move from the source to the mouth, does the river’s gradient increase or decrease?
It decreases
If a volcano erupts and turns its snowcap into a giant, fast-moving mudflow, what do we call it?
A lahar
These "salty" forests grow in tropical estuaries and protect the land from storms.
Mangroves
What is the "threshold population" for a service eg. supermarket?
The minimum number of people needed to support that service
What kind of map uses different shades of a colour (like dark green to light green) to show data?
Choropleth map
Bedload that is too heavy to be suspended "bounces" along the riverbed. What is the technical term for this "hopping" transportation?
Saltation
Nepal’s 2015 earthquake was caused by the Indian and Eurasian plates hitting each other. What specific type of plate boundary is this?
A collision boundary
When a coastal arch finally gets tired and collapses, it leaves behind a lonely pillar of rock. What is it called?
A stack
When people get fed up with the city and move back to the quiet countryside, it’s called... what?
Counterurbanisation
Which sector involves high-tech research and development, like designing new machines?
The quaternary sector
What is the point where a smaller stream joins a larger river called?
Confluence
Mathematically speaking, how many times more powerful is a 6.0 earthquake on the Richter scale compared to a 4.0?
100 times more powerful
For a coral reef to survive it generally needs water depths of less than 25 metres, but what is the minimum temperature (in Celsius) it can tolerate?
18C
In the settlement hierarchy, which type of settlement has the smallest population and the fewest services?
Isolated home
What is the specific name for manufacturing industries that aren't tied to any particular location by raw materials or energy?
Footloose industries