THE BIG GEOGRAPHY QUIZ

SUMMER 2020
WEATHER &
CLIMATE
Round 8
QUESTION 1
Which key word correctly identifies the climate of the
UK?
a) Continental
b) Tropical
c) Temperate
QUESTION 2
Why were people in the UK recently being sent
messages asking them to stop washing their cars and
watering their lawns?
QUESTION 3
Name one type of weather hazard you might experience
in the UK.
QUESTION 4
Name one gas that contributes to climate change.
QUESTION 5
What scale is used to measure tropical storms?
QUESTION 6
Greta Thunberg has become famous for what?
QUESTION 7
What would conditions be like inside the eye of a
hurricane?
QUESTION 8
Iceland recently had a plaque made for a glacier. Why?
QUESTION 9
Which one of these is NOT a desert?
a) Kalahari
b) Atlas
c) Antarctica
d) Great Australian
QUESTION 10
Which of the fronts A or B on the
diagram shows a warm front? A

B
ANSWERS - ROUND 8
1. C Temperate
2. Unexpectedly high water consumption combined with hot weather and low rainfall in spring
meant reservoirs and water stores were low, risking drought
3. E.g. drought, heatwave, flood, coastal flood, storm surge, gale force winds, etc.
4. E.g. CO2, SO2, methane, ozone, etc.
5. Saffir-Simpson Scale 1-5
6. She organised the first ever student school strikes for climate change, campaigns against
climate change, speaks at events such as the UN summit
7. The eye is very calm, with walls of cloud and strong winds around the edge
8. The glacier Okjökull declined so much it no longer qualifies as a glacier. The plaque warns
that Icelandic glaciers are at risk of melting in the next 200 years.
9. B
10. B