Lesson 2A.1-2A.2

2A.1-2A.2 Climate change and past ice cover Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 2

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The 20 questions

  1. How many million years ago did the Pleistocene epoch begin?

    • 0.1 million
    • 11.7 million
    • 65 million
    • 2.6 million

  2. What term describes long-term changes in Earth's orbit and tilt that drive glacial cycles?

    • Sunspot cycles
    • Hadley cells
    • Milankovitch cycles
    • Thermohaline cycles

  3. Which greenhouse gas concentration correlates closely with temperature changes across Pleistocene glacial cycles?

    • Argon
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Sulphur dioxide
    • Nitrogen

  4. Which volcanic emission enters the stratosphere and causes short-term global cooling?

    • Basaltic lava
    • Water vapour
    • Carbon dioxide
    • Sulphate aerosols

  5. Which sphere of the Earth system consists of all frozen water, ice, and snow?

    • Hydrosphere
    • Cryosphere
    • Biosphere
    • Lithosphere

  6. Which ice mass is best described as a large dome-shaped body covering a continent?

    • A cirque glacier
    • A periglacial pingo
    • An ice sheet
    • A valley glacier

  7. Which landforms provide direct evidence for the maximum extent of former Pleistocene ice sheets?

    • Eskers
    • Terminal moraines
    • Kames
    • Drumlins

  8. Which type of ice mass is typically found in high-altitude upland landscapes rather than across continents?

    • Ice caps
    • Valley glaciers
    • Ice sheets
    • Ice shelves

  9. Which thermal classification describes ice masses remaining below freezing point with minimal surface melting?

    • Polythermal ice
    • Glaciomarine ice
    • Polar ice
    • Temperate ice

  10. What term describes a landscape shaped by past ice where glaciers no longer exist today?

    • Proglacial landscape
    • Active landscape
    • Periglacial landscape
    • Relict landscape

  11. Which two locations contain Earth's remaining present-day continental ice sheets?

    • Iceland and Svalbard
    • Patagonia and Chile
    • Siberia and Alaska
    • Greenland and Antarctica

  12. Which orbital variations drive long-term Pleistocene glacial and interglacial cycles?

    • El Niño cycles
    • Milankovitch cycles
    • Oceanic conveyers
    • Sunspot cycles

  13. Which upland feature provides evidence of past glacial erosion in an unglaciated landscape?

    • V-shaped valley
    • Alluvial fan
    • U-shaped valley
    • River terrace

  14. Which proposed epoch describes the era dominated by human influence on global climate?

    • Pliocene
    • Holocene
    • Anthropocene
    • Pleistocene

  15. Which periodic solar feature causes short-term fluctuations in solar output?

    • Solar flares
    • Coronal loops
    • Sunspots
    • Auroras

  16. Which high-altitude climatic condition allows glaciers to persist in temperate zones?

    • Increased wind
    • Reduced humidity
    • Higher pressure
    • Lower temperatures

  17. What term describes a boulder deposited by ice far from its native origin?

    • Glacial erratic
    • Roche moutonnée
    • Drumlin
    • Kame

  18. What sedimentary evidence best identifies multiple glacial periods during the Pleistocene?

    • Till sequences
    • Wind-blown loess
    • Basalt flows
    • Alluvial fans

  19. Where do periglacial landscapes form relative to active glaciers?

    • Within ice sheets
    • Beyond ice margins
    • Beneath active glaciers
    • At sea level

  20. Which climatic change causes a glacier's annual ablation to exceed accumulation?

    • Increased winter snowfall
    • Higher summer temperatures
    • Lower wind speeds
    • Increased cloud cover

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