The Big Geography Quiz of the Year

Photo Analysis Round 3

Question 1 Identify three potential hazards from the image.

Question 2 How is a gorge like this one at Gullfoss in Iceland formed?

Question 3 What caused an arch like this to form at Legzira Beach, Morocco?

3. Question 4 This is the distinctive coastline of Capri in Italy. What is the correct name given to this landform that is the remains of a cliff now isolated out at sea?

Question 5 From this image of an eruption in Iceland, suggest how volcanoes can have a positive impact on the economy of a location.

Question 6 Norway has been voted the one of the best places in the world to live for the past 13 years. From the photo, suggest ways that the population can make an income.

Question 7 This is an image of Arenal in Costa Rica. What sort of ecosystem is this? How might it be used?

Question 8 This area on Sao Miguel island in the Azores is a distinctive landscape. Suggest why you think this area is distinctive.

Question 9 What might these buildings be used for? Why might these people in Iceland live near an active volcano that recently erupted?

Question 10 Iceland and the Azores (in the photo) can both create a form of renewable energy shown in this photo. What, and how?

Answers: Photo Analysis Round 3 e.g. tephra cloud, ash column, ash fall, lightning, toxic air, ash cloud blocking out daylight, lava flows, etc. A gorge is formed when a waterfall retreats, each time it collapses and retreats it leave an open gorge area. An arch is formed due to coastal erosion processes that weaken the rocks at the base of a cliff and cause them to collapse, with erosion such as hydraulic action forming a notch and then a cave which breaks through the cliff to leave an arch. A stump. Volcano tourism, e.g. jeep trips up the mountain to view eruptions, or tourists visiting once the eruption has finished because the area is famous, etc. From the photo you could suggest e.g. fishing, tourism by boat, mountain tours, skiing, holiday homes, service jobs such as boat engineers / recreational jobs, etc. Tropical rainforest. E.g. for recreation / tourism, logging for timber, farming, etc. e.g. the area is volcanic and the lakes are crater lakes, the lakes have different colours (depending on their chemistry), the islands appear tropical because of volcanic heat, etc. Farm/accommodation. Choose to live near volcanoes for resources, minerals, fertile soil, etc. Geothermal energy, where hot water is generated by heat from volcanic rocks below ground and used to create steam to generate electricity or hot water for heating.