AQA GEOGRAPHY APPROVED AND VALIDATED
ACHIEVERS TEST EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
100% ANSWERS.
QUESTION: How are waves formed - ANSWER-The wind blowing over the sea, friction with the surface of
the water causes ripples to form and these develop into waves
QUESTION: Constructive waves - ANSWER-Low waves that surge up the beach, powerful swash weak
backwash, deposit large amounts of material, crests far apart, gently sloping wave front
QUESTION: Destructive waves - ANSWER-Formed by local storms near the coast, powerful backwash,
closely spaced, high and steep, weak swash, narrow the beach, steep wave front
QUESTION: Weathering - ANSWER-The in-situ break up of rocks into smaller fragments by physical or
chemical processes
QUESTION: Mechanical (physical) weathering - ANSWER-The disintegration of rocks, water collects in
cracks in rock, water freezes to form ice, expansion causes stress and cracks are enlarged, repeated
freezing and thawing
, QUESTION: Chemical weathering - ANSWER-Caused by chemical changes in acid rain. Rainwater very
slowly dissolves certain types of rocks and minerals by attacking some minerals in the rock, weakening
the structure so it crumbles
QUESTION: biological weathering - ANSWER-Plant roots grow in cracks as seeds fall into cracks
QUESTION: Mechanical (salt) weathering - ANSWER-Seawater evaporates leaving behind salt crystals. In
cracks and holes these salt crystals grow and expand, pressuring the rocks and flakes eventually break off
QUESTION: Mass movement - ANSWER-The downward movement or sliding of material under the
influence of gravity
QUESTION: Mass movement - rockfall - ANSWER-Fragments of rock break away from the cliffs CE
QUESTION: Landslide - ANSWER-Blocks of rock slide downhill
QUESTION: Rotational slip - ANSWER-Slump of saturated soil and weak rock along a curved surface
QUESTION: Mudflow - ANSWER-Saturated soil and weak rock flows down a slope
QUESTION: Solution - ANSWER-The dissolving of soluble chemicals in rocks
ACHIEVERS TEST EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
100% ANSWERS.
QUESTION: How are waves formed - ANSWER-The wind blowing over the sea, friction with the surface of
the water causes ripples to form and these develop into waves
QUESTION: Constructive waves - ANSWER-Low waves that surge up the beach, powerful swash weak
backwash, deposit large amounts of material, crests far apart, gently sloping wave front
QUESTION: Destructive waves - ANSWER-Formed by local storms near the coast, powerful backwash,
closely spaced, high and steep, weak swash, narrow the beach, steep wave front
QUESTION: Weathering - ANSWER-The in-situ break up of rocks into smaller fragments by physical or
chemical processes
QUESTION: Mechanical (physical) weathering - ANSWER-The disintegration of rocks, water collects in
cracks in rock, water freezes to form ice, expansion causes stress and cracks are enlarged, repeated
freezing and thawing
, QUESTION: Chemical weathering - ANSWER-Caused by chemical changes in acid rain. Rainwater very
slowly dissolves certain types of rocks and minerals by attacking some minerals in the rock, weakening
the structure so it crumbles
QUESTION: biological weathering - ANSWER-Plant roots grow in cracks as seeds fall into cracks
QUESTION: Mechanical (salt) weathering - ANSWER-Seawater evaporates leaving behind salt crystals. In
cracks and holes these salt crystals grow and expand, pressuring the rocks and flakes eventually break off
QUESTION: Mass movement - ANSWER-The downward movement or sliding of material under the
influence of gravity
QUESTION: Mass movement - rockfall - ANSWER-Fragments of rock break away from the cliffs CE
QUESTION: Landslide - ANSWER-Blocks of rock slide downhill
QUESTION: Rotational slip - ANSWER-Slump of saturated soil and weak rock along a curved surface
QUESTION: Mudflow - ANSWER-Saturated soil and weak rock flows down a slope
QUESTION: Solution - ANSWER-The dissolving of soluble chemicals in rocks
