STAFFORD SRI LANKAN SCHOOL DOHA
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION – 2022 / 2023
Name: Year: 8
Subject: Geography Admission No ……………………….. Time: 2 hours
Instructions
Fill in the information at the top of this page with your name and class.
Answer all the questions
Write your answers in the space provided in this paper.
Information
The total mark for this paper is 100.
The marks for each question are shown in brackets.
Advice
Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answer if you have time at the end.
Section Marks
Part 1
Part 2
Total
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Part one
Q1. Underline the correct answer.
I. Which part of the river has the fastest flow?
a : In the upper course
b : In the middle course
c : In the lower course
II. In which part of a river does the solution occur?
a : In the upper course
b : In the lower course
c : All the way along the course of the river
III. Where in a river valley is lateral erosion dominant?
a : In the upper course
b : In the middle course
c : In the lower course
IV. Which of the following is an erosional feature of the upper course of a
river?
a : Waterfall
b : Meander
c : Delta
V. Which of the following is part of a waterfall?
a : Meander
b : Plunge pool
c : Gorge
VI. What is the transformation of ice to gaseous water vapour called?
a : melting
b : sublimation
c : boiling
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VII. Which of the following can be used to determine the direction of the
movement of continental glacier?
a : erratic
b : corrie
c : drumlins
VIII. What is the sharp ridge between two cirques called?
a : arête
b : drumlin
c : moraine
IX. What is a hanging valley?
a : a valley with more than three tributaries feeding into it.
b : a valley with many loose rocks in its walls ready for a landslide
c : a valley with its floor high above the main valley floor
X. Which feature forms, where two lateral moraines merge?
a : end moraine
b : medial moraine
c : ground moraines
(10 marks)
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Q2. State if the following are “True” or “False”
I. Irrigation is important for farming. ( )
II. Glaciation forms by the melting of snow ( )
III. Terminal moraine forms at the edge of the glacier ( )
IV. Antarctica is a continental glacier ( )
V. Glaciers grow with the addition of snow and other types of ice. ( )
VI. Ribbon Lake is a thin and long river. ( )
VII. Misfit River is a river that flows in “U shaped valley” in
a glaciated area. ( )
VIII. When ice melts in the corrie it is called a tarn. ( )
IX. Cotswold is the head of the river Thames ( )
X. River Thames ends in the Mediterranean sea. ( )
(10 marks)
Q3. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer
I. _____________occurs when water overflows the river channel.
II. Floodplain is a fairly _____________ area that is likely to flood.
III. _____________ _____________ is a sudden flood.
IV. _____________ is the main factor for floods to occur.
V. Water can’t soak through _____________ rock.
VI. Cutting down trees _____________ the risk of flooding.
VII. _____________ _____________ plants clean up the raw water.
VIII. Tributaries are the _________________ rivers that join the main river.
(10 marks)
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Part 2
Q1. The picture below shows some of the glacial landforms.
Refer to the above picture and group the landforms according to the process
in which they are formed.
Erosion Deposition
(10 marks)
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Q2.
I. Sort these statements into the right order to explain how a corrie
forms
A A small amount of snow settles in a dip in the side of a mountain.
B As the glacier moves, it pulls the ice in the cracks out, plucking the
headwall open. Plucking is a form of erosion that makes the headwall
steep.
C As the ice moves downwards it erodes the bottom of the dip by
abrasion. This makes it bigger.
D Once the ice melts away, it leaves an armchair-shaped depression in
the mountain. It has a steep headwall and an over-deepened base. This
is a corrie.
E The snow turns into ice by compaction.
F At the same time, ice is melting and freezing again in cracks in the
headwall.
G The ice is so heavy it moves downwards under gravity
Order Letter
1st Step A
2nd Step
3rd Step
4th Step
5th Step
6th Step
7th Step
(6 marks)
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II. Describe what happens during the process of freeze-thaw weathering.
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(2 marks)
III. What is the difference between ice sheets and icebergs?
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(2 marks)
Q3 Answer the following questions
I. What are the three main river processes?
1__________________________________________________________
2__________________________________________________________
3__________________________________________________________
(3 marks)
II. Explain each of the following erosional processes
Hydraulic action
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Attrition
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Abrasion
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Solution
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(8 marks)
III. What are traction and saltation in river transportation?
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(4 marks)
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Q 4.
i. Label the following diagram
a : ______________________________________________________
b : ______________________________________________________
c : ______________________________________________________
d : ______________________________________________________
e : ______________________________________________________
f : ______________________________________________________
g : ______________________________________________________
ii. Name two types of precipitation other than rain.
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iii. Name three tributaries of the River Thames.
1) ______________________________________________________
2) ______________________________________________________
3) ______________________________________________________
iv. Where does River Thames ends?
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v. Lable the river landforms
a : __________________________________________________________
b : __________________________________________________________
c : __________________________________________________________
d : __________________________________________________________
e : __________________________________________________________
f : __________________________________________________________
g : __________________________________________________________
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vi. Name two human and natural causes that create floods.
Human
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Natural
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(24 Marks)
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Q5. General Knowledge question – FIFA 2022
i. Label the FOUR countries from Africa that participated in the FIFA world
cup held in Qatar. (Draw an arrow pointing to the country and write the
name of the country next to the arrow. Don’t write the names on the
map)
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ii. Name the country based on the following country flags
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(11 Marks)
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