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GEO1211 - Quiz 2
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1
How much lower was sea-level during the
Last Glacial Maximum (LGM)
than present day?
125m
45m
100m
250m
2
What does
MIS
stand for?
Marine Interglacial Stage
Major Ice Sheet
Marine Isotope Stage
Main Interglacial Stage
3
At its
maximum extent
, the British ice sheet is likely to have covered which modern day city?
Bristol
Cardiff
Exeter
Birmingham
4
Evidence of significant
Quaternary glaciation
has been found in...
Portugal
Tunisia
Greece
Morocco
5
When did the lost 'country' of
Doggerland
fall entirely below sea-level?
4200 years ago
11,500 years ago
21,000 years ago
8200 years ago
6
Which of these periods refers to a
glacial
in the
British Quaternary stratigraphy
?
Ipswichian
Devensian
Holocene
Anglian
7
Dansgaard-Oeschger events are...
Ice-rafted debris events
Abrupt cooling events within an interglacial
Comet impact events
Abrupt warming events within a glacial
8
In the UK, the 1100-year
Younger Dryas
cooling event, was
originally
termed the....
Loch Lomond Interstadial
Loch Lomond Glacial
Loch Lomond Interglacial
Loch Lomond Stadial
9
Which of the following components influences climate-system in the North Atlantic?
Thermohaline
Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)
North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
Gulf Stream
10
What does the North Atlantic Oscillation drive change in?
Heat and moisture transport
Sea ice extent
The Gulf Stream
The Jet Stream
11
What was the last glacial period known as in the UK?
Devensian
Ipswichian
Cromerian
Anglian
12
In the diagram, which letters represent key regions associated with SAM?
D
B
A
C
13
What do researchers claim shows evidence of Quaternary glaciation on
Dartmoor
?
Glacial erratics
Over-deepened valleys
Glacial till
Ice age mammal remains
14
An
'interstadial'
is...
...something you should go to the Doctor about?
...a longer warm period BETWEEN two glacial periods?
...a short warmer period DURING a glacial period?
...a short cold period DURING an interglacial period?
15
Why is the southern ocean important?
Source/sink of carbon
Links Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans
Whales
Antarctic Circumpolar Current
16
The Eemian is a synonym for which interglacial period?
Hoxnian
Flandrian
Sangamonian
Ipswichian
17
When was the Last Glacial Maximum?
11,500 - 12,500 years ago
20,000-25,000 years ago
10,000 - 15,000 years ago
120,000 - 130,000 years ago
18
On the diagram, which is the Younger Dryas stadial?
A
C
B
D
19
Which of these is
NOT
a synonym for the last interglacial period?
Eemian
Devensian
Ipswichian
Sangamon
20
How many Dansgaard-Oeschger events were there during the last glacial period?
25
6
12
18
