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Quiz: Would you pass a Junior Cert Geography exam?

Let’s take you back to those oxbow lakes.

Is this gap a clint or a grike?
Clint
Grike
The feature circled in the image is known as a what?
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Sand spit
Tombolo

Lagoon
Longshore island
Lines on a weather map joining places of equal rainfall are called...
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Isohyets
Isotachs

Isotherms
Isohels
What name is given to the process where nutrients are washed down through soil?
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Humification
Irrigation

Eutrophication
Leaching
The mountains of Munster formed by _____?
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Alpine foldings
Armorican foldings

Ptygmatic foldings
Disharmonic foldings
Which of these is an actual form of mass movement?
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Ground lift
Mud flop

Bog burst
Soil rip
Which one of the following lists are all examples of people involved in tertiary economic activity?
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Miner, farmer, garda, shopkeeper
Baker, nurse, fisherman, doctor

Baker, nurse, fisherman, teacher
Dentist, tour guide, taxi driver, teacher
Which rock type is associated with Croagh Patrick?
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Quartzite
Granite

Marble
Sandstone
Which is the correct river feature at the letter 'C'?
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Ox-bow lake
Levee

Delta
Distributary
An earthquake starts at its ____?
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Focus
Seismic plane

Epicentre
Fault
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
A
Top marks
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
B
Lovely college points
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
C
'I'll take it'
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
D
You just about scraped it!
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
F
The answer is no, you would not pass Junior Cert Geography!
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