Weekly Quiz Geography Edition - 4th March 2026

The Weekly Quiz - Geography Edition 3 March 2026

What you get:

1. PowerPoint Quiz slide with 20 questions (for whole class activity)
2. PDF answer sheet

Topics in the news and other extra bits include:

• Drax biomass powerstation moves to stop burning Canadian wood pellets
• Research findings on the Hektoria glacier collapse in Antartica
• Informal settlement demolition in Lagos causing mass displacements
• Large sinkholes open up in Konya, Turkey due to dry conditions and over abstraction of water
• Post carnival spikes in coastal pollution in Rio de Janeiro (glitter and plastics)
• The opening of the first geothermal powerplant in the UK
• Waitrose suspend Mackerel sales to help protect fish stocks
• M6.3 earthquake Fiji
• Continued volcanic eruptions in Vanuatu
• Evros river floods in Greece impacting 60 000ha of farm land
• Baboon population in urban areas of Capetown cause problems for residents
• Landslides in Minas Gerais Brazil

This is a test quiz to see if there is any interest out there for more. Let me know if you’d like for me to make this quiz a regular thing in the review. I’ve also prepared a end of term quiz linked below which may be of interest for you.

[https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/end-of-term-quiz-geography-edition-1-13418440]

Have a great week!

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