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2026 Statistics
Key Facts: BY Abitur Geographie eA Exam
270 minutes
eA Geographie working time (Gesamtarbeitszeit including reading time)—longer than gA's 210 minutes
GSO Anlage 8 / BaySchO Anlage 8; ISB Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Geographie eA
4 offered / 2 completed
Task choice in the written eA exam; 60 Bewertungseinheiten per task (120 BE total)
ISB Geographie Übersichtsblatt; GSO Anlage 8
13.05.2026
2026 exam date for 'alle weiteren Abiturprüfungsfächer – erhöhtes Anforderungsniveau', including Geographie eA
KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026 Terminplan
4-stündig Leistungsfach
Typical weekly hours for Geographie eA in the Qualifikationsphase; compulsory Abiturprüfungsfach
ISB Geographie Übersichtsblatt
Approved atlases
Permitted Hilfsmittel (no comments; highlighting and cross-references allowed)
ISB Illustrierende Prüfungsaufgaben Geographie eA
120 BE
Maximum Bewertungseinheiten for the written eA exam (2 × 60 BE)
ISB Geographie Übersichtsblatt
300 / 900
Minimum Gesamtqualifikation for the Allgemeine Hochschulreife (coursework up to 600, exam block up to 300)
KM Bayern, Abiturprüfung 2026
100
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BY Abitur Geographie eA is a constructed-response written Leistungsfach exam (4 tasks offered, 2 completed, 60 BE each, 270 min / 120 BE total; 2026 date: 13.05.2026)—not MCQ. Topics per LehrplanPLUS erhöht Q-phase include climate, ecozones, risk research, resources, globalization, population/migration, urban spaces and spatial analysis. This free English MCQ bank is a study adaptation only.
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1Why is the anthropogenic enhancement of the greenhouse effect radiatively more consequential than the extra heat released directly by fossil-fuel combustion?
A.Fossil-fuel combustion adds greenhouse gases that trap outgoing longwave radiation continuously for decades to centuries, so each tonne of CO₂ multiplies radiative forcing far beyond the one-time heat of burning
B.Burning fossil fuels cools the atmosphere, so only greenhouse gases can warm it
C.Direct combustion heat is the sole climate driver; greenhouse gases play no role
D.CO₂ reflects sunlight back to space more strongly than combustion heat warms the air
Explanation: Combustion heat is a one-off energy release that dissipates quickly. CO₂ and other greenhouse gases, by contrast, remain in the atmosphere for long timescales and continuously absorb and re-emit outgoing infrared radiation. The cumulative radiative forcing of the anthropogenic greenhouse effect therefore dominates the climate signal—an eA-level distinction between energy release and radiative forcing.
2In an eA analysis of Earth's radiation budget, what happens to outgoing longwave radiation when global surface temperature rises under fixed greenhouse-gas concentrations?
A.Outgoing longwave emission increases roughly with the fourth power of temperature (Stefan–Boltzmann), providing a negative feedback that tends to restore energy balance
B.Outgoing longwave radiation permanently falls to zero once temperature rises
C.Outgoing longwave radiation becomes independent of temperature
D.Only albedo can change; longwave emission is fixed by solar constant alone
Explanation: Warmer surfaces emit more infrared (σT⁴). Under fixed atmospheric opacity this increases outgoing longwave flux, cooling the climate system toward a new equilibrium—the Planck feedback. eA tasks often ask students to weigh this stabilizing feedback against positive feedbacks (ice-albedo, water vapour, permafrost carbon).
3How does the water-vapour feedback amplify anthropogenic warming?
A.A warmer atmosphere holds more water vapour (Clausius–Clapeyron); because water vapour is itself a greenhouse gas, the initial CO₂-driven warming is reinforced
B.Water vapour destroys all CO₂, so humidity cools the planet
C.Increased humidity always increases albedo enough to cancel any greenhouse warming
D.Water vapour only affects weather, never the planetary radiation budget
Explanation: Saturation vapour pressure rises exponentially with temperature. Anthropogenic warming therefore increases atmospheric water vapour, which traps additional longwave radiation and amplifies the original CO₂ forcing. eA materials expect this feedback to be distinguished from the direct CO₂ forcing and from cloud feedbacks, which remain more uncertain.
4Which statement best captures the ice–albedo feedback as a climate amplifier?
A.Warming melts ice and snow, lowering surface albedo so more shortwave radiation is absorbed, which further warms the surface and accelerates melt
B.Melting ice always increases albedo because open water is brighter than ice
C.Ice melt only affects sea level; it has no radiative feedback
D.Albedo feedback operates only on Venus, not Earth
Explanation: Ice and snow are highly reflective; open ocean and bare ground absorb more sunlight. Loss of ice therefore increases absorbed shortwave flux, reinforcing warming—especially potent in polar regions. eA Raumanalyse often links this feedback to Arctic amplification and cascading cryosphere risks.
5ENSO (El Niño–Southern Oscillation) is a key teleconnection. What defines an El Niño phase in the tropical Pacific?
A.Anomalously warm eastern/central equatorial Pacific sea-surface temperatures with weakened trade winds and a shift of convection eastward, altering rainfall and circulation patterns globally
B.Permanent cooling of the entire Atlantic Ocean only
C.Strengthening of the northeast trades that cools the eastern Pacific below normal
D.A purely stratospheric ozone anomaly with no ocean involvement
Explanation: El Niño features warm SST anomalies in the central/eastern equatorial Pacific, relaxed trades, and eastward-shifted convection. Teleconnections then modify mid-latitude storm tracks, monsoon rainfall and drought patterns worldwide. eA expects students to treat ENSO as an ocean–atmosphere coupled mode, not a local Pacific curiosity.
6Why do subtropical west-coast deserts (Atacama, Namib) remain hyper-arid even when some moisture exists offshore?
A.Cold eastern-boundary currents stabilize the lower atmosphere and foster coastal fog; ascending convection is suppressed, so little rain falls despite humidity near the surface
B.These coasts lie under permanent equatorial low pressure with daily Zenitalregen
C.They receive the world's strongest monsoon onshore flow year-round
D.Desert aridity there is caused solely by polar ice sheets blocking moisture
Explanation: Cold currents (Humboldt, Benguela) cool the marine boundary layer, creating inversion and fog. Moisture stays trapped near the surface while subsidence from the subtropical high further suppresses deep convection—producing extreme coastal aridity. eA answers should combine current, inversion and subtropical high rather than cite a single factor.
7Which process best explains why continental interiors at mid-latitudes often show greater annual temperature range than west coasts at the same latitude?
A.Land has lower heat capacity and weaker maritime moderation; without persistent onshore moist westerlies, summers heat and winters cool more extremely
B.Continents always sit closer to the sun than oceans
C.West coasts receive no solar radiation in summer
D.The Coriolis force cancels all seasonal temperature change over land
Explanation: Oceans store and release heat slowly; land responds quickly. Maritime west coasts under westerlies inherit oceanic moderation, while continental interiors experience strong seasonal extremes (Kontinentalklima). eA climate-diagram interpretation routinely hinges on this maritime–continental contrast.
8A climate diagram shows year-round high temperatures (~26–28 °C) and a double rainfall peak near the equinoxes with a short dry spell. Which ecozone/climate type is most consistent?
A.Ever-wet / equatorial tropics near the ITCZ with Zenitalregen maxima following the zenithal sun
B.Boreal climate with long frozen winters
C.Mediterranean climate with dry summers and wet winters only
D.Ice-cap climate with no liquid precipitation
Explanation: Near-equatorial stations often show two rainfall peaks as the ITCZ migrates with the zenithal sun, sometimes with a brief relative dry period. Temperatures stay high and nearly constant. eA requires linking diagram shape to circulation regime, not mere memorization of Köppen letters.
9What is meant by a climate tipping element such as the Greenland ice sheet or Amazon dieback in eA-level discourse?
A.A large-scale Earth-system component that, beyond a threshold of forcing, may shift abruptly and often irreversibly on human timescales, with cascading global impacts
B.Any weather forecast that changes daily
C.A small local flood that drains within hours
D.A reversible seasonal snow cover that always returns identically each year
Explanation: Tipping elements are subsystems that can cross critical thresholds into qualitatively different states—e.g., irreversible ice-sheet loss or forest–savanna transitions—with outsized global consequences. eA expects cautious language: thresholds are uncertain, but the risk framing (low-probability/high-impact) is central to climate-risk literacy.
10Why is Arctic amplification particularly relevant for European mid-latitude climate discussions?
A.Faster Arctic warming can alter meridional temperature gradients and jet-stream behaviour, with debated but plausible links to persistent mid-latitude weather extremes
B.The Arctic cools faster than Europe, so gradients always weaken irreversibly to zero
C.Arctic warming has no teleconnection pathways to Europe by definition
D.Europe's climate is controlled only by Antarctic sea ice
Explanation: The Arctic warms faster than the global mean (amplification via ice–albedo and other feedbacks). Reduced pole–equator gradients may influence jet-stream waviness and blocking—mechanisms still researched, but precisely the kind of uncertain, multi-causal link eA AFB III tasks ask students to discuss carefully.
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