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Key Facts: Saxony Abitur Geography Exam

255 minutes

Written Geographie Grundkurs Arbeitszeit including Lese- und Auswahlzeit

VwV Abiturprüfung 2026 (REVOSax Sachsen)

20.04.2026

Statewide written main date for Geographie (Nachtermin 12.05.2026)

VwV Bedarf und Schuljahresablauf 2025/2026 / SMK calendar

SMK

Administered by the Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Kultus as a landeseinheitliche Prüfung

SMK / Schule Sachsen

Lehrplan GEO

Oberstufe Lernbereiche span Geodynamik, Atmosphäre, Disparitäten, Ressourcen, Landschaftszonen, Bevölkerung/Stadt, Sachsen/Europa

Schulportal Sachsen — Lehrplan Gymnasium Geographie

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1In Saxony's Gymnasium Geographie Lehrplan (Jgst. 11 Grundkurs), which Lernbereich focuses on endogenic Earth processes such as plate tectonics and volcanism?
A.Europa im Wandel
B.Stadtökologie
C.Tragfähigkeit der Erde
D.Geodynamische Prozesse
Explanation: Jahrgangsstufe 11 Grundkurs Lernbereich 1 is Geodynamische Prozesse (about 15 Unterrichtsstunden), covering endogenic/exogenic Earth dynamics.
2What primarily drives the motion of lithospheric plates?
A.The Moon's magnetic field
B.Human mining activity
C.Convection currents in the mantle and slab-pull/ridge-push forces
D.Ocean tides alone
Explanation: Plate tectonics is driven mainly by mantle convection plus slab-pull and ridge-push forces acting on lithospheric plates.
3At a divergent plate boundary, which process is typical?
A.Continental collision forming fold mountains exclusively
B.Only transform faulting with no crustal creation
C.Complete stoppage of magma production worldwide
D.Seafloor spreading and formation of new oceanic crust
Explanation: Divergent boundaries (e.g., mid-ocean ridges) produce new oceanic crust through seafloor spreading.
4The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is best classified as which plate-boundary type?
A.Convergent (destructive) only
B.Transform only
C.Divergent (constructive)
D.A purely atmospheric front
Explanation: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is a classic divergent constructive boundary where plates move apart and new crust forms.
5What is the primary physical driver of Earth's large-scale atmospheric circulation?
A.Volcanic eruptions alone
B.Ocean tides alone
C.Human emissions as the sole cause
D.Uneven solar heating between equator and poles, modified by the Coriolis effect
Explanation: Differential solar heating creates pressure gradients; Earth's rotation (Coriolis) deflects winds into planetary circulation cells.
6Hadley cells are atmospheric circulation cells that operate roughly between which latitudes?
A.Only between 60° and the poles
B.Only along transform faults
C.Only within city heat islands
D.The equator and about 30° N/S
Explanation: Hadley cells rise near the equator and descend around 30° latitude, shaping subtropical highs and trade winds.
7In Köppen climate classification, a Cfb climate (e.g., much of western/central Europe including parts of Germany) is characterized by:
A.Hot desert with almost no rainfall
B.Tropical rainforest with no dry season
C.Temperate climate with year-round precipitation and a warm (not hot) summer
D.Ice-cap climate with no vegetation
Explanation: Cfb denotes a temperate oceanic/marine climate: mild winters, warm summers, precipitation distributed through the year — typical of large parts of northwestern and central Europe.
8Orographic precipitation is most likely when:
A.Air sinks into a desert basin and warms
B.Only inside sealed greenhouses
C.Moist air is forced to rise over a mountain range, cools adiabatically, and condenses on the windward side
D.Only when the Moon is full
Explanation: Windward orographic lift cools air to saturation, producing precipitation; leeward rain shadows are common.
9Which Saxon Mittelgebirge landscape is especially associated with Cretaceous sandstone formations and Elbe river gorge scenery?
A.Elbsandsteingebirge (Saxon Switzerland)
B.The Amazon Basin
C.The Sahara Desert
D.The East African Rift exclusively
Explanation: The Elbsandsteingebirge (Sächsische Schweiz) is a distinctive Cretaceous sandstone upland along the Elbe — a core Naturraum Sachsen example.
10Lignite (Braunkohle) extraction in the Lusatian and Central German districts of Saxony/adjacent regions is primarily associated with which environmental–economic tension?
A.Only alpine glacier quarrying
B.Zero landscape impact by definition
C.Large-scale open-cast mining reshaping landscapes while historically supplying energy, now amid Energiewende transition
D.Only underwater coral mining
Explanation: Saxon/East German lignite mining created vast Tagebau landscapes and settlement relocation pressures; Energiewende and recultivation are central geographic themes.

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