geography revision ( restless earth, changing climate, battle for biosphere)

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Test sobre geography revision ( restless earth, changing climate, battle for biosphere), creado por holly salmon el 21/11/2016.
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Pregunta 1

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what does the inner layer of earth consist of?
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  • solid nickel and iron
  • liquid nickel and iron

Pregunta 2

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how hot is the inner core?
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  • 5,500°C
  • 2,000°C

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what does the outer core consist of?
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  • liquid nickel and iron
  • solid nickel and iron

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what is the mantle layer made out of?
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  • semi-molten rock
  • magma

Pregunta 5

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how wide is the mantle layer?
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  • 2,900km
  • 6,000km

Pregunta 6

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what are the 2 tetonic plates called?
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  • oceanic & continental
  • destructive & constructive

Pregunta 7

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continental plates are...
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  • thick & less dense
  • thin & more dense

Pregunta 8

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oceanic plates are...
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  • more dense & thin
  • less dense & thick

Pregunta 9

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why do tetonic plates move?
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  • rock in the mantle is moving below
  • inner core moves

Pregunta 10

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what are destructive plates?
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  • oceanic plate slipping under continental plate
  • 2 plates moving away from eachother

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what are constructive plates?
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  • 2 plates moving away from eachother
  • 2 plates moving towards eachother

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what are conservative plates?
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  • two plate sliding past eachother
  • two plate crashing into eachother

Pregunta 13

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what are collision plates?
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  • two continental plates that collide and buckle
  • two plates that slide under eachother

Pregunta 14

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where are shield volcanoes found?
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  • constructive plate boundaries
  • destructive plate boundaries

Pregunta 15

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where are composite volcanoes found?
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  • destructive plate boundaries
  • constructive plate boundaries

Pregunta 16

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what is a richter scale?
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  • measure amount of energy released from earthquake
  • measure amount of energy released from volcanoes

Pregunta 17

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what is a sign of an errupting volcano?
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  • increase in gas emmissions
  • ground shaking

Pregunta 18

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what is a preperation method?
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  • create an exclusion zone around volcano
  • evacuate animals

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(another preperation)
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  • have emergency food and water supplies ready
  • have emergency boats

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what is a composite volcano?
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  • layers of ash & lava that have cooled into hardenered layers
  • layers of magma hardnered into layers

Pregunta 21

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what is a shield volcano made up of?
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  • lava only
  • magma & lava

Pregunta 22

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what was the richter scale of the boxing day tsunami?
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  • 9.1
  • 8.9

Pregunta 23

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how high were the waves of the boxing day tsunami?
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  • 15-30m
  • 40-60m

Pregunta 24

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how many deaths did the boxing day tsunami cause?
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  • 230,000
  • 500,000

Pregunta 25

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what was a primary impact of the tsunami?
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  • 1.7 million people made homeless
  • 5 million people without food

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what is a secondary effect of the tsunami?
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  • threat of disease from water sewage
  • transport links destroyed

Pregunta 27

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what is another primary effect of the tsunami?
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  • buildings destroyed
  • crops destroyed

Pregunta 28

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what is another secondary effect of the tsunami?
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  • 5-6 million people without food
  • flooding

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what is a primary response to the tsunami?
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  • emergency supplies
  • providing jobs

Pregunta 30

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what is a secondary response to the tsunami?
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  • re-building and improving infrastructure
  • medical care

Pregunta 31

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what are natural changes to climate change?
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  • volcanic eruptions release ash into atmosphere which causes cooling
  • droughts and floods

Pregunta 32

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what is a human cause of climate change?
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  • cars burning fossil fuels
  • aestroid collisiom

Pregunta 33

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what is global warming?
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  • the burning of fossil fuel produces carbon dioxide
  • the melting of ice caps

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what does global warming cause?
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  • droughts & flooding
  • plants to die

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what else does global warming cause?
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  • melts polar ice caps - causes sea levels to rise
  • causes volcanic erruptions

Pregunta 36

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what is an ecosystem?
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  • a group of plants and animals that interact in their environment
  • a large ecosytem

Pregunta 37

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what is a biome?
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  • a large ecosystem
  • a large area of land

Pregunta 38

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plants absorb ______ and produce _______
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  • carbon dioxide - oxygen
  • oxygen - carbon dioxide

Pregunta 39

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what does the biosphere provide?
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  • food, medicine & raw materials
  • food, water and wood

Pregunta 40

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what is a threat to the biosphere?
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  • deforestation, mining, quarrying, pollution, farming
  • infrastructure, transport routes, mining, quarrying

Pregunta 41

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what is deforestation used for?
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  • timber, transport routes, building dams, mining materials
  • wood, paper, buildings, transport

Pregunta 42

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what are National Parks?
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  • parks that conserve natural areas of beauty in the UK
  • parks that conserve the safety of wildlife

Pregunta 43

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what does altitude determin?
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  • plant growth in different temperatures
  • how fertile soil is

Pregunta 44

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a higher altitude =
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  • low temperature
  • high temperature

Pregunta 45

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how does soil effect a biosphere?
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  • effects how fertile different area are
  • controls growth of plants

Pregunta 46

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what are man made causes of global warming?
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  • cattle ranches, coal mines that exposes methane & burning of fossil fuels - exposes carbon dioxide
  • evaporation from oceans that exposes water vapour & respiration from plants - carbon dioxide

Pregunta 47

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what are natural causes of global warming?
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  • evaporation from oceans that exposes water vapour & respiration from plants - carbon dioxide
  • burning of fossil fuels, coal mines, cattle ranching

Pregunta 48

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what is the UK's seasonal weather in the North?
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  • cool summers, cold/mild winters, heavy/steady rain all year
  • warm summers, mild winters, light rain in summer, heavy rain in winter

Pregunta 49

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what is Uk's seasonal weather in the South?
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  • warm summers, mild winters, light rain in summer, heavy rain in winter
  • cool summers, cold winters, heavy rain all year

Pregunta 50

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what causes the uk's climate?
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  • different air masses that meet in the British Isles
  • continental winds in the South East

Pregunta 51

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what wind is in the South East?
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  • continental wind
  • martime wind

Pregunta 52

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what wind is in the North West?
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  • martime wind
  • arctic wind

Pregunta 53

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what wind is in the North East?
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  • arctic winds
  • tropical wind

Pregunta 54

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what wind is in the South West?
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  • tropical winds
  • arctic wind

Pregunta 55

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What is a disadvantage of global warming?
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  • deserts getting drier-desertification
  • longer growing seasons

Pregunta 56

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What is a disadvantage of global warming?
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  • air pollution
  • fewer deaths

Pregunta 57

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what is a positive effect of global warming?
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  • longer growing season
  • disease spread

Pregunta 58

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what is a positive effect of global warming?
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  • less need for energy consumption
  • disease spread

Pregunta 59

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what is advantage of global warming in the UK?
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  • increase in crops - potatoes and wheat
  • increase floods

Pregunta 60

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what is advantage of global warming in the UK?
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  • better grass yield for livestock
  • water shortage

Pregunta 61

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what is disadvantage of global warming in the UK?
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  • increase in floods
  • fewer deaths in winter

Pregunta 62

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what is disadvantage of global warming in the UK?
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  • high sea levels
  • reduction in energy
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