Cambridge IGCSE Geography Pre-assessment

The source of energy that comes from the intense heat beneath Earth's surface is

• nuclear fusion
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• chemical energy

What percentage of total global water is fresh water?

• 0.9%

• 68.7%

• 2.5%

• 30.1%

Why is water scarcity becoming more of a problem?

• population increase

• climate change

• increasing rainfall

• increasing pollution

• increasing demand from agriculture

Annotate

• Add labels of notes or short comments, usually to a diagram, map or photograph to describe or explain.

• Add the remaining detail or details required

• Look carefully at (usually one of the figures in the question paper).

• Use evidence to make judgements about a statement.

Which is the best example of a cash crop?

• tomatoes

• cotton

• dairy cattle

• wheat

The average number of children a woman of childbearing years would have in her lifetime, if she had children at the current rate for her country

• birthrate
• infant birth rate
• rate of natural increase
• fertility rate

The number of deaths per thousand

• rate of natural decrease
• carrying capacity
• mortality rate
• population density

A factor that causes people to leave their homelands and migrate to another region

• push factor
• pull factor

A factor that draws or attracts people to another location

• push factor
• pull factor

When a country loses its most educated and talented workers to other countries because of migration , it is known as

• Brain wash

• Brain waste

• Brain drain

• Brain migration