AQA Geography GCSE

When is a natural event a hazard?

• When the natural event is very large.

• When the natural event impacts on people and human activities.

• When the natural event is caused by people and human activities.

• All natural events are hazards.

Tectonic hazards are most likely to occur where?

• At 'hot spots' in the Earth's crust.

• In the middle of an ocean

• In the center of tectonic plates

• On tectonic plate margins

At which type of plate margin does subduction occur?

• Destructive plate margin

• Constructive plate margin

• Conservative plate margin

Which of the following would be a long term response to an earthquake?

• Search and rescue

• Rebuilding and reconstruction

• Providing medical care

• Providing shelter

It is impossible to make accurate predictions about earthquakes - True or False

• True

• False

True or False - Leaching is the process of soils being enriched by nutrients.

• True

• False

How can tropical rainforests be managed sustainably? (Choose all that apply)

• Selective logging and replanting

• Commercial ranching

• Conservation and education

• Mineral extraction

Where would you find a Hadley cell?

• North and south of the equator

• In the polar regions

• At the outer edge of the atmosphere

• North of the equatot

The ocean temperature must be above what for a tropical storm to form?

• 10 °C

• 17°C

• 20 °C

• 27 °C

Where are most of the world's hot deserts found?

• On the equator

• At about 30° north and south of the equator

• At about 60° north and south of the equator

• At about 5° north and south of the equator