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WorksheetsYear 9 - End of Year
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 20mins
Why did China introduce the One Child Policy?
To reduce the number of teachers needed in Schools.
To reduce the size of the population
To slow the growth of the Population
To show their control over their people
Which of these is a measure of your pollution impact on the planet?
Air miles
Fingerprint
Carbon Footprint
Carbonisation
From the list, Choose which are renewable sources of energy.
Coal
Wind
gas
Solar
Oil
Choose which statement BEST defines the word 'coast'
The area of beaches and cliffs
The area where the sea or ocean begins
The area between the land and the sea.
Where a river flows into the sea or ocean.
What does the word 'fetch' mean in Geography?
How wide the ocean is
The strength of the waves
The distance over which the wind blows.
The strength of the wind in a storm.
Water moving up the beach (possibly at an angle) due to the force of the waves is called...
swash
backwash
The gravity of the moon causes which of these?
tides
waves
floods
cliffs
What word beginning with 'f' is how the wind transfers its energy to the water to create waves? (a)
The different in the sea level between high and low tide is known by which of these terms?
sea level rise
tidal range
water level difference
tide result
What type of erosion does this image represent?
attrition
abrasion
hydraulic action
solution
Material being worn away to smaller and rounder pieces by colliding with other during transportation is which type of erosion?
abrasion
attrition
hydraulic action
solution
The three processes carried out by waves at the coast are
- Erosion
- Transportation
- (a) ?
When a spit forms, what process has created it?
gravity
longshore drift
storms
erosion
When a spit has formed, what often will form behind it?
New land
salt marsh
river
cliffs
In the process of Longshore drift what word comes before 'wind' in this diagram and means where the most common wind direction is from.
(a)
What does this picture represent at the coast?
groynes
beach
longshore drift
pollution
Name this type of coastal feature. (1 word)
(a)
For a spit to be able to form, which of these is essential?
A long straight shoreline.
A storm bringing extra material.
A sudden change in the direction of the shoreline.
A large river flowing out into the sea
When a headland forms at the coast due to erosion, what is sandy beach area called that forms beside it as shown in this picture? (a)
Headlands like in this picture form when there is what kind of rock type (geology)?
all hard rock
all soft rock
random mixtures of hard and soft rock
bands of hard and soft rock.
Name the headland feature clearly shown in the left of this image.
cave
stack
stump
arch
doorway
Which of the following is a 'primary sector' employment type found at the coast.
Waitress
Teacher
Fish factory worker
Ferry captain
Fisherman
Newquay is a town found in England with many beaches and headlands. Many people like to go here for holidays so in Geography it can be described as a popular (a) destination. (not seaside)
Which of these is NOT an example of a coastal town in Northern Ireland
Newcastle
Bangor
Portrush
Portadown
Global positioning. Lines that run east to west, at equal distances, parallel to the equator are lines of what?
Latitude
Longitude
The Equator is found at 0 degrees. At what number of degrees would you find the North or South pole? (both the same)
10
90
180
360
Which Irish town/city do you find at almost exactly 53 degrees north, 6 degrees west? (a)
Make sure to click on the image and zoom in to make sure.
Which line is north of the Equator?
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Capricorn
The three Gorges Dam is in China on what river? (a) (spelling matters)
The three gorges dam was built on this river to stop flooding and for what other purpose?
Create a lake for sporting activities
produce electricity
to slow the earth's rotation
to prevent water flowing into India
What is an Urban area?
An area of land composed mainly of countryside
An area of land that has many slums.
An area of land mainly covered in buildings
An area of land that has one large building.
What keyword matches this definition? "This is the place where the settlement is in relation to other settlements and the features of the surrounding area, e.g. is the settlement surrounded by forest or is it next to a large city".
site
situation
rural
standpoint
Holywood's situation is best described by which ONE of the following statements? READ CAREFULLY
Near the ocean, on very steep land in the Craigantlet Hills, 25 miles East of Belfast.
Near the sea, on the North Coast of Co. Down, 15 miles East of Belfast.
On the shores of Belfast Lough, to the North of the Craigantlet hills, 5 miles East of Belfast.
On the Shores of Belfast Lough, on the South Coast of Co.Down, 5 miles East of Belfast.
On the settlement hierarchy, what would you find between hamlet and town
city
capital city
single houses
village
Large settlements are usually found...
close together
far apart from each other
What is a settlement?
A place where there are settlers
A place where people agree
A place where people live
A place where people go for walks
Hamlets, farms and fields are examples of (a) areas.
Give the Geography name for the zone of the city found in middle of the Burgess model and also known as the city centre.
Central Bus Depo
Central Business Department
Central Business District
Centre Building district
Which zone of the city would you most likely find this type of house in?
Centre
Inner city
Suburbs
A brownfield site can be described by which of these statements
A site where there has been much pollution in the past.
A site that has never been built on before.
A site covered in trees and forests.
A site that has been built on in the recent past.
