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Year 9 Geography Revision

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does HDI stand for?

(a)  

2.

What is HDI made up of?

a)

life expectancy, GDP per capita and money

b)

school life expectancy, life expectancy and GNI per capita

c)

literacy rate, life expectancy and GNI per capita

d)

literacy rate, health, and GNI per capita

3.

The higher the life expectancy the more developed the country

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Adult Literacy Rate

a)

Number of people who can read

b)

Average Number of people who can read and write

c)

Percentage of people over 18 who can read and write

d)

Percentage of people who can read and write

5.

Examples of human tourist attractions

a)

Theme Park

b)

Beach

c)

Restaurant

d)

Market

6.

Examples of physical tourist attractions

a)

Hotel

b)

Beach

c)

Mountain

d)

Lake

7.
What is a Tourist?
a)
A person who travels overseas for less than 1 year
b)
A person who travels away from where they usually live for at least one night but no more than 1 year
c)
A person who travels from place to place for more one year
d)
A person who stays at home and never visits anywhere
8.
What is a domestic tourist?
a)
A person who travels place to place to learn its history
b)
A person who travels around their own country, outside where they live
c)
A person who doesn't go anywhere
d)
A person who likes to eat chocolate
9.
What is an international tourist?
a)
A person who returns from travelling overseas
b)
A person who travels from the country they live to another country
c)
A person overseas who travels to another city within their country
d)
A person who stays at home
10.

Preservation of animals and their habitat is an example of

a)

positive economic impact.

b)

negative economic impact.

c)

positive environmental impact.

d)

negative environmental impact.

11.

Which of the following is a negative economic impact?

a)

increase employment opportunities

b)

seasonal unemployment

c)

increase congestion

d)

dilution of culture

12.

Which of the following is a negative social impact?

a)

increase in crime rate

b)

increase in congestion

c)

increase in carbon footprint

d)

increase in pollution

13.

Which of the following is a positive impact of tourism on the environment?

a)

Vandalism

b)

Increased littering

c)

Conservation of natural environments

d)

Increased congestion

14.

What is one disadvantage of socio-cultural impact of tourism?

a)

Preservation of local customs and heritage

b)

Dilution of local customs and heritage

c)

Seasonal umeployment

d)

Underuse of facilities at certain times of the year

15.

Select two (2) immediate negative impacts of tourism.

a)

deforestation

b)

population increase

c)

increased pollution

d)

over population

e)

wide spread diseases

16.

Select two (2) immediate benefits of tourism.

a)

deforestation

b)

population decrease

c)

increased revenue

d)

lower birth rate

e)

improved development

17.

Which is NOT a management strategy for defending the coast?

a)

Hard engineering

b)

Soft engineering

c)

Managed engineering

d)

Managed retreat

18.

Groynes are an effective technique because they slow down the process of what occurring?

a)

Transportation

b)

Longshore drift

c)

Nearshore drift

d)

Deposition

19.

How do groynes work to protect the coastline?

a)

They trap sediment by slowing down longshore drift, thereby building up a wide beach

b)

They absorb wave energy so that the cliffs behind are protected

c)

They act as a hard rock barrier at foot of cliff to provide a buffer again the sea

d)

They allow rapid longshore drift along the coastline

20.

If the photo is facing south, which direction is longshore drift working in?

a)

west to east

b)

east to west

c)

south to north

d)

north to south

21.

What is the main disadvantage of using groynes?

a)

They can starve other beaches of sediment

b)

Look ugly and unnatural

c)

Expensive

22.

Which two coastal management structures can you see

a)

Sea wall and gabions

b)

Groyne and rock armour

c)

Gabions and groynes

d)

Sea wall and rock armour

23.

Why are hard engineering approaches less commonly used now? (Choose 2)

a)

They are cheaper and don't last for long

b)

They are expensive and involve high maintenance costs

c)

They can cause accelerated erosion rates further down the coastline and look unnatural

d)

Most coastal areas do not have valuable land and property to protect

24.

Which of these is NOT a soft engineering strategy?

a)

Beach nourishment

b)

Beach reprofiling

c)

Sand dune regeneration

d)

Gabions

25.

Beach nourishment is .... (choose 2)

a)

when and or shingle is moved from the front to back of the beach by bulldozers

b)

When marram grass is planted to stabilise the beach

c)

A more sustainable form of protecting the coastline

d)

when and sand or shingle is dredged offshore and dumped onto beaches

26.

Managed retreat is a deliberate policy of allowing the sea to _________ or erode an area of low value land

a)

flood

b)

deposit

c)

transport

d)

protect

27.
Is there any cost associated with managed retreat?
a)
No - no techniques are put in place
b)
Yes - techniques are put in place
c)
No - this is a soft engineering method
d)
Yes - compensation has to be offered
28.

What is the GNI per capita?

a)

people who can read and write

b)

the jobs people do

c)

average income per person

d)

children per woman

29.

Which is NOT a good indicator of development?

a)

population growth

b)

birth rate

c)

death rate

d)

population density

30.

With a ................................... wave, the swash is stronger than the backwash.

a)

destructive

b)

constructive

c)

swash

d)

backwash

31.

With a ................................... wave, the backwash is stronger than the swash.

a)

destructive

b)

constructive

c)

swash

d)

backwash

32.
The type of erosion that occurs when pebbles bang together
a)
Abrasion
b)
Attrition
c)
Hydraulic action
d)
Solution
33.
I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment
a)
Deposition
b)
Erosion
c)
Swash
d)
Backwash
34.

This coastline was created due to...

a)

Erosion

b)

Deposition

c)

Using your phone in class

d)

Both

35.
What is the erosional process in which rocks are pushed by waves up against the headland, eroding the cliff face further?
a)
Hydraulic action.
b)
Abrasion.
c)
Attrition.
d)
Solution.
36.

Force of waves hits cliffs forcing pockets of air into cracks causing minor explosions

a)

Abrasion

b)

Solution

c)

Hydraulic Action

d)

Attrition