WorksheetsBig Year 11 Knowledge Quiz
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 28mins
1. A _____ ______ is a "who eats whom" diagram that shows the complex feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
(a)
2. A (a) is an organism that creates its own energy through photosynthesis.
3. Which of the following are examples of decomposers?
Fungi
Beetle
Earthworm
Bacteria
4. Which of the following is a tertiary consumer?
Minnow
Owl
Field Mouse
Newt
5. What of following ecosystems does this describe: a vast, flat, region of Europe, Asia, and North America in which the subsoil is permanently frozen
Polar
Coniferous forest
Steppe
Tundra
6. What ecosystem is shown in the map?
Coniferous forest
Deciduous forest
Mediterranean
Tropical grassland
7. ________ __________ is the ecosystem shown in the map.
(a)
8. By removing the squid from the food web, the number of seaweed plants would (a) .
9. Ecosystems are very sensitive to change because the organisms within are closely linked, and are therefore (a) .
10. At the equator, what is the pressure of the atmosphere?
High
Low
11. Tropical rainforests sit where the two _______ _________ converge.
(a)
12. The point at which the two cells converge is known as the (a) .
13. Which of the following are conditions found in a tropical rainforest?
Constant rainfall all year round
a distinct wet season
high humidity
constantly high temperatures
14. Manaus in Brazil receives approximately how much rainfall per year?
2000mm
2100mm
2200mm
2300mm
15. In a climate graph, the rainfall is shown in _____ coloured bars and the temperature is shown in a ______ coloured line.
(a)
16. Trees (a) moisture through their leaves, which then evaporates into the air.
17. Which of the following are adaptations of plants in a rainforest.
Buttress roots for stability
Deep root systems to access water underground
Waxy leaves with drip tips
Shallow roots to absorb nutrients from the top layer of the soil
18. An unsightly rainforest reduces (a) numbers.
19. Which of the following is NOT a cause of deforestation in Malaysia?
Soil erosion
Population growth
Mining and mineral extraction
Road building
20. What percentage of the ingredients in Western pharmaceuticals (medicines) are from rainforests? (approximately)
15%
20%
25%
30%
21. The wind power renewable energy site in the Thar Desert is where?
Bhaleri
Indira Gandhi Canal
Barmer
Jaisalmer
22. Which of the following countries are in the Sahel, and cooperate to construct the Great Green Wall?
Mauritania
Burkina Faso
Kenya
Chad
23. In Rio, as a result of improvements to water supply, what percentage of the population of the favelas had access to a mains water supply by 2014?
80%
85%
90%
95%
24. What percentage of Brazil's total employment does Rio provide?
4%
6%
8%
10%
25. Most people in the favelas work in the (a) sector.
26. The education programmes to help tackle youth unemployment in the favelas is known as the ________ _____ _________ project.
(a)
27. Approximately how many people live in the Rocinha favela?
100,000
120,000
150,000
240,000
28. Which of the following aerospace companies are NOT based in Bristol?
Airbus
Rolls-Royce
LLT Aero-Engineering
GKN Aerospace
29. The process of improving the amount of green space in a city, including parks and nature reserves, is known as ______ ________.
(a)
30. Dereliction in inner-city areas of cities, including Bristol, was caused by the process of (a) , triggered by the movement of manufacturing to Asia.
31. The process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, often displacing current inhabitants in the process, is known as (a) .
32. What percentage of people in Filwood felt unsafe going out at night in 2010?
62%
64%
66%
68%
33. Go to page 180 in the textbook. Which place is found at 635799?
Monks Pool
Green Acres Farm
Tudor Lodge
Mulgrove Farm
34. Using the same map, complete the following sentence. At 635786 there is a (a) .
35. How many spectators can the Bristol Arena (in the Temple Quarter Regeneration Project) for sporting events?
10000
11000
12000
13000
36. Grab the KS3 Progress in Geography Book. Go to page 151. In the migrant story, what is the 17th word?
was
and
working
living
