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Year 9 PPE Prep

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Grid references are?

a)

Light Brown Lines found on a map used to show the height and shape of the land?

b)

Blue Numbered lines that run vertically [North/South] and horizontally [East West] on a map?

c)

Used to find specific locations on a map?

d)

Usually given as a 4-fig or 6-fig grid references?

2.

What is the 4-figure Grid Reference (GR) for the caravan?

a)

1632

b)

1631

c)

3116

d)

1531

3.

What is the 4-figure GR for the letter B?

a)

1531

b)

1432

c)

1530

d)

1431

4.

What is the golden rule for finding a Grid Reference?

a)

Never eat soggy Weet-a-Bix.

b)

Along the corridor, then up the stairs.

c)

Along the pathway, and through the gate.

d)

Eastings before bee-stings.

5.
What is the 6-figure Grid Reference (GR) for the power station?
a)
1434
b)
141342
c)
146346
d)
152354
6.
What is the 6-figure GR for the letter A?
a)
1334
b)
145345
c)
139344
d)
135345
7.
What is the six-figure grid reference for the campsite in Cranstock?
a)
815614
b)
806604
c)
614815
d)
851635
8.

Scale helps us to measure what?

(a)  

9.

A map that is 1:50000 means the features are reduced/made smaller by how much?

a)

5000

b)

5500

c)

55000

d)

50000

10.

What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?

a)

key

b)

legend

c)

scale

d)

grid

11.
From Denver to Chicago = 3 in. If the scale is 1 in = 300 miles, find the actual distance.
a)
300 miles
b)
1000 miles
c)
900 miles
d)
600 miles
12.
How many miles would 9 inches be on this map?
a)
10
b)
20
c)
30 
d)
90
13.
How many miles would 4 inches be equal to?
a)
2
b)
400
c)
4000
d)
4
14.

What term describes the numbers of deaths per 1000 of the population per year?

(a)  

15.

1.       Which of the following countries is more economically developed?

a)

Yemen

b)

Norway

c)

Ethiopia

d)

Afghanistan

16.

Countries with high levels of literacy and higher education are in which level of economic development?

a)

More Developed

b)

Newly Industrialized

c)

Less Developed

17.
GDP per capita is highest in
a)
South America
b)
East Asia
c)
North America
d)
Eastern Europe
18.

HDI means?

a)

Human Development Inbox

b)

Human Development Index

c)

Human Demographic Index

d)

Human Declining Index

19.

Three indicators of development of a country

a)

GDP per capita, literacy rate and life expectancy.

b)

Richness, industrial production and business

c)

Multinationals and industry

d)

Technology, trade and research

20.

What age groups does the bottom of a population pyramid represent?

a)

The elderly

b)

The working adults

c)

The children

d)

Males

21.

What age group does the top of the population pyramid represent?

a)

The working people

b)

The rich people

c)

The elderly

d)

The young people

22.

Lower birth rate

a)

More developed

b)

Less developed

23.

Is this country Developed or Developing?

a)

Developed

b)

Developing

24.

Which country, A or B, has an ageing population?

a)

A

b)

B

25.

Based on this country's population pyramid, their population is

a)

Increasing

b)

Stable

c)

Decreasing

26.

A volcanic eruption can be either _____.

a)

explosive or gentle

b)

explosive or violent

c)

explosive or smooth

d)

explosive or a geyser

27.
What is the spread of lava as it pours out of a vent?
a)
magma chamber
b)
pipe
c)
lava flow
d)
crater
28.

Mt Merapi is a ______ volcano.

a)

strato

b)

composite

c)

strato or composite they are the same

d)

shield

29.

It is located above a ______ plate boundary

a)

diverging

b)

converging

c)

transform

30.

What are the two main hazards associated with Mt Merapi?

a)

lahars and ash clouds

b)

pyroclastic flows and lava flows

c)

pyroclastic flows and lahars

d)

lahars and lava flows

31.

353 people died during the 2010 eruption - this is an example of a _______ impact

a)

long term negative

b)

long term positive

c)

short term primary

d)

short term secondary

32.

When did Eyjafjallajokull erupt?

a)

Between March and June 2008

b)

Between March and June 2010

c)

Between March and June 2020

d)

Between March and June 2000

33.

Eyjafjallajokull is a shield volcano, has thin lava, but erupted lots of ash. Why?

a)

The vent of the volcano (lava tube) was blocked by solid rock

b)

Lava had to melt through a glacier. Reaction with water caused ash

c)

The atmosphere in Iceland was very cold

d)

It was an anomalous eruption

34.

Apart from the ash, what other threat did Iceland face (secondary effect)

a)

Snow and ice was forecast which would've add difficulty

b)

The capital was threatened by streams of lava

c)

Being cut off from the rest of the world

d)

Flooding from melting glacier

(Jokullhaups)

35.

Because of the rapid growth in emerging and developing countries there is not enough time to build sufficient houses for those moving into cities. Some people have to rent or build their own homes in squatter settlements.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Why are the worlds largest cities located in emerging and developing countries?

a)

industrialisation created jobs, wealth, and services that can't easily be accessed in rural areas, whereas developed countries have de-industrialised and stabilised.

b)

cities in developed countries have ran out of space and can't grow anymore

c)

people have the ability to build their own house wherever they want in developing and emerging countries, so it's easy to move to the city

d)

in developed countries there aren't enough jobs for everyone to live in the city.

37.

A mega city is a.......

a)

city with 2 million people.

b)

city with 10 million people.

c)

the most important city in a country.

d)

a city with a million people