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WorksheetsYear 9 PPE Prep
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 21mins
Grid references are?
Light Brown Lines found on a map used to show the height and shape of the land?
Blue Numbered lines that run vertically [North/South] and horizontally [East West] on a map?
Used to find specific locations on a map?
Usually given as a 4-fig or 6-fig grid references?
What is the 4-figure Grid Reference (GR) for the caravan?
1632
1631
3116
1531
What is the 4-figure GR for the letter B?
1531
1432
1530
1431
What is the golden rule for finding a Grid Reference?
Never eat soggy Weet-a-Bix.
Along the corridor, then up the stairs.
Along the pathway, and through the gate.
Eastings before bee-stings.
Scale helps us to measure what?
(a)
A map that is 1:50000 means the features are reduced/made smaller by how much?
5000
5500
55000
50000
What tool would you use to measure the distance between two places on a map?
key
legend
scale
grid
What term describes the numbers of deaths per 1000 of the population per year?
(a)
1. Which of the following countries is more economically developed?
Yemen
Norway
Ethiopia
Afghanistan
Countries with high levels of literacy and higher education are in which level of economic development?
More Developed
Newly Industrialized
Less Developed
HDI means?
Human Development Inbox
Human Development Index
Human Demographic Index
Human Declining Index
Three indicators of development of a country
GDP per capita, literacy rate and life expectancy.
Richness, industrial production and business
Multinationals and industry
Technology, trade and research
What age groups does the bottom of a population pyramid represent?
The elderly
The working adults
The children
Males
What age group does the top of the population pyramid represent?
The working people
The rich people
The elderly
The young people
Lower birth rate
More developed
Less developed
Is this country Developed or Developing?
Developed
Developing
Which country, A or B, has an ageing population?
A
B
Based on this country's population pyramid, their population is
Increasing
Stable
Decreasing
A volcanic eruption can be either _____.
explosive or gentle
explosive or violent
explosive or smooth
explosive or a geyser
Mt Merapi is a ______ volcano.
strato
composite
strato or composite they are the same
shield
It is located above a ______ plate boundary
diverging
converging
transform
What are the two main hazards associated with Mt Merapi?
lahars and ash clouds
pyroclastic flows and lava flows
pyroclastic flows and lahars
lahars and lava flows
353 people died during the 2010 eruption - this is an example of a _______ impact
long term negative
long term positive
short term primary
short term secondary
When did Eyjafjallajokull erupt?
Between March and June 2008
Between March and June 2010
Between March and June 2020
Between March and June 2000
Eyjafjallajokull is a shield volcano, has thin lava, but erupted lots of ash. Why?
The vent of the volcano (lava tube) was blocked by solid rock
Lava had to melt through a glacier. Reaction with water caused ash
The atmosphere in Iceland was very cold
It was an anomalous eruption
Apart from the ash, what other threat did Iceland face (secondary effect)
Snow and ice was forecast which would've add difficulty
The capital was threatened by streams of lava
Being cut off from the rest of the world
Flooding from melting glacier
(Jokullhaups)
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.
True
False
Why are the worlds largest cities located in emerging and developing countries?
industrialisation created jobs, wealth, and services that can't easily be accessed in rural areas, whereas developed countries have de-industrialised and stabilised.
cities in developed countries have ran out of space and can't grow anymore
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
in developed countries there aren't enough jobs for everyone to live in the city.
A mega city is a.......
city with 2 million people.
city with 10 million people.
the most important city in a country.
a city with a million people
