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Y9 EOY Quiz excluding Africa

Total questions: 117

Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Human Development Report is published by

a)

UNDP

b)

World Bank

c)

IMF

d)

WHO

2.

Which of the following is a necessary condition for sustainable development?

a)

Increase in the quality of life

b)

Reduction in the level of pollution

c)

conservation of stock of natural capital

d)

All of these

3.

Which one of these is an example of a developed country?

a)

China

b)

India

c)

Japan

d)

North America

4.
What is HDI?
a)
Human Development Index
b)
Huge Donut Industry
c)
High Development Industry
d)
Highly Dubious Imagination
5.
Which three indicators are used to measure the HDI?
a)
Literacy rate, number of trees and GNI
b)
Life expectancy, schooling and GNI per capita
6.
Traditionally, which part of the world is more developed?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere 
7.
What is life expectancy?
a)
How long you are expected to live for when you're born
b)
What people expect out of life
c)
Whether or not you will be born
d)
Amount of money a country has
8.
What is the literacy rate?
a)
The amount of adults who have written a book
b)
The amount of adults who can read and write per 1000
c)
The amount of adults who have electricity per 1000
d)
The amount of children that can read by age 5
9.

Countries with higher income are _____________ than others with less income.

a)

Less developed

b)

More developed

c)

Less stronger

d)

More organized

10.

Which one of these is not a developed country?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.
Sub-Saharan Africa has all of the following problems, EXCEPT
a)
Corrupt and/or inefficient governments
b)
Low levels of female empowerment
c)
A lack of mineral resources
d)
A relatively uneducated populace
12.

Development of a country can generally be determined by its:

a)

per capita income

b)

average literacy level

c)

health status of its people

d)

none of these

13.

Total income of the country divided by its

total population is known as: ‘

a)

Capital Income

b)

National Income

c)

Per capita income

d)

GDP

14.

Name countries that are getting Americas e-waste?

a)

India

b)

China

c)

Pakistan

d)

Nigeria

e)

Ghana

15.

Where is the most e-waste generated from?

a)

USA

b)

Europe

c)

India

d)

China

16.

What percent of recycled electronics end up in developing countries?

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

80%

17.

Name 3 most toxic compounds found in e-waste?

a)

Lead

b)

Zinc

c)

Cadimum

d)

Mercury

18.

What percentage of cell phones are recycled?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

40%

d)

50%

19.

What can manufactures do to help out with the problem?

a)

Clean up the products by eliminating toxins and have a return policy

b)

Not to manufacture products creating e-waste

c)

Create awareness about e-waste

d)

Attaching information about recycle centers in nearby area

20.

Chocolate is one of the worlds favourite foods. What bean is harvested to make it?

a)

runner bean

b)

baked bean

c)

broad bean

d)

cocoa bean

21.

What clothing item is grown by Fairtrade farmers?

a)

leather

b)

wool

c)

cotton

22.

What two popular drinks are farmed under Fairtrade?

a)

coke and lemonade

b)

coffee and orange squash

c)

coffee and tea

d)

tea and coke

23.

Who can buy Fairtrade products?

a)

rich people

b)

no one in Australia

c)

anyone

24.

What does export mean?

a)

to sell products or raw materials to another country

b)

to buy products or raw materials from another country

c)

to visit another country for trading

d)

a trade that happens with more than two countries

25.

To _________ products or raw materials means to buy them from another country for use in your own country.

a)

export

b)

trade

c)

import

d)

buy

26.

Something that is unethical is ...

a)

morally right or morally acceptable

b)

immoral (not right or acceptable)

c)

illegal

d)

true

27.

What is a co-operative?

a)

a group of countries who buy and sell products

b)

a group of farmers who share equipment/machinery

c)

two countries who trade

d)

someone who grows bananas

28.

What is Fairtrade all about?

a)

better prices and better working conditions

b)

more trade for less money

c)

less money for workers

d)

less crops

29.

Which of these would help a community?

a)

renovating a school

b)

medicines for the local hospital

c)

holidays

d)

creating clean water supplies

30.

A __________ is something that is sold for money.

a)

product

b)

commodity

c)

trade

d)

consumer

31.

What would you call someone who buys and sells commodities for profit?

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

merchant

d)

Marco Polo

32.

What are consumers?

a)

shoppers

b)

traders

c)

countries

d)

cities

33.

A river's ________________ is the starting point of the river.

a)

source

b)

triutaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

34.

________________ are streams that flow together to make a river.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

35.

The place where the river pours (THROWS UP) into the ocean or large lake is called the ___________.

a)

source

b)

tributaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

36.

The area of land DRAINED by a river system is called the _____________

a)

drainage basin

b)

mouth

c)

tributaries

d)

source

37.

The Yellow and Yangtze River are located in _________.

a)

Pakistan

b)

China

c)

Antarctica

d)

Mrs. Call Land

38.

The Indus River is located in ______________.

a)

Russia

b)

Pakistan

c)

Your Backyard

39.

What is the longest river in the world?

a)

The Nile River

b)

The mouth

c)

The Indus River

40.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

U shaped valley

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Floodplain

d)

Waterfall

41.

Which landform can be seen in the photo?

a)

Waterfall

b)

Estuary

c)

Inter-locking Spur

d)

Meander

42.

What landform can you see in this picture?

a)

Waterfall

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Meander

d)

Ox-bow lake

43.

What is the deep water called beneath a waterfall?

a)

Plunge bath

b)

Mermaids retreat

c)

Plunge pool

d)

Pool

44.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

Meanders

b)

Rapids

c)

Estuary

d)

V shaped valleys

45.

The river undercuts the hard rock, creating an overhang.

a)

True

b)

False

46.

"Water cuts into the rock and wears it away," This is called...

a)

sediment

b)

deposition

c)

erosion

47.

Which erosion processes are dominant in the plunge pool?

a)

Hydraulic action

b)

Attrition

c)

Solution

d)

Abrasion

48.

When the overhang collapses the waterfall moves upstream. What is this called?

a)

backup

b)

retreat

c)

surrender

49.

A steep sided valley is formed as a waterfall retreats upstream. This is called a ......

a)

v-shaped valley

b)

gorge

50.

On a meander, the fastest flowing part of the river is...

a)

the outside bend

b)

the inside bend

c)

the left hand side

d)

the middle

51.

Why do rivers become wider downstream? (Select all that apply)

a)

There is more lateral erosion

b)

Tributaries feed the rivers more water

c)

There is more space for them to spread out

d)

They carry more sediment

52.

Which type of erosion is more common in the middle course of a river?

a)

Vertical

b)

Lateral

53.

On the outside bend of a meander, what types of erosion cause the river cliff to collapse into the river? (Select all that apply)

a)

Abrasion

b)

Attrition

c)

Solution

d)

Hydraulic action

54.

What feature is being described here? The inside bank of a meander on a river where sedimentary material is deposited as a result of the slower flow rate

a)

Overhang

b)

River cliff

c)

Slip-off slope

d)

Meander

55.

When a meander becomes very pronounced, this feature is formed. What is it called?

a)

U bend

b)

Horse shoe lake

c)

Oxbow lake

d)

An undercut

56.

What would the river channel look like from B to B'

a)
b)
c)
57.

What would the river channel look like from C to C'

a)
b)
c)
58.

What factor(s) determine a river's ability to erode sediment?

a)

Velocity

b)

Gradient

c)

Discharge

d)

Stream Channel Shape

59.
What is a wall along the banks of a river or other body of water that serves to keep water behind it?
a)
flood
b)
floodway
c)
levee
d)
reserboir
60.
What is a system of pipes or channels that carry away storm water?
a)
storm drain
b)
floodway
c)
levee
d)
reservoir
61.

What is a flood?

a)

When too much water falls from the sky

b)

When lots of water reaches the land

c)

When a river bursts its banks

d)

When a river meets the sea

62.

How does a built up area increase flooding?

a)

The water enters the river more slowly

b)

Less water is absorbed because concrete and build up areas are not permeable surfaces (water cannot go through)

c)

There is more opportunity for the water to be absorbed because concrete and built up areas are permeable surfaces (water can go through)

d)

There is more green space

63.

Why does having lots of plants make flooding slower?

a)

The plants cannot absorb water very fast

b)

The plants' roots are connected to the river

c)

The plants absorb water (interception) so the water takes longer to reach the river

d)

Plants increase run-off

64.

What do we call a chart of a river from source to mouth?

a)

long profile

b)

length profile

c)

extent profile

d)

elongated profile

65.

The river discharge is greater in the...

a)

Upper course

b)

Lower course

66.

The occupied channel width is greater in the...

a)

upper course

b)

lower course

67.

The load particle size is greater in the...

a)

Upper course

b)

Lower course

68.

The channel depth is greater in the...

a)

Upper course

b)

Lower course

69.

Average velocity is greater in the...

a)

Upper course

b)

Lower course

70.

Load quantity is greater in the...

a)

Upper course

b)

Lower course

71.

A diagram that pretends to slice a river like a cake, so you can see sideways bank-to-bank is called a...

a)

Cross profile

b)

Width profile

c)

Side profile

d)

Intersect profile

72.

Which two locations have the fastest water flow?

a)

A and B

b)

B and C

c)

C and D

d)

D and A

73.

The process in which sediment settles out (drops to the bottom) of the water or wind that is carrying it

a)

Weathering

b)

Erosion

c)

Sedimentation

d)

Deposition

74.

This is when rocks being carried by the river break down by hitting against each other

a)

Attrition

b)

Abrasion

c)

Hydraulic Action

d)

Soliution

75.

This is the wearing away of the bed and banks of the river by the materials being carried by the river.

a)

Attrition

b)

Abrasion

c)

Hydraulic Action

d)

Solution

76.

This is the wearing away of the river bed and banks by the force of the water hitting against them

a)

Attrition

b)

Hydraulic Action

c)

Solution

d)

Abrasion

77.

This involves the wearing away of the river bed and banks due the minerals in the rocks dissolving in the water

a)

Attrition

b)

Solution

c)

Abrasion

d)

Hydraulic Action

78.

This is when materials move along the river bed by bouncing

a)

Saltation

b)

Traction

c)

Suspension

d)

Solution

79.

This is the process of transporting dissolved materials in a river

a)

Saltation

b)

Solution

c)

Traction

d)

Suspension

80.

This is when materials are transported by floating along in the river

a)

Saltation

b)

Solution

c)

Traction

d)

Suspension

81.

Some materials are too heavy to float or bounce and so they are rolled along the river bed

a)

Traction

b)

Solution

c)

Saltation

d)

Suspension

82.

Which best describes this diagram?

a)

divergent boundary

b)

subduction zone

c)

transform boundary

d)

volcanic islands forming

83.

The diagram illustrates that

a)

seafloor spreading occurs at a convergent boundary

b)

the oldest oceanic crust is located far from where the plates are separating

c)

the continents are slowly moving toward each other

d)

the youngest oceanic crust is located far from where it is separating

84.

The densest layer of Earth is

a)

the lithosphere

b)

the mantle

c)

the core

d)

the crust

85.

This movement of tectonic plates will MOST likely cause

a)

mountains to form

b)

seafloor spreading

c)

an earthquake

d)

a rift valley

86.

What causes the tectonic plates to move?

a)

rotation of the Earth

b)

convection currents

c)

earthquakes

d)

gravity from the core

87.

The Earth's surface is divided into

a)

several oceanic plates

b)

oceanic and continental plates

c)

continental and crustal plates

d)

seven continental plates

88.

Alfred Wegener proposed the idea of

a)

the Big Bang theory.

b)

the theory of Plate Tectonics.

c)

biodiversity.

d)

natural selection.

89.

Which features are commonly formed at the plate boundaries where continental crust converges with oceanic crust?

a)

long chains of mid-ocean volcanic islands perpendicular to the coast

b)

large volcanic mountain ranges parallel to the coast at the center of the continents

c)

a deep ocean trench and a continental volcanic mountain range near the coast

d)

an underwater volcanic mountain range and rift valley on the ocean ridge near the

coast

90.
The Atlantic Ocean gets about 3-5 ______ wider each year.
a)
centimeters
b)
kilometers
c)
miles
d)
meters
91.
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other is called
a)
Divergent Boundary
b)
Convergent Boundary
c)
Transform Boundary
d)
Subduction
92.

complete the sentence :

the pocket underneath the volcano stores .............

a)

air

b)

lava

c)

magma

d)

water

93.

what are the 3 types of volcano

a)

active volcano

b)

dormant volcano

c)

extinct volcano

d)

non living volcano

e)

living volcano

94.

tell a negative and positive effect of volcano

a)

will help the plant to grow

b)

destroy all homes

c)

the smoke will help the environment

95.

What is magma?

a)

pieces of the Earth's crust

b)

molten rock inside of a volcano

c)

small rock

d)

plates that meet

96.
What type of volcano is shown on the model above? 
a)
Composite Volcano
b)
Shield Volcano
c)
Cinder Cone Volcano
97.
What type of volcano is shown on the model above? 
a)
Shield Volcano
b)
Composite Volcano
c)
Cinder Cone Volcano
98.

A ______ is a duct connecting the magma chamber and the outside of the volcano.

a)

Vent

b)

Crater

c)

Lava flow

d)

Volcanic cone

99.
Once magma reaches the earth's surface it is called.....
a)
Silica
b)
Rock
c)
lava
100.

What is the definition of core?

a)

the 2nd layer

b)

the center of the Earth

c)

molten rock

d)

outer layer of the Earth

101.
This is the name for the chain of volcanos around the edge of the Pacific Plate.
a)
Circle of Fire
b)
Ring of Lava
c)
Ring of Fire
d)
Circle of Magma
102.
There are volcanoes underwater.
a)
True 
b)
False
103.
Where is Haiti located?
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Caribbean sea
c)
Atlantic Ocean
d)
North Sea
104.
In which direction would you travel from Haiti to the USA?
a)
North East
b)
NorthWest
c)
North East
d)
South West
105.
What is the name of Haiti's capital city?
a)
Saint Marc
b)
Jacmel
c)
Port-au-Princess
d)
Port-au-Prince
106.
What type of boundary does Haiti sit on?
a)
Constructive
b)
Destructive
c)
Conservative
d)
Collision
107.

What was the magnitude (size) of the earthquake? Haiti.

a)

6.2

b)

7.0

c)

7.4

d)

6.8

108.

When did the earthquake strike? Haiti.

a)

12 January 2010.

b)

16 June 2011

c)

12 January 2012

d)

16 June 2010

109.
What is the average life expectancy of people in Haiti? 
a)
45
b)
69
c)
67
d)
62
110.

What percentage of the country has people access to clean water? Haiti.

a)

55

b)

32

c)

46

d)

78

111.

Haiti. Would you consider to be a HIC or LIC?

a)

HIC

b)

LIC

112.

How many people were placed in aid camps? Haiti.

a)

810,000 

b)

790,000

c)

807,000

d)

540,000

113.

In the days after the disaster there were more than 20 aftershocks? Haiti.

a)

False

b)

True

114.

How many people were affected by the natural disaster in Haiti?

a)

1.5 million people were affected by losing their homes.

b)

1 million people were affected after losing their businesses.

c)

2.5 million people were affected after losing their families.

d)

1.5 million people were affected after losing their jobs.

115.

What are most tsunamis caused by?

a)

Hurricanes

b)

Tornadoes

c)

Earthquakes

d)

Landslides

116.

Which image shows a tsunami in action?

a)
b)
c)
d)
117.

Tsunamis can be

a)

as high as 100 feet.

b)

as high as 2 feet.

c)

as high as 1,000 feet.

d)

as high as 10,000 feet.

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