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WorksheetsAQA GCSE Geography Paper 1 (Physical Geography)
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 23mins
What is an ecosystem?
At which scale would a 'biome' be found?
Local Scale
Regional Scale
National Scale
Global Scale
Which of the following features is not a biotic component of an ecosystem?
Vegetation (Flora)
Water
Wildlife (Fauna)
Decomposers (Bacteria and Fungi)
Write a definition for abiotic components - include an example in your answer.
What is transferred between each trophic level in a food chain?
Food
Water
Energy
What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?
Which global biome is predominantly found along the equator?
Tropical Rainforest
Hot Desert
Deciduous Forest
Tundra
What is the climate like in the tropical rainforest?
Mild temperatures with heavy rainfall.
Hot temperatures with little rainfall.
Mild temperatures with little rainfall.
Hot temperatures with heavy rainfall.
What is leaching?
The removal of nutrients from the soil by rainfall.
The washing away of litter by heavy rainfall.
The breaking down of litter by worms and bacteria.
The dropping of litter onto the surface by biomass.
Name the correct order of the structure of the tropical rainforest.
Forest floor, canopy, undercanopy, emergent.
Undercanopy, canopy, emergent, forest floor.
Forest floor, undercanopy, canopy, emergent.
Emergent, canopy, forest floor, undercanopy.
Which of these are natural hazards?
Volcanic Eruptions
Lightning
Tsunami
Coastal Zones
Oceanic plates are...
Thinner and more dense.
Thicker and more dense.
Thinner and less dense.
Thicker and less dense.
Immediate responses to the Chile earthquake included...
Making temporary repairs to the important Route 5 Highway within 24 hours.
International help was given to supply field hospitals, satellite phones and floating bridges.
Power and water was restored to 90% of homes within 10 days.
Chile’s government launched a housing reconstruction plan to help 200,000 households affected by the earthquake.
One reason why people live in areas exposed to tectonic hazards is...
Farming and agricultural opportunities.
Tourism opportunities.
For cultural and religious reasons.
Opportunities for renewable energy production.
In areas of low air pressure, the air...
Converges near the Earth's surface, rises towards the atmosphere and warms up.
Descends from the atmosphere, diverges at the Earth's surface and cools down.
Converges near the Earth's surface, rises towards the atmosphere and cools down.
Descends from the atmosphere, diverges at the Earth's surface and warms up.
For a tropical storm to form, it needs to...
Form between 5°-15° north and south of the equator.
Form over warm ocean temperatures of 26°C or more.
Form in regions of warm temperatures from the intense insolation found in tropical regions.
Form on land as it allows the storm to gain speed and energy.
In a tropical storm, the conditions are worst in the...
Eye
Eye Wall
Outer Boundaries of the Storm
Long-term responses for Typhoon Haiyan included...
Celebrities such as the Beckhams and large companies such as Coca-Cola and Apple used their status to raise awareness and encourage donations.
More cyclone shelters built to accommodate people evacuated from coastal areas.
A 'no build zone' was ordered along the coastline of the Eastern Visayas.
Aid agencies such as Oxfam supported the replacement of fishing boats - a vital source of income.
Which of the following is not an example of extreme weather in the UK?
Storm Events
Extreme Cold
Fog
Prolonged Rainfall and Flooding
The Somerset Levels Floods in 2014 were caused by...
An additional 100mm of rainfall than average for that time of the year.
Farming practices that had made the land more vulnerable.
Rivers in the area having not been dredged for 20 years.
High tides and storms surges in the Bristol Channel.
The term used to describe the last 2.6 million years of geological time is the...
Triassic Period
Jurassic Period
Paleogene Period
Quaternary Period
The enhanced greenhouse effect refers to...
(a)
Human-induced sources of greenhouse gases include...
(a)
Mitigation strategies to tackle the impact of climate change aim to...
Reduce climate change by lowering the flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Adjust to life in a changing climate – this involves making changes to actual or expected future climates.
Which of the following is not an example of an adaptation strategy to tackle the impacts of climate change?
Changing Agricultural Practices
Planting Trees (Afforestation)
Living with Rising Sea Levels e.g. Buildings on Stilts
Managing Water Supply
Characteristics of destructive waves include...
High Wave Energy
Stronger Swash than Backwash
Stronger Backwash than Swash
Long Wavelength
Concordant coastlines are...
Coastlines where bands of differing rock types run perpendicular to the coast.
Coastlines where bands of differing rock types run parallel to the coast.
Mechanical Weathering refers to...
Which type of erosion is being described here: 'This is when rocks that the sea is carrying knock against each other. They break apart to become smaller and more rounded.'
Abrasion / Corrosion
Solution
Attrition
Hydraulic Action
Which type of transportation is being described here: 'Where pebbles and larger material are rolled along the sea bed.'
Traction
Saltation
Suspension
Solution
What is longshore drift?
Which of the following are not landforms created by deposition?
Beach
Headland and Bay
Spit and Salt Marsh
Wave-Cut Platform
Two benefits of hard engineering strategies at the coastline are...
If properly maintained, they can last for many years.
They blend in with the existing coastline.
They are cheap to implement.
They can be effective at protecting the base of the cliff.
Two issues with soft engineering include...
They trap sediment, restricting deposition further down the coastline.
They are unsightly and can cause visual disturbance.
They often have to be replenished to be effective.
Areas of the coastline may have to be restricted during construction.
Managed retreat is...
A river tributary refers to...
This is the point at which a tributary joins the main river.
This is the point at which a river enters the sea.
This is a small stream which feeds into the main river.
This marks the edge of a drainage basin.
River discharge refers to...
The steepness of the land upon which a river travels.
The volume of water passing through a river at a given point (m3/s – cumecs).
The speed of water as it moves downstream.
The steepness of the land upon which a river travels.
Which two river landforms are shown in the image?
(a)
At which point in a rivers long profile is flooding most likely to occur?
Upper Course
Middle Course
Lower Course
Name two human factors that can increase the risk of flood risk.
Which type of hard engineering strategy is shown in the photograph?
Dam / Reservoir
Channel Straightening
Embankment
Flood Relief Channel
Where does the Jubilee River Flood Relief Channel aim to protect?
Eton and Wraysbury
Windsor and Wraysbury
Windsor and Eton
Old Windsor and Windsor
Name one issue with the Jubilee River Flood Relief Channel.
