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WorksheetsMassive GCSE Paper 2 Revision Quiz
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 43mins
The focus of Geography GCSE Edexcel B Paper 2 is....
The UK
The Wider World
GCSE Geography Edexcel B Paper 2 has....
Three sections: Development, Hazards and Urbanisation
Three sections: Physical, Human and Fieldwork
Four sections: Development, Hazards, Urbanisation and Fieldwork
Four sections: Forests, Energy, Biomes and Decision Making
Weathering is the process of -
Moving sediment from one place to another
Dropping or leaving sediment in a location
Breaking down rocks in situ
An example of physical weathering is -
Plant roots and leaves releasing acids
Carbonic acid dissolving limestone
Freeze-thaw
Lichens growing on rocks
Over millions of years, weak carbonic acid can dissolve limestone to form -
Cracks in rocks
Caves and caverns
Mountains and cliffs
Carbonic acid is formed in nature when -
Water dissolves particles of soil to form mud
The oxygen molecules in water bond with minerals in rocks
Water bonds with carbon dioxide in the air and/or soil
Plant roots are an example of...
Erosion
Chemical weathering
Biological weathering
Which type of rock is easily eroded by chemical weathering?
Granite
Basalt
Chalk
Schist
What shaped valley do glaciers create?
A shaped
U shaped
V shaped
C shaped
When a glacier erodes a river valley and erodes a rivers interlocking spurs, what is the feature called?
Truncated spurs
Hanging valley
Corrie
Arete
Where in the UK would you find a house make from these materials?
The Fens
Lake District
Yorkshire Dales
The Weald (South Downs)
Where in the UK would you find this landscape?
The Fens
Lake District
Yorkshire Dales
Weald (South Downs)
Where in the UK would you find a house make from these materials?
The Fens
Lake District
Yorkshire Dales
The Weald (South Downs)
At the bottom of a cliff face in the English Lake District you will find which feature made from a pile of frost shattered rock? A _____ _____
(a)
Which landscape feature is this?
Flood plain
U-shaped valley
Levees
V-shaped valley
Which landscape feature is shown here in the red box?
V-shaped valley
Interlocking spurs
Ox-bow lake
Flood plain
Which landscape feature is shown here?
A ribbon lake
A V-shaped valley
A dip slope
A delta
Which landscape feature is shown here by the red arrow?
A ribbon lake
A scree slope
A landslide
A misfit stream
Which landscape feature is this?
A V-shaped valley
A U-shaped valley
A dip slope
An escarpment
Which feature of a chalkland landscape is shown here?
A dry valley
A marsh
A levee
A U-shaped valley
Give the 6 figure grid reference for the 155m spot high (leave no spaces between the 6 numbers).
(a)
When rocks are folded up it creates an...
(a)
The UK's upland areas are mainly found in the...
South and East
East
North
North and West
The UK's igneous and metamorphic rocks are found in the...
North & West
North & East
South & East
North and Southeast
The UK's highest rainfall totals are found in the...
East and Southeast
Yorkshire
West
Northeast
The movement of water down the beach is known as ...
Swash
Backwash
Fetch
I have a strong swash and weak backwash. What am I?
Constructive Wave
Longshore Drift
Destructive Wave
Erosion
I have a weak swash and strong backwash. My backwash removes sediment from the beach. My waves are steep and close together. What am I?
Destructive Wave
Longshore Drift
Transportation
Constructive Wave
The movement of the material along a coastline is called?
Erosion
Longshore Drift
Fetch
Destructive Waves
What is left when an arch collapses?
(a)
Select two methods of secondary data did you used to choose your study sites along the York transect?
Ordnance Survey Maps
UK Geological map
Index of multiple deprivation website
Decibel levels
Which one of these methods is not quantitative?
The width of the houses
Environmental quality survey
Decibel readings
Field sketches
Which 2 methods would make your house width data more reliable?
Use a tape measure
Walk the width of the house three times
Measure more houses and use the average
Take a photo
How did you measure the noise levels?
I used a phone
I used the Decibel app in the middle of the street for 1 minute and recorded the average
I used an app and took the biggest noise
I used a 1-10 scale with 10 being loudest and wrote down how loud I though it was.
What is the name for the gathering information along one road into a city?
Transect
Beach profile
Houses on Kitchener Street are smaller than those on Bell Farm Avenue but they are often more expensive. which of these answers might suggest why?
Because they are warmer and have lower energy bills
Because it looks like the TV soap Coronation Street
They are closer to the CBD
They there is no garden to look after
Which of these methods collected qualitative data?
Field sketches
House width measurement
Decibel readings
House price secondary research
Which of these is the hypothesis of your York fieldwork enquiry?
: To investigate the difference in housing and the quality of life in an urban area.
The quality of life improves as you move towards the city centre
The quality of life improves with distance from the city centre
House prices increase as you move away from the city centre
The new economy is based on the:
Primary and Secondary Sectors
Secondary and Tertiary Sectors
Tertiary and Quaternary Sectors
Secondary and Quaternary Sectors
The old economy is based on the:
Primary and Secondary Sectors
Secondary and Tertiary Sectors
Tertiary and Quaternary Sectors
Primary and Tertiary Sectors
Deindustrialisation is...
the decline of services within a country
the increase of services within a country
the increase of manufacturing within a country
the decline of manufacturing within a country
The Knowledge Economy is based on which sector?
Primary Sector
Secondary Sector
Tertiary Sector
Quaternary Sector
Where do most companies in the knowledge economy prefer to locate?
In city centres
In town centres
Rurally
The new rural economy allows people to work almost anywhere. Working from home is also known as?
Television
Telecommunicating
Teleworking
Teleconnecting
The ............ effect led to the decline of many northern towns.
domino
chain
ripple
knock on
Population Density is measured in?
cm²
m²
km²
miles²
The (a) is when people or businesses move to an area and invest money on housing and services, which in turn creates more jobs and attracts more people.
What is globalisation?
The process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected
The process by which the world is becoming less interconnected
The process by which the world is becoming more divided
What is a key challenge faced by urban areas in the UK?
Lack of cultural diversity
Urban sustainability
Decline in technology
Excessive rural development
What is a common feature of urban sustainability?
Higher energy consumption
Efficient public transport
Increased waste production
Decreased green spaces
Which of the following is a benefit of urban green spaces?
Higher property prices
Improved air quality
Increased traffic congestion
Decreased biodiversity
A zone of transition between the built-up area and the countryside, where there is often competition for land use. It is a zone of mixed land uses, from out of town shopping centres and golf courses to farmland and motorway. This known as ...
rural to urban fringe
urban to rural fringe
central business district
A plot of land, often in a rural or on the edge of an urban area that has not yet been subject to any building development.
Brownfield site
Greenfield site
Which of the following is a characteristic of an inner city?
It is where large retail and business parks are located
It is where old, terraced housing is found alongside new redevelopment
It is where large shops and offices are mainly found
It is where semi-detached housing is mainly found
Which of the following is a characteristic of a suburb?
It is where large retail and business parks are located
It is where semi-detached housing is mainly found
It is where old, terraced housing is found alongside new redevelopment
It is where large shops and offices are mainly found
What is a brownfield site?
Land that has never been used for any purpose
An area of poor-quality housing lacking in amenities
Land that has been used, abandoned and now awaits some new use
A plot of land in a rural area that has not yet been subject to any building development
Identify a pull factor to an urban area
inadequate supplies of food
Poor water supply
Educational opportunities
Overcrowding
True or false. House prices higher due to more demand in the South compared to the North of the UK.
True
False
Populations can change in rural ( (a) ) areas. Populations can (b) where people move from the city to the countryside, this is called (c) . Also rural populations can decrease, this is called (d) .
What is the main reason for the decline of traditional industries in the UK?
Increase in wages in the manufacturing sector
Decrease in the number of machines used for work
Global shift in manufacturing to new emerging economies
Government regulations on manufacturing
Which industry experienced significant growth in the UK during the 1980s?
Manufacturing
Mining
Service sector
Agriculture
What is a megacity
A city with a population that is rapidly growing
A city with a population of over 10 million people
A city with a population of over 20 million people
A city that has a large number of skyscrapers
Which of the following are reasons for why London is important? Tick all that apply
It is home to the UK government at the Houses of Parliament
Wembley stadium is located there which hosts sporting and entertainment events
It has the major airport of Heathrow which is an international transport hub
It is where the United Nations headquarters is located
What term describes this statement from your physical geography fieldwork... The beach with the concrete slipway will be steeper than the natural beach
(a)
Which of these pieces of equipment did we NOT use on your Flamborough Head fieldwork?
Clinometer
Protractor
Tape measure
Clipboard
Data presentation for the physical geography fieldwork included
cross sections
bar charts
field sketches
population pyramids
Which was the better method used to present the shape of pebbles found at the two beaches?
Pie charts
Bar charts
Line graphs
True or false... We found evidence to support the hypothesis that the beach with the concrete slipway was steeper?
True
False
Which of these is a better explanation than the management for the difference between the two beaches?
The direction the two beaches face.
The lack of ice cream shops at one beach
The lighthouse a Selswicks Bay
stratified sampling
Which of these was a problem with the environmental quality survey
Lack of equipment
It was subjective
It was quantitative
It was objective
Is Terling in a rural or urban area
urban
rural
What word describes London and surrounding rural areas
under dependent
overdependent
interdependent
regeneration
London grew because
It was a port
It was a bridging point
It had good access to the rest of Europe
All of the above
Is the south-east of the UK the core or the periphery?
core
Periphery
The Lea Valley in London was improved by
(a)
