Restless Earth
1. Using examples, describe some of the hazards of living on a destructive plate margin (4)
2. Using an example, outline the impact of a major earthquake on people and property in the developing world
(4)
3. Describe 2 ways in which buildings in developing countries can be made more resistant to earthquakes (2)
4. Explain how preparation and mitigation could reduce tectonic hazards (4)
5. Explain why some areas are more vulnerable than others (4)
6. Explain the role magma plays in shaping shield volcanoes (2)
7. How do tectonic plates move? (2)
Climate and change
1. Describe two human activities which are increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (4)
2. Describe two challenges the UK might face in the future due to global warming (4)
3. Explain one possible good and bad effect of global warming (4)
4. What is the enhanced greenhouse effect? (3)
5. Describe one natural cause of climate change in the past (2)
6. What is megafauna? (2)
Battle for the biosphere
1. Describe some of the goods and services the biosphere provides humans with (4)
2. Describe two services the biosphere provides and explain why they are important (4)
3. Describe 2 ways the forests are important to human life (4)
4. Explain how one biome is being threatened by human interference (4)
5. Explain the value of one biome you have studied (4)
6. Using examples, explain some ways of conserving threatened species (4)
7. Explain how one biome is being threatened by human interference (2)
Water world
1. Describe how deforestation could affect water-cycle processes (4)
2. Explain how human activity could change the amount of infiltration (3)
3. Name the two largest water stores on earth (2)
4. Explain why Australia’s water is considered unreliable (4)
5. Describe two ways in which climate change could impact on water supplies (4)
6. Explain why the biosphere and lithosphere are important to the hydrological cycle (4)
7. Using a named example, describe how water schemes in LEDC’s improve quality of life. (4)
8. Describe the causes of river pollution and explain how people dealt with it (5)
Coastal change and conflict
1. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of different hard engineering methods used to protect coastlines
(6)
2. Explain why some cliffs erode more rapidly than others (6)
3. Describe and explain the process of Longshore Drift , how does it create coastal landforms?(6)
4. What is a concordant coastline? (2)
5. Describe how changing sea levels can impact coastlines (4)
6. Using named examples, explain the effects of erosion at the coast on people (6)
7. Using named examples, explain how coastal management choices can cause conflict at the coast (6)
8. Describe how strategic retreat would work as a coastal management strategy (4)
Extreme Environments
1. Describe the methods used by flora to adapt to a named extreme environment (6)
2. Explain why flora and fauna need to adapt (4)
3. Describe and explain the human and physical threats to a named extreme environment (6)
4. What is a sustainable management strategy? (2)
5. Describe how people have adapted to living in extreme environments (4)
6. Using named examples, how do people manage extreme environments at local and global scales (6)
7. Using named examples, what evidence is there from the past that people have adapted to live in extreme
environments (4)
Describe how climate change is affecting the Sahel region(4)