Managing hazards and urban areas.
Past FOUNDATION paper questions
Questions
2008
2007
2006
2005
2c) Choose a tropical storm you have studied. Explain the impact (effect) of the storm on people
and the environment (5)
2d) People respond to hazards in different ways. Choose a volcano or an earthquake you have
studied in an LEDC.
Describe the measures to predict and to take precautions against your chosen hazard (3)
and
explain the short term responses to your chosen hazard. (5)
4c) Changes occur on the edge of urban areas. Choose an urban area that you have studied in an
MEDC.
Explain the changes that have occurred or are occurring on the edge of your chosen urban area.
(5)
4d) Urban areas are affected by different types of pollution. Choose an urban area that you have
studied.
Describe the causes of air pollution (3)
and
explain the effects of air pollution. (5)
2c) Tropical storms have an impact on people and the environment. Choose a tropical storm you
have studied in an MEDC. Describe the impact (effect) of the storm on the people. (5)
2d) Choose a volcanic eruption you have studied.
Describe the aid given to people affected by the eruption (3)
and
Explain the long term recovery of the area affected by the volcanic eruption. (5)
4c) Choose an urban area that has been polluted. Describe the causes of pollution in this urban
area. (5)
4d) Urban areas in LEDCs are undergoing rapid growth. Choose an urban area in an LEDC that you
have studied.
Describe the results of this rapid growth(3)
and
Explain how the growth is being managed in your chosen urban area. (5)
2biv) People respond to earthquakes in different ways. Choose an earthquake you have studied.
Explain how people responded in the short term and the long term. (5)
2c) Tropical storms have an impact on people and the environment. Choose a case study of a
tropical storm.
Describe the impact (effects) of the storm (3)
and
Explain how the effects of the storm are related to the state of development of the country. (5)
4ciii) Choose an urban area in an LEDC that you have studied.
Explain how the problem of rapid growth has been managed. (5)
4d) Urban areas suffer from air pollution and land based pollution. Choose an urban area that you
have studied.
Describe the effects of air and land based pollution (3)
and
explain the policies that have been introduced to reduce the effects of the air pollution and land
based pollution. (5)
2biv) MEDCs and EDCs may prepare for volcanic eruptions and earthquakes in different ways.
How are predictions and precautions likely to be different in MEDCs and LEDCs? Use
examples from case studies in your answer. (5)
2c) Choose one earthquake that you have studied.
Describe the short term (immediate) responses made by the people in the area (3)
and
Explain the long term problems for people in the area. (5)
4biii) Many urban areas are polluted. For an urban area that you have studied, explain how
pollution is being managed. (5)
4d) Inner cities in MEDCs are changing. Choose an inner city area in an MEDC which you have
studied.
Describe the changes in the inner city (3)
and
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2003
explain why renewal and redevelopment have taken place. (5)
2biii) The effects of tropical storms are different if they occur in an MEDC rather than an LEDC.
Explain how the effects are different. Refer to an example or examples that you have studied. (4)
2c) Choose one volcanic eruption that you have studied.
What were the needs of the people immediately after the volcano erupted? (3)
and
Explain the long-term problems and the aid given to the people. (5)
4biii) Inner city areas in MEDCs are suffering from decline. Explain how this decline is being
managed. Refer to an example you have studied (5)
4c) Urban areas suffer from environmental problems. Choose an urban area that you have
studied.
What are the causes of noise and air pollution? (3)
and
Describe what is being done to reduce noise and air pollution. (5)
2bv) people respond to earthquakes in different ways. Choose an actual case study of an
earthquake. Explain the short term responses that people made top the earthquake. (4)
2c) Tropical storms have an impact on people and the environment. Choose an actual case study
of a tropical storm.
Describe 3 effects of the storm (3)
and
why do people continue to live in the are affected by the tropical storm. (5)
4biv) Many urban areas in MEDCs are spreading into the countryside around them. This involves
building on Greenfield sites. Choose an urban area in an MEDC you have studied. Explain the
advantages and disadvantages of developing Greenfield sites. (4)
4c) Urban areas in LEDCs are experiencing rapid growth. Name an urban area in an LEDC you
have studied.
Describe the results of this rapid growth (3)
and
explain the management schemes which have been introduced to cope with this rapid growth. (5)
Paper 1F questions – 2nd June 2009 (PM)
Questions
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
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1d) Choose an urban area you have studied in an LEDC.
Describe and explain the characteristics of its land use zones. (5)
2d) Choose a farming system you have studied in the EU. Describe and explain the changes that
have occurred (5).
3d) Choose a tropical rainforest you have studied that has been exploited. Describe and explain
the causes and effects of exploitation in your chosen Tropical Rainforest area. (5)
3d) Choose an urban area that you have studied in an MEDC. Describe the characteristics of its
land use zones. (5)
4d) Intensive wet rice farming is carried out in many LEDCs. Choose a study you have made of
wet rice farming in an LEDC. Explain the physical and human factors affecting wet rice farming.
(5)
1d) Choose an urban area that you have studied. Describe the characteristics and the location of
its central business district. (5)
2c) Choose a Transnational corporation (TNC) that you have studied. Explain the factors that
attracted it to a named LEDC. (5)
3d) Conflicts can occur between different groups of people in tropical rainforests. Choose a
tropical rainforest that you have studied. State what conflicts have occurred between different
groups of people. (4)
2b) There have been many changes in farming in the EU in the last few years. These changes
include diversification, set aside and subsidies. Choose a farm system you have studied in an EU
country. Describe and explain the changes that have taken place. (5)
3cii) The tropical rainforest can be exploited, conserved or sustainably developed. Choose an
area or areas of the tropical rainforest you have studied. Describe and explain how the rainforest
has been exploited and the ways in which it could be, or has been sustainably developed. (5)
1d) For a named urban area in an LEDC. Describe and give reasons for the location of its land use
zones. (5)
4d) For a modern high tech industry or high tech industrial area that you have studied describe
and explain its location. (6)
1ciii) Explain why continental climates and maritime climates are different. (5)
3c) Name a Transnational Corporation and one country were it is found. Explain the factors
which attracted the TNC to that country. (5)
4d) For a named urban area in an MEDC, describe and explain the location of the different
residential zones. You may use a sketch map to help your answer. (6)
Physical Geography questions
2008 – Describe and explain how a waterfall is formed. Use ONLY an annotated diagram or diagrams
2007 – Explain the changes which might happen to a meander bend over a period of time. You may use a diagram or diagrams in your answer. (5)
2006 – Explain how an arch is formed and how it might change in the future. You may use a diagram or diagrams in your answer. (5)
A delta is formed where a river flows into the sea. Describe what a delta looks like and explain how it formed. You may use a diagram or diagrams
in your answer. (4)
2005 – What is a hanging valley and how is it formed? You may use a diagram or diagrams in your answer. (5)
Explain how a spit is formed. You may use a diagram or diagrams in your answer. (5)
2004 – Describe and explain the formation of a waterfall. You may use a diagram or diagrams in your answer. (5)
2003 – Explain how an arête is formed. (4)
A cliff is affected by weathering and erosion. Explain how these 2 processes have caused the cliff to retreat. (5)