GCSE BITS


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1. Describe 3 processes of coastal erosion

51. What is meant by the term 'urbanisation'
2. Explain 3 methods of coastal defence 52. Name 3 PUSH factors
3. Explain the process of longshore drift 53. Name 3 PULL factors
4. What do we mean by the term 'managed retreat' ? 54. Name 3 problems caused by rapid urbanisation in LEDC's
5. Why is the Holderness coast of East Yorkshire being eroded so quickly ? 55. What is a commuter ?
6. What is a destructive wave ? 56. What is a Green Belt ? Does King's Lynn have one ?
7. What is a constructive wave ? 57. What are the benefits of settlement growth ?
8. What is a fossil fuel ? 58. Draw a diagram of the Burgess model of Urban development
9. Name 3 non-renewable energy sources 59. What is the CBD ?
10. Name 4 renewable energy sources 60. What would you expect a typical Inner City area to be like ?
11. Name 4 disadvantages of nuclear power 61. What problems are caused by people buying 2nd homes in an area
12. What type of fuel has seen the greatest drop in usage in the UK this century ? 62. What is meant by the term: Sphere of influence ?
13. Name 3 advantages of wind power 63. Give an example of a high order and a low order good and service
14. What is the source of a river ? 64. Name a village locally where a large percentage of houses are 2nd homes or holiday cottages
15. Name and locate a wind farm in the UK 65. Why are large areas of tropical rainforest being cleared ?
16. What is meant by primary industry ? 66. What factors determine the location of a manufacturing industry ?
17. Name a commercial farm we studied 67. How can the problems of traffic congestion in urban areas be reduced ?
18. What is meant by diversification ? Give 2 examples 68. Name an example of a country which has had a large number of foreign migrants enter it. Why did they enter it, and what problems were caused ?
19. What is meant by setaside ? 69. What is the water table ?
20. What is the CAP ? 70. Define the term attrition
21. What are quotas ? 71. Draw a series of diagrams to show how a river is able to produce a 'V' shaped valley in its upper course
22. Name 4 products of which there is a surplus (a 'lake' or a 'mountain') in the EU 72. Name an LEDC where attempts have been made to improve agriculture
23. Draw the model long profile of a river 73. What was Marietta's shamba ?
24. Which example of flooding in an MEDC did we study ? 74. What is a constructive plate margin ?
25. Which LEDC flooding example did we use ? 75. What is a destructive plate margin ?
26. What is a killa ? 76. What problems does tourism cause for LEDC's ?
27. What is an anti-natalist population policy ? Give an example of a country where it has been tried. 77. How has The Gambia benefited from foreign tourists ?
28. What is an pro-natalist population policy ? Give an example of a country where it has been tried. 78. Why has there been an increase in tourism over the last 40 years ? (despite the downturn since September 11th 2001)
29. Name a multinational company 79. What is the main source of fuel in most Sahel countries ?
30. Where is the Pacific Rim ? Name 2 'Tiger economies' 80. What is evapotranspiration ?
31. Name 3 methods used to reduce the risk of a river flooding 81. Name 3 development indicators
32. Name 4 things people can do in their homes to reduce the impact of a flood 82. What is meant by the 'Greenhouse effect' ?
33. What is a hydrograph ? What is meant by the lag time on a hydrograph ? 83. What is Acid Rain ? What problems does it cause ?
34. What is meant by 'appropriate technology' ? 84. Why are some parts of the world sparsely populated ? (give some examples)
35. Why did Toyota choose to build a car factory at Burnaston near Derby ? 85. Which gases help to form acid rain ?
36. What is meant by 'the multiplier effect'  86. What is the natural increase of population
37. What is a census ? 87. What do we mean by subsistence farming ?
38. Name 3 things which are basic needs for a good 'quality of life' 88. What is 'gentrification' ?
39. Explain the reasons why volcanoes erupt 89. Name 3 problems caused by fertilisers getting into a river or lake
40. Why does the UK get few large earthquakes ? 90. Why have so many pensioners retired to Bournemouth ?
41. Name 3 recent earthquakes: the location and the date, e.g Gujarat, India in January 2001 91. What problems are caused in an area when large numbers of elderly people move in ?
42. What is H.E.P ? 92. What are 'little emperors' in China ?
43. What is geothermal energy ? 93. What were the effects of the eruption of Mt. St. Helens
44. Name 2 different types of aid 94. Why do people carry on living near to active volcanoes despite the risks ?
45. What do we mean by the term 'population density', and how is it different to 'population distribution' ? 95. What is a 'plunge pool' ?
46. Where in a river would you find a 'slip off slope' ? 96. What are 'levees' ?
47. Name 3 problems caused by quarrying in National Parks  97. What is an 'MEDC' ?
48. Why is the Aral Sea drying up ? 98. What are the main exports of most 'LEDC's ?
49. Suggest 3 ways in which the Amazon rainforest can be used in a sustainable way 99. Name 1 indigenous group in the Amazon basin
50. What is meant by 'urban renewal' ? 100. How many of the questions did you get right ? Why not try them again, or write your own and e-mail them to me, and I'll add them to the site.

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