GCSE GCSE Geography

Question 1

What is the difference between weather and climate?

Accepted Answer

Weather is the day-to-day atmospheric conditions; climate is the average weather pattern over 30+ years

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They are the same

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Climate changes daily; weather does not

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Weather is only measured at sea

Question 2

What is a 'tectonic plate'?

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A large segment of the Earth's crust and upper mantle (lithosphere) that moves on the mantle

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A large rock on the surface

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A type of earthquake

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A volcanic rock formation

Question 3

What is the difference between a constructive and a destructive plate boundary?

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At a constructive boundary, plates move apart (creating new crust); at a destructive boundary, one plate subducts under another

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Both create volcanoes in the same way

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Constructive boundaries always cause earthquakes

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Destructive boundaries create new land

Question 4

What is the demographic transition model (DTM)?

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A model showing how birth rates, death rates, and population change as a country develops through stages

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A model of global economic development

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A model predicting volcanic eruptions

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A model for urban growth

Question 5

What is 'urbanisation'?

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The process by which an increasing proportion of a population comes to live in urban areas (towns and cities)

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The decline of cities

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People moving from cities to the countryside

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Building new roads in rural areas

Question 6

What is a 'brownfield' site?

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Previously developed land that is no longer in use and available for redevelopment

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A greenfield site in the countryside

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Agricultural farmland

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A protected nature reserve