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Living World - AQA (9-1) GCSE Geography
Living World - AQA (9-1) GCSE Geography
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Living World Rainforests Deserts
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1
Consumers are
animals that get their energy from producers
direct links between species
a community of plants and animals
living parts of the ecosystem
2
A challenge of development the hot desert environment is...
cold temperatures
not much land available
inaccessibility - transport links
energy development
3
Name an area of the Western Desert that attracts large number of tourists
Yellowstone National Park
Los Angeles
Texas
Las Vegas
4
The Great Green Wall can help manage desertification because...
It provides soil stability
It provides shade from the sun
It will provide oxygen
trees give stability & shade so local people can grow crops
5
How do international agreements about the use of tropical hardwoods manage deforestation?
Hardwoods are only allowed to be used for certain reasons
There is a limit to how much hardwood can be sold a year
Encourages the trade of sustainably managed tropical timber
Makes trading tropical timber illegal
6
What is the name given to a large scale ecosystem?
Habitat
Food web
Biome
Ecological system
7
All of these cause desertification but which one is the odd one out?
Overcultivation
Climate change
Removal of fuel wood
Overgrazing
8
Which one of these is a way nutrients is lost in a food chain
Through excretion
Through movement and digestion
Through eating the entire animal
Through eating the entire plant
9
Which of these is a positive impact of deforestation?
Economic development
Growth of tribal societies
Contribution to climate change
Soil erosion
10
Which of these are abiotic components
Microbes
Plants
Rocks
Fauna
11
A food web shows
The abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem
the direct links between predator and prey
the complex links between many species
none of these
12
All these are examples of Biomes except one. Which is the odd one out?
Desert
Tundra
Rainforest
Pond
13
What is the following adaptation called?
Buttress roots
Tap roots
Lianas
Drip tips
14
Photosynthesis is carried out by all these except:
Plankton
Algae
Plants
Microbes
15
Biodiversity means....
The range and amount of species found in an area
How species adapt to their environment
Predators + prey
The number of plants in an area
16
Desertification is
an area on the fringe of desert becoming sandy
fertile land on the edge of a desert becoming degraded
Areas becoming dry
Not being able to grow food in the desert
17
These get energy from the sun
Predators
Decomposers
Consumers
Producers
18
When plants and animals die, decomposers help to recycle
Fungi
Nutrients
Fur
energy
19
Soils in rainforests have poor fertility because
The rain washes out the nutrients
The temperature is too hot
They are too deep
The nutrients are quickly recycled to the plants
20
Which of these is
NOT
a cause of deforestation
Mineral extraction
Soil erosion
Energy development
Population growth
