GCSE AQA 9-1 - The Living World

Question 1

Biodiversity means...

Accepted Answer

The range and amount of different species in an area

Question 2

All energy in an ecosystem comes from...

Accepted Answer

Sunlight

Question 3

What is it called when increased water access for farming is provided in a desert?

Accepted Answer

Irrigation

Question 4

What is the name of the largest desert in the world?

Accepted Answer

Sahara Desert

Question 5

Which of the following converts energy from the sun into glucose?

Accepted Answer

Producers

Question 6

Which key term is the following describing: where land is gradually turned into a desert due to a variety of reasons.

Accepted Answer

Desertification

Question 7

All of the following are abiotic components of an ecosystem except one. Which is it?

Accepted Answer

Insects

Question 8

Which of the following is a method of sustainable management of the rainforest?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 9

Where is the Thar Desert located?

Accepted Answer

India

Question 10

Why can deserts be considered 'hostile environments'?

Accepted Answer

Hot and dry

Question 11

Plants produce energy from the sunlight using what process?

Accepted Answer

Photosynthesis

Question 12

What is your EGR?

Accepted Answer

Between 6-9, Between 5-8, Between 1-4, Between 3-6

Question 13

Which of the following is not an opportunity for development in the Thar Desert?

Accepted Answer

Using tidal power as a form of renewable energy

Question 14

Which of these is an abiotic component?

Accepted Answer

Rocks

Question 15

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY: Which continent is this?

Accepted Answer

Oceania

Question 16

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY: What country would roughly be here?

Accepted Answer

Brazil

Question 17

What term is used when too much algae grows in a pond, stopping sunlight from reaching the plants within?

Accepted Answer

Eutrophication

Question 18

What does a food web show?

Accepted Answer

The complex links between many species

Question 19

Why are the soils in a rainforest usually poor quality?

Accepted Answer

The nutrients are quickly recycled to the plants

Question 20

What is the name of the topic we are currently studying?

Accepted Answer

The Living World

Question 21

What name is given to the leaves which allow water to flow off easily?

Accepted Answer

Drip-tip

Question 22

When plants and animals die, what do decomposers help to recycle?

Accepted Answer

Nutrients

Question 23

Why do some trees grow taller than others?

Accepted Answer

So they can reach the sunlight

Question 24

Which of the following is not a cause of desertification?

Accepted Answer

Wetter conditions

Question 25

What are buttress roots?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 26

What name is given to trees that grow tallest in a rainforest?

Accepted Answer

Emergents

Question 27

What is the name of the rainforest that covers much of South America?

Accepted Answer

Amazon

Question 28

True or false: deserts can be hot or cold.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 29

Many tourists who visit the Thar Desert come from which country?

Accepted Answer

Pakistan

Question 30

Which of the following is not a threat to Malaysia's rainforest?

Accepted Answer

Wind farms

Question 31

Which of the following is an impact of deforestation in the rainforest?

Accepted Answer

Contribution to climate change

Question 32

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY: Which capital city would likely be here?

Accepted Answer

London

Question 33

Photosynthesis is carried out by all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

Microbes

Question 34

What is an example of managing desertification?

Accepted Answer

Appropriate technology

Question 35

A liana is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Epiphyte

Question 36

What name is given to a large scale ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Biome

Question 37

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY: Which continent is this?

Accepted Answer

North America

Question 38

The following are all biomes except one. Which is the odd one out?

Accepted Answer

Pond

Question 39

GENERAL GEOGRAPHY: Which continent is this?

Accepted Answer

Africa

Question 40

Consumers are...

Accepted Answer

Animals that get their energy from producers

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