Unit 12: Option F — The Geography of Food and Health
Topic 12.2: Food systems and the spread of disease Questions
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Why does famine rarely have just one cause?
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Outline one way the energy input to farming changes when food production is mechanized, and develop your answer.
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Explain the difference between expansion diffusion and relocation diffusion in the spread of disease, using an example of each.
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When farming is mechanized, the energy input usually…
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Using the table, state the age group with the lowest incidence in Year 1.
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A warm, wet climate speeds the spread of malaria because it…
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Which is a physical (environmental) cause of food insecurity?
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Using the table, estimate the mean incidence across the three years for the 10-14 age group.
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Relocation diffusion of a disease happens when…
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Outline how a lack of hygiene education can spread a water-borne disease.
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Using the table, identify the median percentage in 2016.
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Which is an economic factor in the spread of disease?
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Explain one barrier to the spread of malaria.
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Explain how mechanizing food production can raise yields but also raise energy use.
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Outline how mechanized farming increases indirect energy inputs.
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Using the table, estimate the week in which cases peaked.
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Outline why vertical farming suits only some crops and farmers.
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The table shows the percentage of children sleeping under an insecticide-treated mosquito net in five sub-Saharan African countries, in 2003 and 2016.
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