Unit 9: Option C — Extreme Environments
Topic 9.1: The characteristics of extreme environments Questions
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Using the table, identify the region with the smallest area of desert.
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Using the table (1 cm = 200 km), estimate the north-south length of the desert.
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Using the table, identify the desert with the smallest east-west extent.
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Outline how temperature makes a hot desert an extreme environment for people.
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The table shows desalination capacity. Estimate the capacity of Country B in thousands of cubic metres per day.
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Using the table, estimate how many times larger Country A’s capacity is than Country C’s.
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Using the table, identify the desert with the greatest east-west extent.
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Explain two physical factors that make building and living in Arctic settlements difficult.
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Using the table, estimate the ice thickness at point D.
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Using the table, estimate the distance from the centre (C) to the east edge (E).
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Using the table, identify the two deserts that stretch furthest from east to west.
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Some semi-arid areas with low annual rainfall are classed as extreme environments. Outline one reason for this and develop it.
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Explain two reasons why Antarctica is so difficult for people to live and work in.
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Using the table, estimate the width of the ice sheet from A to E.
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Outline why intense rainfall makes hot deserts hazardous.
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The table shows how the world's ice loss between 1994 and 2017 (about 28 trillion tonnes) was shared between parts of the cryosphere.
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Which factor makes very high-latitude polar regions hard to live in?
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Sinking air at about 20 to 30 degrees latitude keeps deserts dry because it…
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Explain two physical characteristics that make hot, arid environments difficult for people to live in.
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A semi-arid environment typically receives an annual rainfall of about…
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