Unit 9: Option C — Extreme Environments
Topic 9.3: Managing extreme environments Questions
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The land-use map below shows villages and resources in a hot, arid area of northern Senegal.
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Explain how overgrazing speeds up the process of desertification.
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A remote, glaciated mountain area has very limited road access. Outline one way poor accessibility makes developing its resources difficult, and explain it.
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Explain how technology can increase the water available for use in a hot, arid environment.
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Outline one method by which water can be obtained in a hot, arid area, and develop how it works.
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The table shows the land area vulnerable to desertification in four Asian countries, split by terrain.
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The scope to use a resource in an extreme environment varies between places mainly because of differences in…
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Desertification is best defined as the…
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An extreme environment in this option is best described as…
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Suggest two reasons why some arid regions are more vulnerable to desertification than others.
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Which is a human cause of desertification?
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Low rainfall makes farming in a hot, arid environment hard mainly because…
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Overgrazing speeds desertification mainly because it…
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Explain how the presence of armed conflict can increase the rate of desertification.
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Climate change is hard to manage as a cause because it is…
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Remoteness hinders resource development in cold environments because it…
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Which technology most directly increases usable freshwater in a dry coastal area?
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The African Great Green Wall is an example of…
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Outline one way that remoteness makes developing resources in a cold environment difficult, and explain why.
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Explain how poor irrigation can lead to desertification.
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