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 the presence of armed conflict can increase the rate of desertification.
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Explain how the use of scarce water in a hot, arid environment can cause conflict between stakeholders.
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Explain one positive economic impact that growing tourism can bring to a hot, arid environment.
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The African Great Green Wall is an example of…
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An extreme environment in this option is best described as…
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Which is a human cause of desertification?
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Explain how poor irrigation can lead to desertification.
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Low rainfall makes farming in a hot, arid environment hard mainly because…
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Outline two consequences of desertification for the people living in an affected region.
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Overgrazing speeds desertification mainly because it…
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Distinguish between the physical and human causes of desertification.
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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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Explain one strategy that can be used to manage the causes of desertification.
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Desertification is best defined as the…
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Suggest two ways in which stakeholder conflict over tourism in an extreme environment could be reduced.
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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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Outline one way that remoteness makes developing resources in a cold environment difficult, and explain why.
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Suggest two reasons why some arid regions are more vulnerable to desertification than others.
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Explain one negative environmental effect that rising tourism can have on a cold extreme environment.
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