Edexcel Geography B GCSE Paper 2 - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Three types of rock: ___ made from magma	igneous	91%
over time, ___ builds up to create a flat area of new land	sediment	89%
___ made from compressed sediment	sedimentary	89%
___ another type of rock that was changed by heat or pressure	metamorphic	83%
increased deposition on the riverbed when the river is ___ raise the riverbed upwards	low	57%
it is found all over Britain. Clay landscapes are typically wide, flat plains with lots of bodies of ___	water	57%
both of these make rock more susceptible to ___	erosion	51%
___ shape becomes less steep \| this creates interlocking spurs of land on either side of the V-shaped ___	valley	46%
when an arch collapses	stack	43%
___ walls require minimal maintenance but block the view	flood	40%
the river cuts down into the valley. if there are areas of hard rock which are ___ to erode, the river will bend around it	hard/difficult/resistant	40%
clay is weak and ___ (water cannot move through it) \| urbanisation means less water is absorbed (tarmac is ___)	impermeable	40%
bottom half of the UK, made up mostly of sedimentary rock, forms ___ landscapes \| it is only found in ___ Britain	lowland	40%
when ^^ is eroded by wind and water	stump	40%
top half of the UK, made up mostly of igneous and metamorphic rock, forms ___ landscapes	upland	40%
hard rock: cliffs will be high, steep and rugged. landscapes include ___-cut platforms and headlands	wave	40%
___ building density \| ___ land value	high	37%
after a while, the meander becomes sealed off from the main river: an ___ ___	oxbow lake	37%
chalk is strong and ___ (water moves through it)	permeable	37%
where two caves erode back from either side of a headland and meet in the middle	arch	34%
accumulation of sand and shingle formed by deposition	beach	34%
caused by plants and animals, eg. when tree roots widen cracks in rocks	biological	34%
formed when the waves erode a weakness in the headland	cave	34%
when the rock's mineral composition is changed, eg. limestone being dissolved by the weak carbolic acid in rainwater	chemical	34%
gradient becomes ___ steep \| with soft rock landscapes, cliffs will be ___ rugged and steep. landscapes include bays	less	34%
water travels faster on the ___ of the bend, this causes lateral erosion on the outside and deposition on the inside	outside	34%
London is on the River ___	Thames	34%
rocks thrown against the coast during storms	abrasion	31%
the rocks and pebbles carried by the waves rub together and break down	attrition	31%
it is in western Europe, in the south-___ of the UK	east	31%
most of the IMD indices show that city areas are ___ deprived than rural ones	more	31%
forms an area of flat rock at the base of a cliff where the cliff once was: a wave-cut ___	platform	31%
when there is prolonged, heavy ___ in the region, the rivers flood and water spreads out on the valley floor and deposits the silt	rain	31%
chemical action by seawater on some rocks. these 4 methods also apply to rivers \| materials are dissolved in seawater and carried along in the flow	solution	31%
narrow projection of sand or shingle that is attached to the land at one end	spit	31%
has 6 major ___, including Heathrow	airports	29%
___ form due to the rapid erosion by soft rock	bays	29%
coasts made up of alternating rock types, parallel to the sea	concordant	29%
prevents sea removing sand (but makes other areas of coastline more vulnerable and requires regular maintenance)	groynes	29%
a wave-cut ___ can form between the high and low water lines	notch	29%
however, the opposite is true for some ___ areas due to barriers to housing and services \| settlements with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants	rural	29%
wall that protects cliffs and buildings (but is expensive)	sea wall	29%
improve public ___ systems and use environmentally friendly vehicles	transport	29%
oldest part of the city, now dominated by modern buildings	CBD	26%
different factors reduce the wave's energy and influence ___ by constructive waves \| the bottom half was not covered in ice sheets but was influenced by glacial ___ \| the neck of a meander will narrow as ___ occurs on the inside of the bend	deposition	26%
weight and impact of water along the coast line eroding the coast	hydraulic action	26%
more resistant rock is undercut, forming an ___	overhang	26%
when this can't be supported, blocks of rock fall down into a ___ ___	plunge pool	26%
soft rock is easily eroded, but hard rock is more ___	resistant	26%
smaller stones bounced along the seabed	saltation	26%
less resistant rock is eroded more quickly, leaving a 'step' - the ___	waterfall	26%
longshore drift process: waves approach the coast at an ___	angle	23%
also formed by longshore drift depositing material in a ridge, but grow right across the bay	bar	23%
areas in the north-east were affected by the ___ mines being closed and now earn much lower wages in new industries	coal	23%
the speed of a river ___ as it approaches the sea	decreases	23%
coasts made up of alternating rock types, perpendicular to the sea	discordant	23%
internal migrants are often recent university ___	graduates	23%
three types of weathering: (freeze-thaw. water freezes in rock cracks and expands. over time, crack widens, pieces of rock fall off)	mechanical	23%
in rural areas, people often work more in the ___ sector and get lower wages	primary	23%
case study: the river ___. going downstream:	Severn	23%
large boulders being moved along the seabed by waves	traction	23%
negatives: too ___ for poorer residents, cities lose individuality due to similar strategies nationwide	expensive	20%
this forms a wide, flat ___	floodplain	20%
discharge, depth and velocity ___	increase	20%
the different in time between the peak of the rainstorm and the peak of the river discharge	lag time	20%
after many floods, the deposits on the bank build up, forming ___ \| hard engineering strategies: embankments and ___ blend in with surroundings but may burst and cause widespread flooding	levees	20%
area developed mainly in the early 1900s where improvements in transport allowed people to commute	suburbs	20%
sand and small particles carried along in the flow	suspension	20%
___ have been cleared to make way for agricultural land	trees	20%
interlocking spurs: in the upper course of the river there is more ___ erosion	vertical	20%
___ carries sand and gravel back down the beach at 90 degrees to the coastline due to gravity	backwash	17%
___ change will increase UK flood risk as baking or freezing soil can't absorb water increasing runoff \| wave ___ (how powerful waves are, direction, fetch, height, etc)	climate	17%
___ and reservoirs control the flow of water but are expensive	dams	17%
very well-connected railway, including lines that lead to the rest of ___	Europe	17%
the top half of the UK was ___ during the last Ice Age	glaciated	17%
the waterfall retreats, leaving a steep-sided ___	gorge	17%
___ is hard and resistant to erosion but is susceptible to chemical weathering	granite	17%
ICZM: integrated coastal zone ___	management	17%
bends in the river's course	meanders	17%
waterfall formation: a band of ___ resistant rock lies over ___ resistant rock	more less	17%
number of people per square kilometer	population density	17%
___ pushes sand and gravel up the beach at the same angle	swash	17%
The line separating the North and the South geologically	Tees-Exe	17%
benefits of TNCs (___ ___): bring investment, thousands of jobs and new technologies	transnational corporations	17%
making urban living more sustainable: reduce ___ by reusing/recycling	waste	17%
increases infiltration due to more vegetation	afforestation	14%
human activity: ___ - drainage ditches are built to drain water away from low-lying land to allow crops to grow	agriculture	14%
extra sand added to reduce wave energy and maintain tourism	beach replenishment	14%
this is a ___	delta	14%
not having access to the same resources and opportunities as other people	deprivation	14%
they have a ___ bottom and ___ sides	flat steep	14%
clays, sands and silts eroded by ___ up north were dumped and washed over southern areas	glaciers	14%
___ is the dominant land use and is mostly detached or semi detached (low density)	housing	14%
rural areas are changing due to: house prices ___ because people can afford to live there and commute to the city	increasing/rising	14%
cut off the water to form a ___	lagoon	14%
most ___ are working age adults	migrants	14%
benefits of ___: new jobs, better access to services, derelict buildings are repurposed/rebuilt	regeneration	14%
where the city meets the countryside	rural-urban fringe	14%
runoff is greater and faster on ground with less ___ as plants use water	vegetation	14%
sand and gravel move along the beach in a ___ pattern	zigzag	14%
industries moving out of cities to cheaper locations	deindustrialisation	11%
it is impermeable so landscapes made of this rock have poor ___	drainage	11%
build new housing that is affordable and energy ___	efficient	11%
river ___ can reduce flooding downstream	restoration	11%
increasing flood risk: more impermeable soils and rocks will increase ___	runoff	11%
these 4 are ___ processes and also apply to rivers	transportation	11%
supports ethnic shops and services, like banks and places of ___	worship	11%
___ people move to the city, ___ people move to rural areas	young old/younger older	11%
___ conditions: when the ground is already saturated with water, further rain flows as runoff straight into the river \| increased frequency of storms means more water flowing into the river and increasing ___ conditions	antecedent	9%
flood ___ can be moved to where they're needed and quickly erected but don't provide long-lasting protection	barriers	9%
use ___ sites for development to improve appearance of those areas and create new green spaces	brownfield	9%
it forms ___ when it occurs at coastlines	cliffs	9%
___ form when water erodes a fault in the hard rock and breaks through to the soft rock, eroding it	coves	9%
this is for 3 reasons: helps protect migrants against ___	discrimination	9%
not doing anything and allowing homes and land to be lost	do nothing	9%
negatives: ___ problems abroad might mean production gets shut down in the UK leading to unemployment	economic	9%
the ___ quality is high and there's lots of green space	environmental	9%
scores and then ranks small areas across the whole UK for a range of different measures of deprivation	index of multiple deprivation	9%
part of the city developed in the 19th century when industry was located on the outskirts of London	inner city	9%
it is connected to the rest of the UK by ___ which all lead to London	motorways	9%
local currents and tidal ___ (difference in height between low and high tide)	range	9%
___ ___ ___ with misfit rivers were expanded by glacial action	u shaped valleys	9%
when a city has expanded outwards and absorbed smaller settlements that used to be separate	conurbation	6%
armchair shaped hollows formed on the sides of mountains	corries	6%
zones with tax cuts and faster broadband to attract businesses	enterprise zones	6%
UK governments have encouraged ___ by privatising industries and allowing foreign companies to buy them	FDI	6%
human activity: ___ - planting, managing and caring for forests	forestry	6%
small cracks in rock	joints	6%
floodplain ___ provides somewhere for the floodwater to go, is attractive, provides spaces for leisure and recreation	retention	6%
human activity: ___ - they grew up where the landscape offered particular advantages for life	settlement	6%
if a spot is ___ (eg. in a bay) \| when formed, these are left ___ by headlands and so are less eroded	sheltered	6%
international ones may be ___: often white, highly trained professionals from the US, EU, Australia or South Africa	skilled	6%
when rock (often clay) is saturated with water and slides down a curved slip plane	slumping	6%
particles of soil slowly moving down the sides of the valley under the influence of gravity	soil creep	6%
high precipitation over impermeable rocks in the Lake District forms ___ \| the river splits and spreads out into many different ___ due to the very shallow gradient	streams	6%
when large numbers of young people become residents in student accommodation or other houses and flats	studentification	6%
settlement areas around the edge of the urban core	urban fringe	6%
conditions being ___	calm	3%
often ___ of particular ethnic communities develop	clusters	3%
where the coastline moves further inland	coastal retreat	3%
the headlands are more vulnerable to erosion now because wave energy is ___ there	concentrated	3%
after ___ which meant ships were too large for the docks, London's docklands were closed down	containerisation	3%
they extend across a bay or ___ or where the coastline changes direction	estuary	3%
however, the UK is a member of the EEA (___ ___ __) and cannot restrict the movement of EEA citizens to the UK	European Economic Area	3%
larger cracks in rock	faults	3%
lower course: as the river floods, the water slows down, and deposits heavy silt particles to form ___	floodplains	3%
eg. natural harbours were sites for fishing villages, springs gave people reliable ___	freshwater	3%
how fast coastal erosion occurs is influenced by: ___ levels (saturated cliffs are more vulnerable)	groundwater	3%
maintain the existing shoreline	hold the line	3%
the overhanging rock collapses and the cliff retreats ___	inland	3%
in lowland, rivers have ___ and eroded a wide valley between low hills	meandered	3%
they have since been ___ mostly into offices	regenerated	3%
where the EU invests in poorer regions to help them grow: EU ___ ___ fund	regional development	3%
the increase in discharge is shown by the ___ ___	rising limb	3%
___ are formed from shale. these rocks split easily	schists	3%
unstable sleep mountain slope composed of rock fragments	scree slope	3%
the rivers transport ___ eroded from the channel	silt	3%
towers of granite chemically weathered into blocks	tors	3%
may be ___: do jobs unwanted by UK workers or with unsocial hours. From the EU, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, West Africa	unskilled	3%
central part of a conurbation	urban core	3%
the river is ___ miles long	220	0%
bring the existing shoreline out further	advance the line	0%
little housing. what there is is mostly ___	apartments	0%
is expanding: a second CBD is forming at ___ ___	Canary Wharf	0%
___ shape becomes wider and flatter	channel	0%
more businesses developing away from the urban core	decentralisation	0%
helps to preserve cultural ___ with some even having cultural festivals, such as Notting Hill Carnival	distinctiveness/pride/sanctity	0%
when wealthier people move into deprived city areas where property is cheap	gentrification	0%
some areas have become ___ due to their proximity to central London	gentrified	0%
a gentle ___ offshore causing friction	gradient	0%
sprawled outwards until the introduction of ___	greenbelt	0%
most accessible area due to the UK's ___ road system	radial	0%
___ old buildings to enhance appeal of the area and improve energy efficiency	renovate	0%
most migrants seek cheap, ___ accommodations	rented	0%
when loosened rocks and soil suddenly tumble down a slope	sliding	0%
reduces mass movement and slippage, but the foot of the cliff is still vulnerable	slope stabilisation	0%
move people and activities inland	strategic realignment	0%
___ in Gloucestershire frequently experiences flooding from the Severn	Tewkesbury	0%
in the 50s and 60s, many ___ ___ were built and to try and redevelop the inner city. there are also many terraced houses (historically for the workers)	tower blocks	0%
___ air quality in the UK due to traffic	worst	0%

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