Edexcel Geography B Paper 3 GCSE - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
PEOPLE AND THE	BIOSPHERE	82%
A large scale ecosystem	Biome	77%
A community where abiotic and biotic elements interact	Ecosystem	73%
________ ___forests are found either side of the equator	Tropical rain	45%
In the Arctic circle where there is little sunlight in the winter and little rainfall	Tundra	45%
Trees lose their leaves in the _____	Winter	45%
The non-living components of an ecosystem	A-biotic	41%
The ______ (boreal) forest is at higher latitudes and the suns rays are weak so it is cold	Taiga	41%
The living components in an ecosystem	Biotic	36%
	Canopy	36%
Trees are ___-shaped to stop snow from building up	Cone	36%
Thomas ______ believed that it was impossible to increase food production as rapidly as population growth.	Malthus	36%
Ester ______ believed that human innovation would be sparked by current resource limitations being limited	Boserup	32%
Trees have needles to stop ___ from accumulating on them	Snow	32%
Their is a lack of ______ in the soil	Nutrients	27%
The moose/elk can eat ___ needles	Pine	27%
________ forests have high rainfall and there are seasonal variations in the Sun's rays	Temperate	27%
They take up a large land ____	Area	23%
Has a large _____ store	Biomass	23%
	Emergent	23%
Coal, Oil and gas are examples of this	Non-Renewable	23%
Consumption increases because of a growing ________	Population	23%
Solar, wind, tidal/wave/HEP are examples of this	Renewable	23%
Keeps ____ healthy	Soil	23%
Regulates _____ cycle, plants slow the flow of _____ to rivers and filter it to make it clean	Water	23%
Energy-saving light ____	Bulbs	18%
The equivalent amount of CO2 added to the environment per person	Carbon footprint	18%
This is where hot dry air sinks down to the surface and the Sun's rays are _______ making it hot during the day	Concentrated	18%
Found near the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn	Deserts	18%
Tensions between Economic, Social and _______ groups	Environmental	18%
Wood from trees and other biofuels	Fuel	18%
TRF: Has a small _____ store as it decomposes fast due to high temperatures and humid conditions	Litter	18%
Taiga has a large _____ store	Litter	18%
Will _____ run out	Never	18%
Layers (in order from bottom to top)	Shrub	18%
FORESTS	UNDER THREAT	18%
The variety of biotic components in an ecosystem	Biodiversity	14%
75% of U.K.s oil is used for transport and contributes 22% of _____ emissions	Carbon	14%
Trains and buses are more ______	Efficient	14%
CONSUMING	ENERGY RESOURCES	14%
Resources provided by the biosphere: Fruits and berries as well as fish, meat and crops	Food	14%
Meets the needs of the _____	Future	14%
Commercial hardwood ______	Logging	14%
Poppies are a source of morphine	Medicine	14%
Mining for ______ and fossil fuels is an indirect threat	Minerals	14%
Solar _____	Panels	14%
No water or air ______	Pollution	14%
Biofuels and nuclear are examples of this type of energy	Recyclable	14%
Trees grow tall to reach the _____	Sunlight	14%
	Under canopy	14%
Needles on trees are ___ to prevent water loss	Waxy	14%
Plants are highly specialised and will struggle to ______ to climate change	Adapt	9%
Rising _________ so people can buy cars AC etc	Affluence	9%
______ affects the temperature in a biome	Altitude	9%
Timber and animal dung, clay and straw can be used to make houses	Building materials	9%
Local factors affecting where biomes are found: Swamps and bogs are found where ______ is poor. More specialist plants grow in boggy areas	Drainage	9%
Benefits of renewables: Less _____	Emissions	9%
Services from the biosphere: Atmospheric balance regulates the ____ which make up the atmosphere	Gasses	9%
Lots of ______ is not needed to keep it going	Money	9%
Adaptations: Nutrients are concentrated in the top layer of the soil so roots have to be _____	Shallow	9%
Conifer trees in the taiga produce ___wood timber. Most of this comes from the taiga, half from Russia. (Direct threat)	Soft	9%
Disadvantages: It is difficult to check that countries comply with the rules. In 2014, over ____ rhinos were killed by poachers in SA	1000	5%
Financial crisis in ___ affected oil prices	2008	5%
Switching off _______	Appliances	5%
Double glazed windows filled with _____ or a vacuum	Argon	5%
As well as ______ in the Middle East	Conflict	5%
	Consumers	5%
Nutrients cycle: Transfer from Litter to Soil	Decomposition	5%
Few species means that one _______ can affect the whole ecosystem	Disease	5%
Full ______ proofing and insulating concrete blocks	Draught	5%
_____ ____ channel water off of the leaf to prevent mould from growing	Drip tips	5%
Increasing ______ efficiency in cars	Engine	5%
Costs to alternatives of fossil fuels: More ________ per unit of energy	Expensive	5%
Disadvantages: Not clear what is meant by '_____'	Forest	5%
Taiga has a ______ ecosystem and takes a long time to recover from damage	Fragile	5%
Only short _____ can survive	Grasses	5%
The temperature is __ and there is _____ rainfall	Hot Heavy	5%
Hot water tank _____	Jacket	5%
Geography: Best places for renewables are often a ____ ___ from cities	Long way	5%
It ensures that _______ resources are not used up	Natural	5%
___ and ___ type affects how fertile different areas are within a biome	Rock Soil	5%
New ________ such as iPhones	Technologies	5%
ADV: Backed by __ and has a scheme in Brazil backed by a $1billion fund	UN	5%
They are ugly/________ and loud	Unsightful	5%
Advantages: Has big international influence with ___ countries signed up	181	0%
The soil is _______ and the store is small	Acidic	0%
	Climate scientists	0%
CITES _______ on ________ _____ in ________ _____ of wild fauna and flora	Convention International Trade Endangered Species	0%
Stakeholders from most likely to want sustainable energy to most likely to want "Business as usual"	Environmental groups	0%
Transfer from Biomass to Litter	Fallout	0%
	Government	0%
They have an impact on local ecosystems. Especially ___________ _____	Hydroelectric power	0%
Mining and biofuels, as well as electricity from ___________ _____ ____	Hydroelectric power dams	0%
Transfer out of Biomass	Leaching	0%
Meet _____ needs, especially in developing countries	Local	0%
Transfer into Litter	Rainfall	0%
REDD: ________ _______ from _________ and forest ________	Reducing emissions deforestation degradation	0%
Access to energy depends on physical ________	Resources	0%
Causes of TRF deforestation: _______ and commercial farming/agriculture	Subsistence	0%
Transfer out of Litter	Surface runoff	0%
Keeping something at the same rate or level	Sustainability	0%
	TNCs	0%
Transfer from Soil to Biomass	Uptake	0%
Transfer into Biomass: Nutrients from rock ______	Weathering	0%
Conserving energy: 75mm wall cavity filled with mineral ___	Wool	0%

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