Lesson Y7-U04-L10

Y7-U04-L10 Planning a Settlement: Decision Time Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 4

20 questions

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Lesson Y7-U04-L10, Planning a Settlement: Decision Time: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 4: Year 7: Population and Settlement, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the word 'criteria' mean when planning a site?

    • The name of the map that shows the site
    • The list of things every site is checked against
    • The number of homes the council wants to build
    • The cost of building the homes in pounds

  2. What must a planner agree on before judging the sites?

    • The name of the local councillor
    • The number of cars each home will have
    • The criteria every site will be judged on
    • The colour of the new homes

  3. Why does a planner use the same criteria for every site?

    • So that the council can avoid making any decision at all
    • So that only one site can ever be chosen
    • So every site is judged fairly, on the same things, not on a guess
    • So that the map does not need any grid references

  4. Which of these is one of the five key criteria for new homes?

    • Steep hillside
    • Fast-flowing rapids
    • Remote, cut-off valley
    • Flat land

  5. Why is flat land cheaper to build on?

    • It has more rain, so the builders are paid more
    • It needs less digging and levelling, so it costs less
    • It has more trees that must be replanted
    • It is closer to the sea for transport

  6. Why should new homes avoid low land right beside a river?

    • That land has no fresh water at all
    • That land can flood, damaging the new homes
    • That land is too far from any roads
    • That land is always covered by snow

  7. What is brownfield land?

    • Land that has been built on before and is now ready to reuse
    • Open countryside that has never been built on, and is kept free of all buildings
    • A farm field used for growing crops each year, cultivated for many generations
    • Land that is always under water in winter, and is flooded by rivers every year

  8. What is greenfield land?

    • Land that is always under water in winter
    • Land that has been built on before and is now ready to reuse
    • Open countryside that has never been built on
    • A town park with a playground and benches

  9. Which land type protects the countryside: brownfield or greenfield?

    • Neither, because both destroy the countryside equally
    • Brownfield, because it reuses old land and saves green space
    • Greenfield, because it is open countryside
    • Greenfield, because it is always built on first

  10. Write 'brownfield' or 'greenfield': a closed factory. Which is it?

    • Greenfield, because it is open countryside
    • Neither, because factories are never on land
    • Brownfield, because it has been built on before
    • Greenfield, because factories are always in fields

  11. Site A is on flat land beside a road, but close to the river. Which criterion does it FAIL?

    • Good access
    • Low flood risk
    • Flat land
    • Near services

  12. Site B sits on higher ground by a road. Which two criteria does it most likely meet?

    • Low flood risk and good access
    • Brownfield land and flood risk
    • Flood risk and a remote valley
    • Steep slopes and flood risk

  13. A planner says a site is 'brownfield' because it is an old works near the town centre. Is this correct?

    • Yes, because all town centres are greenfield
    • No, because brownfield is only in the countryside
    • Yes, because an old works has been built on before
    • No, because old works are always greenfield

  14. A site is flat, dry and beside a road. Which decision is best supported by this evidence?

    • Reject it, because flat land is always bad
    • Reject it, because roads always cause floods
    • Choose it, but only if it is steep
    • Choose it, because it is flat, dry and has good access

  15. Why might the cheapest site to build on NOT be the best overall choice?

    • Cheap sites are always too close to the sea
    • Cheap sites never meet any criteria at all
    • Cheap sites always have the most people living on them
    • A cheap site may fail other criteria, such as flood risk or access

  16. Why might local residents object to homes on a greenfield site?

    • Greenfield sites are always too small to build on
    • Greenfield sites are always on steep slopes
    • It can destroy countryside and wildlife habitats
    • Greenfield sites have no roads or services

  17. Which of these clues shows that a site has good access?

    • A road running right past the site
    • A blue river flowing beside the site
    • A brown contour line on a steep slope
    • A green patch of woodland far away

  18. Which card sort clue is a sustainable choice?

    • Reusing an old factory site
    • A steep slope far from any road
    • Flat, dry land beside a road
    • Low land right next to the river

  19. Which site feature would most likely be a bad one for building new homes?

    • Flat, dry land beside a road
    • Reusing brownfield land
    • Low land right next to a river
    • Near a school and shops

  20. A council is choosing between site A (flat, near a river) and site B (higher ground, a little further from shops). Which judgment is most sound?

    • Choose A, because shops are the only criterion that matters for a new neighbourhood
    • Choose A, because flood risk does not matter at all when the site is flat and close
    • Choose B, because higher ground lowers flood risk, even though it is further from shops
    • Choose neither, because all three sites are equally good on every criterion we checked

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