Lesson Y9-U02-L10

Y9-U02-L10 Evaluating Urban Futures: Assessment Preparation Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 14

20 questions

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Lesson Y9-U02-L10, Evaluating Urban Futures: Assessment Preparation: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 14: Year 9: Urban Worlds: Megacities, Growth and the Future of Cities, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does the command word 'evaluate' ask you to do?

    • Define each key term in the question and then stop writing.
    • Weigh both sides using evidence, then reach a clear judgement.
    • Describe the features of a place using a labelled sketch map.
    • List as many facts as you can about one place without a conclusion.

  2. What do the four letters in PEEL stand for?

    • Plan, Explore, Evaluate, Locate.
    • Point, Evidence, Explain, Link.
    • Point, Example, Explain, Lead.
    • Problem, Example, Effect, Lesson.

  3. Which two-word phrase signals a balanced judgement in an evaluation?

    • Obviously, the answer is.
    • On balance.
    • Without doubt.
    • In conclusion always.

  4. Which part of PEEL links the paragraph back to the question?

    • Link.
    • Explain.
    • Evidence.
    • Point.

  5. Which Lagos settlement is an example of an informal settlement studied in this unit?

    • Makoko.
    • Vauban.
    • MediaCityUK.
    • The Northern Quarter.

  6. Which city runs Bus Rapid Transit as a sustainability strategy in this unit?

    • Curitiba.
    • Makoko.
    • Freiburg.
    • Manchester.

  7. Which is the strongest piece of evidence for a geography paragraph?

    • Growth is often bad for the environment.
    • Some cities have problems with traffic.
    • Makoko holds about 250,000 people with no sewers.
    • Many people in big cities are poor.

  8. Which sentence is the best Point for a 'can be sustainable' paragraph?

    • Growth happens in lots of places around the world.
    • Rapid growth can be sustainable when cities plan transport and services well.
    • Cities are big and that is interesting to think about.
    • Lagos has many people living in informal homes, so growth there is always unplanned and harmful.

  9. In a PEEL paragraph, which sentence is the Explain step?

    • Buses reduce car journeys, which lowers pollution and congestion.
    • So growth need not harm the environment.
    • Rapid growth brings more cars, which always increases pollution and congestion in the city.
    • Curitiba's BRT moves about 2 million people a day.

  10. Which of these is a challenge of rapid urban growth?

    • Informal settlements lacking clean water and sewers.
    • Fitting solar panels to homes to save energy.
    • Reusing derelict brownfield land for new housing.
    • Creating bus lanes that carry millions of commuters each day.

  11. Which of these is an opportunity of urban growth?

    • Traffic jams that waste hours of working time.
    • Flooding in low-lying informal settlements.
    • Creating jobs and services for more people.
    • Pressure on water supplies from a growing population.

  12. Which pair of examples best supports the 'yes, growth can be sustainable' side?

    • Makoko's slums and Lagos go-slows.
    • Makoko's lack of sewers and Lagos traffic jams.
    • Growth outpacing water services and Lagos air pollution.
    • Curitiba's BRT and Freiburg's solar power and trams.

  13. Which evidence best supports the claim that rapid growth can be unsustainable?

    • Manchester reused derelict brownfield land for new homes.
    • Makoko lacks clean water, sewers and secure housing.
    • Curitiba's bus rapid transit carries millions of people.
    • Freiburg's Vauban district runs largely on solar power.

  14. Which sentence is a counter-argument in an evaluation of whether growth can be sustainable?

    • On balance, growth can be sustainable when well planned.
    • Curitiba's BRT moves about 2 million people a day.
    • So growth need not harm the environment.
    • However, where planning fails, slums like Makoko appear.

  15. A student writes only that 'Lagos is bad and cities are bad'. What is the main weakness?

    • Its judgement is too long for a single paragraph.
    • It is written in too much detail for the examiner.
    • It is one-sided, with no evidence and no judgement.
    • It uses too many place names from the unit.

  16. Which sentence is the best Link for the question 'Can rapid growth be sustainable?'

    • Many buses in cities are painted in bright colours.
    • Makoko is a stilt settlement built over water in Lagos.
    • Lagos has over 15 million people living in the city.
    • So rapid growth can be sustainable when it is well planned.

  17. Which is the strongest evaluative judgement?

    • Growth is harmful for every city because bigger populations always create more pollution overall.
    • Some cities are sustainable and some are not, depending on where they happen to be located.
    • Growth is good for every city because more people always bring more money and jobs overall.
    • On balance, growth can be sustainable when services are planned alongside it, though slums show the risks.

  18. Why does a counter-argument strengthen an evaluation?

    • It shows both sides were weighed before the judgement is made.
    • It makes the answer shorter so the examiner reads it faster.
    • It proves the writer knows every fact about the city.
    • It replaces the need to give any evidence at all.

  19. Curitiba's BRT carries about 2 million people a day. Which judgement does this best support?

    • Growth should be stopped in every large city in the world.
    • Rapid growth always causes slums in every city in the world.
    • Rapid growth can be sustainable when transport is planned well.
    • Buses are more expensive than private cars for every single person.

  20. Which is the best reason growth can outpace a city's services?

    • Services such as water, housing and sanitation take time and money to build.
    • Services stop people from moving to cities in the first place.
    • Growth only happens in cities that already have full services in place.
    • Services are free to build, so they appear straight away in every district.

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