Lesson Y9-U04-L09

Y9-U04-L09 Land-Use Conflict in Glaciated Uplands Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 16

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Lesson Y9-U04-L09, Land-Use Conflict in Glaciated Uplands: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 16: Year 9: Dynamic Landscapes: Tectonics and Ice, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is a land-use conflict?

    • A war fought over the borders of a national park.
    • A dispute over the weather forecast for the weekend, which walkers argue about in the car park.
    • A disagreement about the price of a single house in a village, which families argue about each year.
    • A clash when different groups want to use the same land in ways that cannot all happen at once.

  2. What is a stakeholder?

    • A large wooden post used to mark a footpath across the fells, painted white and placed by volunteers.
    • A company that owns all the land in a national park and decides every visitor's route and fee.
    • A scientist who measures the height of the fells.
    • Any person or group with an interest in how a place or decision turns out.

  3. What is a honeypot site?

    • A protected rock where rare fossils are kept.
    • A hive where bees make honey for the park shop, sold to visitors at the lakeside cafe each summer.
    • A place that attracts very large numbers of visitors, often causing crowding and damage.
    • A hidden lake that no visitor has ever found, so it stays quiet and clean for wildlife all year.

  4. What does conservation mean?

    • Building new roads through protected valleys to carry more visitors and their cars each summer.
    • Selling land to the highest bidder for housing, so that new homes can be built on the open fells.
    • Protecting the natural environment so it survives for the future.
    • Measuring rainfall with a gauge on the summit.

  5. Which glacial landform attracts tourists to the Lake District?

    • A sand dune on a beach.
    • A delta at the mouth of a river.
    • A ribbon lake in a U-shaped valley.
    • A meander on a flat floodplain.

  6. Which group most wants grazing rights kept for its sheep?

    • Tourists.
    • Hydro-electric companies.
    • Farmers.
    • Hikers from abroad.

  7. Which group most wants rare habitats protected from trampling?

    • Conservationists.
    • Tourists wanting more car parks.
    • Souvenir shops wanting more visitors.
    • Local businesses wanting more customers.

  8. Which problem is most directly caused by heavy visitor numbers?

    • Footpath erosion and litter.
    • New volcanoes erupting in the valley.
    • Ice sheets forming on the lake.
    • Glaciers growing back in summer.

  9. What does a park-and-ride scheme aim to do?

    • Stop all visitors from entering the park for ever.
    • Build a new motorway through the middle of the park, so that more cars can reach the lakes faster.
    • Let visitors park on protected habitats for free, close to the lake shore where the wildlife nests.
    • Reduce traffic on narrow lanes by moving visitors onto buses from outside the centre.

  10. Why do holiday homes cause conflict with local families?

    • They push up house prices, so local families cannot afford to stay.
    • They make the lakes deeper, which floods the valley and the farmland that families rely on each year.
    • They make the rocks harder for climbers to climb.
    • They block the rain from falling on the fells.

  11. Why does a park authority usually have to compromise?

    • Maps forbid any decision from being made.
    • No visitor ever wants to come back, so compromise is needed.
    • Compromise is always the cheapest option for the government.
    • Each group has a fair claim, and no decision can give everyone everything.

  12. Which conflict best fits the worked example of the car park, farm and village?

    • The village has no views, so visitors refuse to visit it and the shops there close every single winter.
    • Visitor traffic to the car park blocks the narrow lanes that farmers and residents need.
    • The farm is making the lake too clean for the fish, so anglers are now complaining to the park authority.
    • The car park is too far away to be used by anyone.

  13. On the zip-wire survey, which group is least in favour of the development?

    • Conservationists, at 12 percent.
    • Tourists, at 78 percent.
    • Local businesses, at 65 percent.
    • Residents, at 30 percent.

  14. How large is the gap between tourists and conservationists in support for the zip-wire?

    • 78 percentage points, with conservationists more in favour.
    • 30 percentage points, with residents more in favour.
    • 66 percentage points, with tourists far more in favour.
    • 12 percentage points, with conservationists more in favour.

  15. A pupil says the zip-wire should be approved because tourists support it. What is the best reply?

    • Only conservationists should ever be asked about a national park.
    • Tourist support matters, but conservationists and residents have fair claims too, so all views must be weighed.
    • Tourists always decide every park decision because they pay the most money, so the pupil is right.
    • Surveys never show anything useful, so the figures should be ignored, and only personal opinions count.

  16. Which is a reasonable compromise for the zip-wire proposal?

    • Reject it without any discussion of jobs or visitors, and without asking any local residents first.
    • Build it in the middle of the lake so nobody can object.
    • Approve it with no conditions and ignore every conservation group, so the habitat can be cleared quickly.
    • Approve it only with strict conditions, such as a route that limits habitat damage.

  17. Which group would most likely gain from a new car park beside the lake?

    • Farmers, who gain quieter lanes.
    • Tourists, who get easier access.
    • Conservationists, who gain more habitat.
    • Nobody, because car parks never change anything.

  18. Why is a honeypot site harder to manage than a valley with evenly spread visitors?

    • Honeypot sites have no visitors at all, so they need no management.
    • Honeypot sites are always underwater, so management is not needed.
    • Honeypot sites are always too small to be damaged.
    • Pressure is concentrated in a few spots, so damage builds up there quickly.

  19. Which judgement best evaluates whose views should carry most weight in a national park decision?

    • No single group automatically wins; decisions should weigh fair claims, evidence and long-term protection.
    • The largest group of visitors always decides everything, because the park exists to serve the most people.
    • Only conservationists should decide, because nobody else cares about the land, its wildlife or its future at all.
    • Only the oldest residents should decide, because they know the land best.

  20. To what extent should around 18 million visitors a year outweigh a few hundred residents in a park decision?

    • Not simply by numbers: visitors matter, but residents' homes and livelihoods carry a strong claim too.
    • Not at all, because residents always have the final say in every case.
    • Completely, because numbers always decide who is right and the quietest voices never count.
    • Entirely, because visitors pay for the park through their tickets and car parks, so they own it outright.

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