Lesson 6.8

6.8 Forest loss and human wellbeing Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Geography, Unit 8

20 questions

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Lesson 6.8, Forest loss and human wellbeing: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel Geography (9GE0), Unit 8: Topic 6: The Carbon Cycle and Energy Security, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which model suggests forest cover may be expanded as national incomes rise?

    • Environmental Kuznets curve
    • Demographic transition model
    • Rostow growth model
    • Butler tourist curve

  2. Whose attitudes towards environmental issues are cited as affecting forest protection?

    • Global consumers
    • Local farmers
    • TNC executives
    • Commercial miners

  3. Which location does the spec use to illustrate increased temperatures affecting the water cycle?

    • The Nile delta
    • The Amazon basin
    • The Arctic
    • The Sahara Desert

  4. Why does a warmer global atmosphere hold higher concentrations of water vapour?

    • Reduced air density
    • Increased atmospheric pressure
    • Higher moisture capacity
    • Lower evaporation rates

  5. Which two water stores are directly altered by global climate warming?

    • Biosphere and core
    • Cryosphere and drainage
    • Atmosphere and mantle
    • Lithosphere and crust

  6. Which communities are most vulnerable to degraded ocean health and marine resource loss?

    • High-altitude populations
    • Developed inland cities
    • Landlocked urban areas
    • Developing coastal regions

  7. Why are future projections for climate impacts on forests and water stores uncertain?

    • Constant solar radiation
    • Fixed atmospheric emissions
    • Complex climate feedbacks
    • Predictable human activity

  8. Which environmental impact of forest loss directly threatens human wellbeing and livelihoods?

    • Rising ocean salinity
    • Increased solar radiation
    • Degraded water supplies
    • Higher tectonic activity

  9. What main factor links global warming to changes in seasonal river discharge?

    • Altered precipitation patterns
    • Increased river width
    • Tectonic plate movement
    • Reduced channel slope

  10. What determines whether forest loss continues or declines as a nation develops?

    • Government policy choices
    • Plate tectonic movement
    • Solar radiation levels
    • Distance from equator

  11. What is the main hydrological effect of converting tropical forest into cropland?

    • Reduced river discharge
    • Increased evapotranspiration
    • Increased soil infiltration
    • Increased surface runoff

  12. How does ocean acidification primarily threaten human wellbeing in developing coastal areas?

    • Stopping surface currents
    • Reducing food security
    • Raising air pressure
    • Increasing volcanic eruptions

  13. Which process acts as a positive feedback mechanism reducing forest carbon storage?

    • Glacial advance
    • Soil carbon sequestration
    • Forest dieback
    • Increased afforestation

  14. Why is global forest loss not uniform across all countries?

    • Local afforestation policies
    • Identical land ownership
    • Global climate uniformity
    • Constant deforestation rates

  15. Which climate impact directly threatens food security in small island developing states?

    • Continental desertification
    • Coral reef degradation
    • Glacial retreat
    • Permafrost thawing

  16. Which process is reduced when forests are cleared, disrupting local atmospheric moisture?

    • Surface runoff
    • Soil erosion
    • Evapotranspiration
    • Groundwater percolation

  17. What consumer factor influences the global demand for commodities causing tropical deforestation?

    • Purchasing behaviour
    • Genetic predisposition
    • Physical strength
    • Geographical location

  18. Why are precise future global carbon store predictions difficult to make?

    • Interacting human-climate factors
    • Fixed atmospheric levels
    • Static economic development
    • Unchanging solar output

  19. A region's forest cover rises from 30% to 36% over 10 years. What is the percentage point increase?

    • 20%
    • 6 percentage points
    • 36 percentage points
    • 6%

  20. Which model suggests forest degradation decreases after a country reaches a certain income level?

    • Demographic transition model
    • Environmental Kuznets curve
    • Rostow model
    • Bradshaw model

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