Lesson 4.7.3.3
4.7.3.3 Land use Quiz: AQA Combined Science, Unit 7
20 questions
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The 20 questions
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Which activity does NOT reduce land available for other animals and plants?
- quarrying stone
- farming crops
- dumping waste
- recycling metals
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Peat bogs are destroyed to produce what?
- paper pulp
- garden compost
- fuel oil
- building materials
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What gas is released when peat bogs decay or are burned?
- nitrogen
- methane
- carbon dioxide
- oxygen
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What is directly reduced by the destruction of peat bogs?
- biodiversity
- temperature
- precipitation
- soil pH
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What is the primary activity involved in quarrying?
- removing rock or minerals
- burning fossil fuels
- building new houses
- clearing forest trees
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Which activity reduces land available to other animals and plants?
- conservation
- restoring wetlands
- reforestation
- farming
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Which habitat is destroyed to produce garden compost in the specification?
- tropical rainforests
- coral reefs
- peat bogs
- arctic tundra
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Which groups of organisms inhabit natural peat bogs?
- algae, mosses and lichens
- plants, animals and microorganisms
- bacteria, fungi and viruses
- mammals, birds and reptiles
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What gas is released into the atmosphere when drained peat bogs decay?
- Methane
- Carbon dioxide
- Oxygen
- Nitrogen
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The use of cheap compost versus peat conservation represents what?
- an industrial partnership
- a conflict of needs
- a biological symbiosis
- a chemical equilibrium
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What direct effect does dumping waste on land have on wildlife?
- improves plant growth
- reduces available habitat
- expands breeding grounds
- increases soil fertility
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Why are peat bogs primarily valued and conserved by scientists?
- Crop farming
- Carbon stores
- Solar panels
- Mineral mines
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What effect does building on a wetland have on native species?
- improves migration routes
- increases food supply
- expands breeding grounds
- destroys their habitat
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What global environmental impact is caused by burning peat?
- greenhouse gas emissions
- global cooling effects
- acid rain formation
- ozone layer depletion
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What is the typical impact on biodiversity when natural land is converted to farmland?
- reduces biodiversity
- has no effect
- doubles species count
- increases biodiversity
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What garden product is produced from the destruction of peat bogs?
- Pesticide
- Compost
- Fertiliser
- Mulch
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What is the primary ecological impact of intensive farming?
- cooling of global temperatures
- expansion of peat bogs
- increase in atmospheric ozone
- loss of native habitats
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Which scientific skill is often applied when studying habitat loss and species numbers?
- measuring electrical resistance
- interpreting secondary data
- titrating strong acids
- balancing nuclear equations
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How do humans primarily reduce land available for other plants and animals?
- dumping waste
- cloud cover
- wind farms
- solar power
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What gas is released into the atmosphere when peat decays or burns?
- oxygen
- carbon dioxide
- argon
- nitrogen
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