Lesson Y8-U06-L10

Year 8 Synthesis: Designing a Sustainable Future Quiz: KS3 Geography, Unit 12

20 questions

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Lesson Y8-U06-L10, Year 8 Synthesis: Designing a Sustainable Future: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 Geography (National Curriculum), Unit 12: Year 8: Resources: Feeding and Powering the World, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What does sustainability mean?

    • Ignoring human needs
    • Using everything now
    • Protecting future generations
    • Stopping all industry

  2. What are the three pillars of sustainability?

    • Social, economic, environmental
    • Private, public, charity
    • Political, physical, human
    • Local, national, global

  3. Which pillar of sustainability focuses on protecting nature and natural systems?

    • Social
    • Environmental
    • Economic
    • Political

  4. Which pillar asks whether people can afford a choice and whether it supports jobs?

    • Historical
    • Social
    • Environmental
    • Economic

  5. What is a trade-off in resource management?

    • Gaining and losing
    • No change made
    • A perfect solution
    • A free benefit

  6. What term describes a person or group affected by a resource decision?

    • Consumer
    • Spectator
    • Stakeholder
    • Tourist

  7. What does it mean to justify a geographical decision?

    • Providing clear evidence
    • Ignoring the facts
    • Keeping it secret
    • Guessing the outcome

  8. Scores out of 10. Wind: social 7, economic 6, environmental 9. Coal: social 4, economic 7, environmental 2. What is wind's environmental score?

    • 6
    • 7
    • 2
    • 9

  9. Scores out of 10. Wind: social 7, economic 6, environmental 9. Coal: social 4, economic 7, environmental 2. What is coal's environmental score?

    • 7
    • 9
    • 4
    • 2

  10. Coal's scores out of 10: social 4, economic 7, environmental 2. On which pillar did coal score best?

    • Environmental, with 2
    • Economic, with 6
    • Economic, with 7
    • Social, with 4

  11. Coal scores 7 and wind scores 6 on the economic pillar. Which scored higher economically?

    • Hydro
    • Coal
    • Wind
    • Solar

  12. Which of these is an example of a social benefit?

    • Higher carbon emissions
    • More factory waste
    • Cheaper home heating
    • Lower company profits

  13. Which of these is an example of an environmental benefit?

    • Building more roads
    • Cutting down forests
    • Increasing coal mining
    • Protecting river habitats

  14. What is the main environmental cost of building a large hydroelectric dam?

    • Flooding land
    • Nuclear waste
    • Oil spills
    • Air pollution

  15. Why do resource decisions usually involve a trade-off?

    • Endless money
    • Pure perfection
    • Zero impact
    • Benefits and costs

  16. Which energy source best balances low carbon emissions with reasonable costs?

    • Coal plant
    • Wind farm
    • Diesel generator
    • Open fire

  17. In a PEEL paragraph, what do the two E steps represent?

    • Edit and evaluate
    • Evidence and explain
    • Estimate and explore
    • Expand and execute

  18. Which justification best supports building a new wind farm?

    • Eliminates all weather risks
    • Guarantees free power
    • Balances environmental pillars
    • Requires zero land area

  19. Why is a stakeholder important in resource decision-making?

    • Impartial observers
    • Solely financial backers
    • Always a government
    • Affected and influential

  20. Can a choice be fully sustainable if it has a poor environmental score?

    • Yes
    • Only temporarily
    • Depends on profit
    • No

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