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GCSE Geography (Edexcel)

Physical and human geography with fieldwork skills. Edexcel board.

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Q1. What is a natural hazard?
  • A.  Any natural event that has the potential to threaten life or property
  • B.  Any event caused directly by human activity
  • C.  A natural event that occurs only in developing countries
  • D.  Any change in weather over a single day
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✓ Answer: A. Any natural event that has the potential to threaten life or property
A natural hazard is a naturally occurring event (geophysical, atmospheric or hydrological) that has the potential to cause loss of life, damage or disruption. It does not have to actually cause harm to be classed as a hazard, only to have the potential to.
Q2. At roughly which latitudes are most of the world's major hot deserts, such as the Sahara and the Sonoran, located?
  • A.  0° (the equator)
  • B.  Around 30°N and 30°S
  • C.  Around 60°N and 60°S
  • D.  At the poles, 90°N and 90°S
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✓ Answer: B. Around 30°N and 30°S
Air that rose at the equator has cooled, lost its moisture and descends around 30°N/S as part of the Hadley cell, creating high pressure and very dry conditions. This descending, warming air suppresses cloud formation, which is why deserts cluster at these latitudes rather than at the equator itself.
Q3. The Boscastle flood of August 2004 in Cornwall was made especially severe by which combination of factors?
  • A.  Intense rainfall on a small, steep catchment with impermeable slate that funnelled runoff quickly into the village's narrow valley
  • B.  A slow, prolonged drizzle over a large, flat, permeable catchment upstream of the village
  • C.  A dam failure upstream that released a sudden wall of stored water
  • D.  Coastal storm surge flooding that pushed seawater up the River Valency
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✓ Answer: A. Intense rainfall on a small, steep catchment with impermeable slate that funnelled runoff quickly into the village's narrow valley
Boscastle sits where three rivers meet in a steep, narrow valley on impermeable slate bedrock; over 200mm of rain fell in a few hours on the small, already-saturated catchment, so runoff reached the village extremely fast with almost no lag time, causing a devastating flash flood.
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Natural hazards & tectonics · 35
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Rivers & coasts · 39
Urban issues & challenges · 33
The changing economic world · 35
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The exam has 40 questions. Every Revision Robin mock uses the same 40-question format so your practice matches the real thing.
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You need 24 out of 40 correct to pass, which is about 60%. Our mocks mark you against this exact threshold.
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