Third Year Christmas Test

Question 1

Name an explain two ways human interact to the sea

Answer 1

1. People have always looked to the sea as a source of food. Many people in coastal areas rely on incomes earned from fishing. The fishing industry provides jobs on fishing trawlers and in onshore fish-processing plants. Killybegs in Co. Donegal
2. Ferries from Rosslare, Cork and Dublin transport passengers to and from the UK and France, which contributes to our tourist industry. Huge cargo ships are used to transport heavy raw materials, such as oil, iron, steel and other minerals by sea.

Question 2

Why does poor conditions have a low life expectancy

Answer 2

Poor conditions have low life expectancy as they do not have access to healthcare or clean water or food supplies

Question 3

Explain one reason why life expectancy is low in developing countries

Answer 3

Life expectancy is low in developing countries as there is no access to healthcare systems. People in developing countries usually live in rural areas making it hard for them to access healthcare systems. Everything is very expensive making healthcare non accessible. There’s also no hospitals or medical centres in these countries.

Question 4

Explain two factors impact birthrates and developed countries

Answer 4

Two factors impact birth rate in a developed country is one families plan out their lives when having children and have children at a younger age. They do this as women don’t have to stay at home and mind their kids and they have their own jobs. Another factor is urban sprawl this is when towns and cities develop and take over other areas of land due to population increasing more land is taken up and more families have kids

Question 5

Explain one reason how life young people are different in developed and developing countries

Answer 5

In developed countries, all children have a right to free education funded by the government usually up to the age of 16. Here they learn to read and write. While in developing countries education isn’t as popular and there isn’t as many schools build lots of people here cannot read and write.

Question 6

The type of wave that builds up the coastline by pausing sediment and sand on the beach with the strong swash but a weaker backwash

Answer 6

Destructive waves

Question 7

What are the name of the law walls often made of wood that are built at right angles to the coast?

Answer 7

Groynes

Question 8

Two river features that are formed by the process of deposition

Answer 8

flood planes and deltas

Question 9

Define the term globalisation

Answer 9

the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. Business treat the world as one market