Year 10 Geography practice questions

Lock in’s Year 10 Geography course has 5 units with 86 flashcards and 85 practice questions, plus timed exams built fresh each time.

• Environmental change: functions, world views and sustainabilityEnvironmental functions; Environmental world views; Human-induced change; Sustainability and evaluating strategies
• Managing environments: case studiesLand environments; Inland water: the Murray–Darling Basin (case study); Coastal and marine environments; Urban environments and comparing strategies
• Measuring human wellbeingWhat is human wellbeing?; Measures and indicators; Global spatial patterns; Evaluating indicators
• Wellbeing: spatial variations and programsVariations within India; Variations within Australia; Global programs and organisations; Evaluating programs
• Geographical tools and skillsMaps and spatial technologies; Relief: gradient and cross-sections; Statistics and graphs; Choropleth maps and population pyramids; Fieldwork and inquiry

Try each question before you open the answer. Written answers show what a full-marks response needs to include.

1. Question 1. Environmental change: functions, world views and sustainabilityMultiple choice

   Climate regulation by forests is which function?

   1. AService
   2. BSpiritual
   3. CSink
   4. DResource
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   A. Service

2. Question 2. Managing environments: case studiesMultiple choice

   The Murray–Darling Basin Plan was introduced in…

   1. A1975
   2. B2020
   3. C2012
   4. D1989
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   C. 2012

3. Question 3. Managing environments: case studies: Inland water: the Murray–Darling Basin (case study)2 marks

   Describe TWO effects of reduced river flows on the Murray–Darling Basin.

   Show model answer and marking criteria

   Model answer. Reduced flows have caused wetlands and river red gums to die and contributed to algal blooms and fish kills, such as at Menindee. They have also caused water shortages for towns and harmed the cultural connection of Traditional Owners such as the Barkandji to the Darling (Baaka).

   A full-marks answer:

   • Environmental effect, e.g. dying wetlands and river red gums, algal blooms, fish kills
   • Social, economic or cultural effect, e.g. town water shortages, farm losses, harm to Traditional Owners’ cultural connection
4. Question 4. Measuring human wellbeingMultiple choice

   Which organisation publishes the HDI?

   1. AThe International Olympic Committee
   2. BThe World Bank only
   3. CThe Australian Bureau of Statistics
   4. DThe United Nations Development Programme
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   D. The United Nations Development Programme

5. Question 5. Measuring human wellbeing: evaluating indicators2 marks

   Outline TWO limitations of GDP per capita as a measure of wellbeing.

   Show model answer and marking criteria

   Model answer. GDP per capita is an average, so it hides inequality: a few very rich people can raise it while most are poor. It also ignores health, education, unpaid work and environmental damage.

   A full-marks answer:

   • Limitation 1, e.g. it is an average that hides inequality
   • Limitation 2, e.g. it ignores health, education, unpaid work, the informal economy or environmental damage
6. Question 6. Wellbeing: spatial variations and programsMultiple choice

   The SDGs were adopted in…

   1. A2000
   2. B2015
   3. C1990
   4. D1948
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   B. 2015

Geography questions reward the right terms and real examples. Use data from the map, graph or table in your answer and quote the numbers. Practise grid references, scale and reading climate graphs until they are automatic, because they come up every year.

In Lock in, every Geography topic has short notes, then flashcards that use spaced repetition: rate each card Again, Hard, Good or Easy and it comes back just before you would forget it. Practice questions come in three levels, Foundation, Standard and Complex. Three right in a row moves you up a level, and two wrong moves you back.

Press Study for me and the app builds a 15 to 20 minute session from the cards that are due, the mistakes that are due and questions on your weakest topics. Anything you get wrong comes back 1, 3 and 7 days later until you get it right. When an exam is close, sit a timed practice exam with AI marking.

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