GCSE Geography 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Himalayas?
- Destructive (subduction) boundary
- Constructive boundary
- Conservative boundary
- Collision boundary (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Collision boundary
The Himalayas formed when the Indian and Eurasian plates collided at a collision boundary, pushing rock upward.
Question 2: Which term describes the process by which water moves through a plant and evaporates from its leaves?
- Infiltration
- Transpiration (Correct answer)
- Precipitation
- Percolation
Correct answer: Transpiration
Transpiration is the process by which water is absorbed by roots, travels through the plant, and evaporates from leaf surfaces.
Question 3: What is a 'brownfield site'?
- Agricultural land converted to housing
- Previously developed land that is now unused or underused (Correct answer)
- Land in a national park
- Farmland at the edge of a city
Correct answer: Previously developed land that is now unused or underused
A brownfield site is land that has previously been built on and is now derelict or underused, often in urban areas.
Question 4: Which of the following is an example of a push factor for migration?
- Better job opportunities in a new country
- Higher quality healthcare abroad
- War and conflict in the home country (Correct answer)
- Family already living in the destination
Correct answer: War and conflict in the home country
Push factors are negative conditions in the origin country — like war, poverty, or drought — that drive people to leave.
Question 5: What does the term 'urban sprawl' mean?
- High-rise building construction in city centers
- The uncontrolled spread of urban areas into surrounding rural land (Correct answer)
- Renovation of old inner-city neighborhoods
- Building new towns away from existing cities
Correct answer: The uncontrolled spread of urban areas into surrounding rural land
Urban sprawl refers to the unplanned, low-density expansion of cities outward into rural or undeveloped land.
Question 6: The demographic transition model shows that in Stage 2, which of the following occurs?
- High birth rate and high death rate
- High birth rate and falling death rate (Correct answer)
- Low birth rate and low death rate
- Falling birth rate and low death rate
Correct answer: High birth rate and falling death rate
In Stage 2 of the demographic transition model, improved healthcare and sanitation lower death rates while birth rates remain high, causing rapid population growth.
Question 7: Which type of erosion involves particles being carried by a river scraping and wearing away the riverbed?
- Hydraulic action
- Attrition
- Solution
- Abrasion (Correct answer)
Correct answer: Abrasion
Abrasion occurs when sediment carried by the river grinds against the riverbed and banks, wearing them down like sandpaper.
GCSE Geography 2
What type of plate boundary is responsible for the formation of the Himalayas?