Term 3-Revision worksheet

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Student ID: Year:10 Section: Subject: EM

Q1. Look at the diagram which shows the structure of the Earth.

Complete labels A and B on the diagram by writing in the names of the layers.

Q2. One of the natural disasters in 2019 is drought.State the cause of drought.

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(b) State three impacts of drought.

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Q3. (a) State three impacts of volcanoes.

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(b) The photograph shows the edge of a volcanic crater .

(i) Suggest reasons why people live very close to active volcanoes despite the potential
dangers.

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(ii) Describe two impacts of the Volcanoes on the people living in the area shown in the
photograph.

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Q4(a). Malaria is the long-term impact of earthquake. The malaria parasite is spread by
mosquitoes. State four strategies to control malaria.

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(b) Good building design is one strategy for reducing the impacts of an earthquake.

Suggest one other strategy.

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(c) Suggest two ways to reduce the effects of flooding.

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Q5. The table shows data on the number of tropical cyclones recorded in the 2018–2019
South Pacific cyclone season. The tropical cyclones are classified in categories. The category
depends on the maximum wind speed of the tropical cyclone.

Calculate the percentage of tropical cyclones recorded with wind speeds greater than 177km
per hour.

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Q6. Marble and slate are metamorphic rocks.

Describe the formation of metamorphic rocks.

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Q7. Look at the photograph.

Name the type of mining shown in the picture

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Q8. Describe two economic impacts of mining.

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Q9. The graph shows the global number of deaths caused by natural disasters between 1980
and 2018.

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Suggest reasons for the variations in the global number of deaths caused by natural disasters
between 1980 and 2018

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Q10.The table shows data for the extraction of mining products from eight countries in one
year.

a) State the country with the largest mass of mining product extracted.
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b) Iron is one of the mining products extracted. 62% of the mining product extracted in Brazil
was iron.
Calculate the mass of iron extracted from Brazil.
Give your answer to the nearest whole number. ................................... million tonnes