DP Geography Questionbank

• Syllabus

Urban stress

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Urban microclimate

• .2.bp.14a: Referring to evidence in the photograph, describe two types of environmental stress that are...
• .2.bp.14b: Identify three characteristics of Reforma Avenue that are likely to affect the urban microclimate...
• 11M.2.bp.13b: Explain three symptoms of urban stress.
• 11M.2.bp.14b: Explain three ways in which human activities can modify the microclimate of an urban area.
• 13M.2.bp.13b: Explain two ways in which urban air pollution can be reduced.
• 13M.2.bp.14c: Examine the effects of human activity on the climate of urban areas.
• 13N.2.hl.13c: Explain how human activity in cities may result in an urban heat island effect.
• 14N.2.hl.13c: Contrast the causes and effects of air pollution for two named urban areas.
• 14N.2.sl.13c: Contrast the causes and effects of air pollution for two named urban areas.
• 13N.2.sl.13c: Explain how human activity in cities may result in an urban heat island effect.
• 15M.2.hl.13b: Referring to map evidence, explain three likely types of urban stress in Nazareth.
• 15M.2.sl.13b: Referring to map evidence, explain three likely types of urban stress in Nazareth.
• 15N.2.hl.14b: Referring to one or more named cities, explain two ways in which humans affect urban air pollution.
• 15N.2.sl.14b: Referring to one or more named cities, explain two ways in which humans affect urban air pollution.
• 16M.2.bp.14c: Using examples, discuss the varied effects of human activity on urban microclimates.
• 16N.2.bp.13a: (i) Describe the general relationship between population density and air pollution from...
• 17N.2.sl.14a.i: Describe the pattern of temperatures shown south of the River Liffey.
• 17N.2.sl.14a.ii: Estimate the temperature range north of the River Liffey.

Other types of environmental and social stress

• .2.bp.14a: Referring to evidence in the photograph, describe two types of environmental stress that are...
• 11M.2.bp.13b: Explain three symptoms of urban stress.
• 13N.2.hl.13a: Identify what Benefit A (environmental) and Benefit B (socio-economic) might be.
• 14M.2.hl.14c: “Most large cities suffer from a serious problem of urban poverty for which there is no...
• 14M.2.sl.14c: “Most large cities suffer from a serious problem of urban poverty for which there is no...
• 14N.2.hl.14c: “The rapid city growth caused by in-migration can never be controlled.” Discuss this statement,...
• 14N.2.sl.14c: “The rapid city growth caused by in-migration can never be controlled.” Discuss this statement,...
• 13N.2.sl.13a: Identify what Benefit A (environmental) and Benefit B (socio-economic) might be.
• 15M.2.hl.13b: Referring to map evidence, explain three likely types of urban stress in Nazareth.
• 15M.2.sl.13b: Referring to map evidence, explain three likely types of urban stress in Nazareth.
• 16N.2.bp.13c: Examine the characteristics of urban deprivation in one or more cities you have studied.
• 18M.2.bp.13a.i: Describe what line A represents.
• 18M.2.bp.13a.ii: Estimate what percentage of the city’s total wealth belongs to the wealthiest 10 % of households.
• 18M.2.bp.13a.iii: Referring to the graph, outline the evidence that many households in this city suffer from poverty.