IB Geography Semester Exam with
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Increase in the proportion of people living in an area - ANS-Urbanization
Another name for reurbanization - ANS-Urban renewal
Reasons for leaving a place - ANS-High crime rates
An example of a pull factor - ANS-Lower crime rate
Uncontrolled Growth of an urban area - ANS-Urban Sprawl
Solution preventing urban sprawl - ANS-Green belts
Massive outflows of capital and labor - ANS-Disinvestment
Increases productivity through mechanization - ANS-Positive deindustrialization
Absolute decline in employment - ANS-Deindustrialization
Growth of high technology industries - ANS-Reindustrialization
Salt water is denser than freshwater - ANS-True
Decomposed animals that become sediments permanently store carbon. - ANS-False
Which of the following is a sign of an El Nino event - ANS-A significant warming of
Eastern Pacific waters
Cold water is denser than warm water - ANS-True
Soft engineering techniques are considered to be management strategies that are
natural. - ANS-True
One issue causing the Great Barrier Reef to be in stress is the amount of visitors to the
reef each year. - ANS-True
Gabions are steel cages packed with resistant quarried stone - ANS-true
Complete Solutions
Increase in the proportion of people living in an area - ANS-Urbanization
Another name for reurbanization - ANS-Urban renewal
Reasons for leaving a place - ANS-High crime rates
An example of a pull factor - ANS-Lower crime rate
Uncontrolled Growth of an urban area - ANS-Urban Sprawl
Solution preventing urban sprawl - ANS-Green belts
Massive outflows of capital and labor - ANS-Disinvestment
Increases productivity through mechanization - ANS-Positive deindustrialization
Absolute decline in employment - ANS-Deindustrialization
Growth of high technology industries - ANS-Reindustrialization
Salt water is denser than freshwater - ANS-True
Decomposed animals that become sediments permanently store carbon. - ANS-False
Which of the following is a sign of an El Nino event - ANS-A significant warming of
Eastern Pacific waters
Cold water is denser than warm water - ANS-True
Soft engineering techniques are considered to be management strategies that are
natural. - ANS-True
One issue causing the Great Barrier Reef to be in stress is the amount of visitors to the
reef each year. - ANS-True
Gabions are steel cages packed with resistant quarried stone - ANS-true