Cover each answer, write your working, then open the answer to compare. The questions run from easier to harder.
These questions cover settlements and urbanisation. Log your slips in the mistake log and paper-error review.
Part A: function and growth
Question 1. A town has a district office, a court, a land office and a municipal council hall. Name its main function and give two clues.
Answer
Main function: administrative. The district office and the land office both carry out government work, and the court and council hall add to it.
Question 2. A town has a hot spring resort, eleven homestays and a weekend craft market. Name its main function and explain why one clue is not enough.
Answer
Main function: tourism. The resort and homestays show visitors staying, and the craft market shows trade aimed at visitors. The market alone could suggest a trading town.
Question 3. City R grew from 120 000 to 150 000 inside its boundary. Find the percentage growth.
Answer
30 000 ÷ 120 000 × 100 = 25%.
Question 4. City R’s metro area grew from 200 000 to 290 000. Compare with Question 3 and say what it suggests.
Answer
Metro growth: 90 000 ÷ 200 000 × 100 = 45%. It is much faster than the city’s 25%, which suggests housing growth outside the city boundary.
Question 5. Town S rose from 50 000 to 65 000 after its boundary was extended to include villages with 10 000 residents. How much of the growth is real, in percent of 50 000?
Answer
Apparent growth is 15 000. The boundary gain is 10 000, so real growth is 5 000. Then 5 000 ÷ 50 000 × 100 = 10%, against an apparent 30%.
Part B: demand and trade-offs
Question 6. A scheme adds 2 500 homes with 4 residents each. If 6% of residents are under 5 and a pre-school class holds 25 children, how many classes are needed?
Answer
Residents: 2 500 × 4 = 10 000. Children under 5: 10 000 × 0.06 = 600. Classes: 600 ÷ 25 = 24. The 6% is an assumption stated for this example.
Question 7. A city can respond to crowded buses by buying more buses, or by adding a train line. Give one trade-off for each.
Answer
More buses can start soon, but they add road traffic and running costs. A train line can move more people and avoid traffic, but it needs a long build time and high cost.
Question 8. Write a conditional judgement on Question 7 for a city that needs relief within one year.
Answer
“More buses are best if relief is needed within a year, since they can be in service sooner, although a train line may suit the city better in the long term if funds and time allow.”
If you got these wrong
- Questions 1 and 2: read classifying a settlement function.
- Questions 3 to 5: revisit explaining urban growth.
- Question 6: study tracing an urbanisation effect to one service.
- Questions 7 and 8: practise comparing responses with trade-offs.
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