CCEA A-Level Geography Global Issues and Skills overview quiz quiz

Ice cores, tree rings and pollen analysis

Short-range satellite weather forecasts for the coming week only

The modern instrumental temperature record and nothing else

Present-day coastal tide gauge readings only

The entirely natural background warming that on its own makes the Earth habitable

Extra warming from human emissions trapping more long-wave radiation

A net cooling of the planet caused by dust thrown up by volcanic eruptions

The reflection of incoming sunlight back to space by bright sea ice

Building higher flood defences to cope with rising sea levels

Growing drought-resistant crop varieties to cope with hotter summers

Switching to renewable energy to cut emissions

Managed retreat, abandoning vulnerable stretches of the coast

Maximising economic growth at any cost to the natural environment

Stopping all forms of development completely in order to protect the environment

Development that is funded only by overseas aid and never by trade

Meeting present needs without compromising future generations

Thin, heavily leached and low in nutrients

Deep, fertile and naturally rich in plant nutrients

Permanently frozen to depth for most of the year

Highly saline and sandy with very little organic matter

For showing continuous change in a single quantity over time

For data with three components that sum to 100 per cent

For two variables thought to be in a cause-and-effect relationship

For showing the precise location of features on a base map

A printed paper atlas showing the countries and physical features of the world

A type of statistical significance test used to compare two ranked data sets

A computer system for storing, analysing and displaying spatial data as layers

A field method for selecting sampling points at random across a study area

Random sampling

Stratified sampling

Opportunistic sampling

Systematic sampling

The strength and direction of a relationship between two ranked variables

The difference between observed and expected frequencies in a set of categories

The average, or central value, of a single set of numerical data

The total area enclosed underneath a plotted line graph

Spearman's rank

The chi-squared test

The mean

The interquartile range

0.5 (50 per cent)

0.95 (95 per cent)

0.05 (5 per cent)

0.005 (0.5 per cent)

AS 1 Physical Geography, the introductory landscapes paper

AS 2 Human Geography, covering population and settlement

A2 1 Physical Processes, Landscapes and Environmental Change

A2 3 Decision Making in Geography