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'Physical factors play a more important role in the spread of disease than human factors'. Discuss.
Firstly, it is important to acknowledge the 'discuss' phrase in the question. This implies you need to evaluate both physical and human factors, and their role in the spread of disease, before ultimately dec...
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Outline the social and economic impacts of one or more tectonic events (10 marks).
Analysing the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, there have been varying short-term and long-term social and economic impacts. This is due to the violent magnitude of the earthquake (7.0 magnitude initial shock, foll...
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Explain the causes of one tectonic hazard.
This type of question would usually be worth 6-8 marks, so students should include around 3-4 developed points. For example, if they were explaining how earthquakes occur they could reference the different t...
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Explain how a tsunami is formed.
At a tectonic plate boundary, a earthquake occurs. This causes a large release of pressure and a tectonic plate to jolt upwards, causing a water displacement column. As a result, waves with a low frequency, ...
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What is a dependency ratio and how would an ageing population affect it?
A countries dependency ratio is the total elderly population (65 years old +) divided by the total working age population (15-65 years old) times by 100. An ageining population would create a high percentage...
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