8.2 Urban systems and urban planning Quiz
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1. Which describes an urban area?
- A. A built-up area with high population density, buildings and infrastructure
- B. Any area with farmland
- C. An area with fewer than 100 people
- D. Only a capital city
2. Which is a push factor?
- A. Better schools in the city
- B. Higher wages in cities
- C. Drought destroying crops
- D. Entertainment in towns
3. Suburbanisation is movement of people from:
- A. Cities to the countryside to farm
- B. Rural areas to cities
- C. Dense central areas to lower-density peripheral areas
- D. One country to another
4. Why do cities tend to be warmer than the surrounding countryside?
- A. More trees absorb heat
- B. Buildings and roads absorb and release heat
- C. More water vapour is evaporated
- D. Greater cloud cover
5. Ecological urban planning treats the city as:
- A. A collection of separate sectors
- B. An ecosystem
- C. A farm
- D. A closed system with no inputs