{
  "id": "4e5f1534-fff0-54bd-9921-064edcf20a8a",
  "slug": "option-c-extreme-environments-management-and-futures",
  "title": "Option C Extreme environments: Management and futures",
  "course": "IB Geography",
  "level": "SL and HL",
  "topic": "C",
  "questionCount": 14,
  "page": "https://splycr.com/ib-geography/option-c-extreme-environments-management-and-futures",
  "data": "https://splycr.com/library/option-c-extreme-environments-management-and-futures.json",
  "play": "https://splycr.com/?set=4e5f1534-fff0-54bd-9921-064edcf20a8a",
  "section": {
    "name": "Option C: Extreme environments",
    "page": "https://splycr.com/ib-geography/extreme-environments"
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "Biology by Bradford",
    "href": "https://www.biologybybradford.com",
    "note": "Written for the splycr library by Biology by Bradford."
  },
  "questions": [
    {
      "number": 1,
      "question": "Land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid areas from climate variation and human activity?",
      "answer": "Desertification",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Salinisation",
        "Aridification",
        "Deforestation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 2,
      "question": "Keeping more livestock than pasture can support, stripping vegetation cover?",
      "answer": "Overgrazing",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Overcultivation",
        "Deforestation",
        "Monoculture"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 3,
      "question": "Seasonal movement of herders and livestock between lowland and upland pastures?",
      "answer": "Transhumance",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Nomadism",
        "Shifting cultivation",
        "Ranching"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 4,
      "question": "Hummocky, sunken ground formed as ice-rich permafrost thaws?",
      "answer": "Thermokarst",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Patterned ground",
        "Pingo",
        "Solifluction lobe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 5,
      "question": "Sudden torrent released when meltwater ponded behind a moraine breaches it?",
      "answer": "Glacial lake outburst flood",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Flash flood",
        "Lahar",
        "Storm surge"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 6,
      "question": "Gently sloping underground tunnel that carries groundwater to the surface in arid regions?",
      "answer": "Qanat",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Wadi",
        "Oasis",
        "Aquifer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 7,
      "question": "Mesh nets that collect droplets from coastal mist in deserts?",
      "answer": "Fog harvesting",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Cloud seeding",
        "Rainwater harvesting",
        "Dew ponds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 8,
      "question": "1959 agreement reserving a continent for peace and science and banning military activity?",
      "answer": "Antarctic Treaty",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Arctic Council",
        "Svalbard Treaty",
        "Madrid Protocol"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 9,
      "question": "Remote region newly opened up for extracting minerals or energy?",
      "answer": "Resource frontier",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Hinterland",
        "Wilderness",
        "Enclave"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 10,
      "question": "Shrinking Arctic sea ice is opening this shipping route through Canada's archipelago?",
      "answer": "Northwest Passage",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Northern Sea Route",
        "Panama Canal",
        "Bering Strait"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 11,
      "question": "Rows of trees planted to reduce wind speed and soil erosion?",
      "answer": "Shelterbelts",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Contour ploughing",
        "Terracing",
        "Strip cropping"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 12,
      "question": "Generating stations using mirrors to focus sunlight onto a receiver, driving steam turbines?",
      "answer": "Concentrated solar power",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Photovoltaic panels",
        "Geothermal power",
        "Wind farms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 13,
      "question": "Dark particles from fires and engines that settle on snow, lowering albedo and speeding melt?",
      "answer": "Black carbon",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Volcanic ash",
        "Sea salt",
        "Pollen"
      ]
    },
    {
      "number": 14,
      "question": "Herders moving with livestock in search of pasture and water, with no fixed settlement?",
      "answer": "Nomadic pastoralism",
      "wrongOptions": [
        "Transhumance",
        "Sedentary farming",
        "Ranching"
      ]
    }
  ]
}