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Information and Ideas practice question
A geographer claims that the village's population has been ageing over the past twenty years.
Which finding, if true, would most directly support the geographer's claim?
- A. Over the twenty years, the village school's roll fell from 90 pupils to 30, while the number of residents over 65 doubled.Correct
- B. The village has a new bus shelter.
- C. House prices in the village have risen.
- D. The village is three miles from the nearest town.
Answer: A. Over the twenty years, the village school's roll fell from 90 pupils to 30, while the number of residents over 65 doubled.
Fewer children and twice as many over-65s: the age profile has shifted upward.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. The village has a new bus shelter.
- A bus shelter says nothing about ages.
- C. House prices in the village have risen.
- Prices don't show the residents' ages.
- D. The village is three miles from the nearest town.
- Distance is irrelevant to age.
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