YEAR 12 Trial Exam Paper

2016
GEOGRAPHY
Written examination
Reading time: 15 minutes
Writing time: 2 hours

STUDENT NAME:

QUESTION BOOK
Structure of book

Number of questions Number of

Number of questions
to be answered marks

8 8 80

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 No calculator is allowed in this examination.
Materials supplied
 Question book of 19 pages.
 A data book.
 Additional space is available at the end of the book if you need extra paper to complete an answer.
Instructions
 Write your name in the space provided on the front cover of the answer book.
 All written responses must be in English.
At the end of the examination
 You may keep the data book.

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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided. Refer to the data book as indicated.

Question 1 (7 marks)
a. Using a specific example, explain the difference between land cover and land use.
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b. Land cover change can be attributed to four main natural processes. Choose one
process from the list provided below and explain how it has changed land cover
over time.
 climate change
 geophysical changes
 plant succession
 fires and pests
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c. On the world map provided, clearly identify the locations you studied for each of the
three processes associated with land cover change.
Include a suitable title and full legend.
Your legend should show the process associated with each location.
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Tropic of Cancer

Equator

Tropic of Capricorn

0 2000 km

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Question 2 (10 marks)

Name the location and the land use change for the selected area of fieldwork that you
conducted during the year.

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a. Outline one process undertaken to change the land use in relation to your fieldwork
case study.
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b. Describe one environmental and one social impact of the change in land use identified
in part a. and explain whether this impact has been positive or negative.
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c. In the space below, construct a labelled sketch map of your study area to show:
 the main geographic characteristics of the site within the region
 orientation, legend and title.
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d. Describe an interconnection between your case study and its surrounding region.
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Use Figure 1 on page 2 of the data book when responding to Question 3.

Question 3 (7 marks)
a. List one piece of evidence that the glacier from the main valley has retreated over time.
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b. Describe the movement of the glacier retreat over time with reference to Figure 1b in
the data book.
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c. Using the information provided in the data book, list the two processes that have caused
the glacier to retreat.
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d. Choose one of the processes identified in part c. and discuss how it has been
responsible for glacial ice retreat on a global scale.
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Question 4 (8 marks)
a. For one location you have studied, describe the impact of one of the following factors
on the desertification process:
 overgrazing
 overcultivation
 overpopulation
 the making of charcoal.
Clearly identify your case study location.
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b. Describe a local response for the location you chose in part a.

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c. Evaluate the effectiveness or likely effectiveness of the response described in part b. in

terms of either economic or environmental sustainability.
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Use Figure 2 on page 3 of the data book when responding to Question 5.

Question 5 (13 marks)

a. Two time periods are shown in a region of the Amazon rainforest.
Describe the importance of spatial technologies in identifying change in areas of
deforestation with reference to the satellite images shown.
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b. Discuss one factor that has contributed to deforestation at one location studied during
the year.
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c. Describe the national response to deforestation at the location identified in part b.

Include the aim and two strategies.
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d. Global responses exist for each of the three processes studied.

Identify and describe a global response to any process of land cover change studied
this year, providing some indication of its overall success or likely success in
addressing the process on a global scale.
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Use Figure 3 on pages 4–6 of the data book when responding to Question 6.

Question 6 (14 marks)

a. i. Identify the continent with the highest median age in 2010, as shown in Figure 3a.
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ii. Identify the continent with the lowest median age in 2010, as shown in Figure 3a.
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b. Describe the global distribution of below 20 age groups in 1950, as shown in

Figure 3a.
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c. Describe the pattern of movement of people in the South-East Asian region, as shown
in Figure 3b.
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d. Describe two factors responsible for the movement of people from one country to
another.
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e. Describe the correlation between female illiteracy and the infant mortality rate on a
global scale, as shown in Figure 3c.
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Question 7 (11 marks)

a. Define population dynamics.
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Name one country whose population dynamics you studied during the year.

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b. Identify two main population trends in the country named above.

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c. Describe two population issues resulting from the trends identified in part b.
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d. Describe a local or national response that aimed to address one of the issues identified
in part c.
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Question 8 (10 marks)

‘Population dynamics produce both positive and negative impacts, resulting in appropriate
responses at a range of scales.’
Discuss the above statement.
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