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DIRECTORATE FOR QUALITY AND STANDARDS IN EDUCATION

Department of Curriculum Management

Educational Assessment Unit

Annual Examinations 2017

YEAR 10 GEOGRAPHY (OPTION) TIME: 1h 30 min

Name: _____________________________________ Class: _______________

Instructions to Candidates

Answer all questions in the space provided. Write your answers neatly and in good English.

Credit will be given for relevant illustrations. The marks for individual questions are shown in

round brackets: e.g. (4). There are 9 questions in all. The total mark for this paper is 90. The

use of blank paper, pieces of string and calculators is allowed.

For the examiner’s use only

Question

No.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Written

Exam

Fieldwork

Report

Total

Max.

Mark

12 8 12 10 10 10 10 8 10 90 10 100

Score

Question 1

Study carefully the topographical map, figure 1, on page 2 and then work out the given exercise.

a. Link the following grid squares to the correct physical features.

0440 0239 9939 0539 0441

Spring __________________________

Tributary river __________________________

Main river __________________________

Meander __________________________

Ox-bow lake __________________________

(5)

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b. Give the six figure grid reference of these three spot heights:

319m on Torchuaig Hill ________________________

404m on Birnam Hill ________________________

317m on Newtyle Hill ________________________

(3)

Figure 1

c. The scale of the map is 1 : 50000. Double the size of the grid square 0239 in the space

given below. Add the Eastings and Northings on the enlarged grid square and the new

scale.

Draw the springs and the wood in the enlarged grid box.

(4)

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Question 2

Refer to figure 2 on page 3 showing the map of the world and then work out the given exercise.

Mark the corresponding letters from a to f on the given map of the world figure 2 to show the

location of any four mountain chains.

a. Rockies

b. Andes

c. Atlas

d. Drakensberg

e. Himalayas

f. Australian Alps

(4)

Figure 2

Name the rivers marked by the numbers 1 to 4 on the given map. Choose from the following

names:

Colorado, Amazon, Nile, Ganges, Niger and Congo

1. _____________________________ 2. _____________________________

3. _____________________________ 4. _____________________________

(4)

1

2 3

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Question 3

Imagine that you are a meteorologist. Explain what is happening in the different areas covered

by the depression shown in figure 3.

a. Why is the air rising at the warm front?

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b. What happens to the water content of the rising warm air?

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c. Why is there very low pressure at the centre of the depression?

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Figure 3

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d. Why do cumulonimbus clouds develop at the cold front?

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e. When does the depression become occluded?

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f. During which season does Malta experience a lot of depressions?

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Question 4

a. Write the following labels in their correct position on the diagram in figure 4.

parent rock decaying leaves and vegetation weathered parent material

(3)

Figure 4

b. What is such a section of the soil in figure 4 called? ____________________________

(2)

c. Explain two factors affecting the formation of soil.

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d. What happens to the water in the soil when leaching occurs?

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(1)

Question 5

a. Name the type of plate boundary shown in figure 5. __________________________

(1)

Figure 5

b. Explain what is happening at the plate boundary shown in figure 5.

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c. Name the type of plate boundary shown in figure 6 below. ____________________ (1)

Figure 6

d. Explain what is happening at the plate boundary of figure 6.

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Question 6

a. Briefly explain the differences between the following types of farming systems.

Farming systems Differences

Arable and pastoral ______________________________________________

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Subsistence and commercial ______________________________________________

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Extensive and intensive ______________________________________________

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Shifting and sedentary ______________________________________________

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b. Why are more people choosing to buy organic vegetables?

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(2)

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Question 7

Study Figure 7 which shows a shanty town in a developing city. Explain the terms below

with reference to poor urban areas as found in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo.

Figure 7

a. LEDCs _________________________________________________________________

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b. Shanty towns ____________________________________________________________

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c. Poor quality of life ________________________________________________________

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d. Community housing projects

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e. Self-help schemes in shanty towns ___________________________________________

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Question 8

Choose two of these four agricultural practices and explain their negative impact on the

environment.

use of chemicals removal of forests removal of hedgerows/rubble walls

drainage of wetlands

a. __________________________________

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b. __________________________________

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Question 9

Imagine that you have been asked to write an article for the school magazine about flooding in

Bangladesh. Jot down the points for this article:

Figure 8

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a. Location of Bangladesh ___________________________________________________

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b. Two causes of flooding in Bangladesh

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c. One effect of a particular flood in Bangladesh

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d. A title for your article

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(10)

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