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GCE JAN 2008 : (AS 1) Themes in Physical Geography

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Centre Number 71 Candidate Number ADVANCED SUBSIDIARY (AS) General Certificate of Education January 2008 Geography assessing Module 1: Themes in Physical Geography ASG11 Assessment Unit AS 1 [ASG11] THURSDAY 17 JANUARY, AFTERNOON TIME 1 hour. INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the spaces provided at the top of this page. Answer all three questions in Section A and any two questions from Section B. Write your answers to Section B on the lined paper at the end of this booklet. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES The total mark for this paper is 60. Quality of written communication will be assessed in all questions. Figures in brackets printed down the right-hand side of pages indicate the marks awarded to each question or part question. For Examiner s use only Question Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total Marks ASG1W8 3481 Marks Section A Examiner Only Marks Remark Answer all three questions in this section 1 (a) Study Resources 1A and 1B which show a river feature and its crosssection. RESOURCE 1A Direction of flow 1 X Y X 2 Y 3 X Y 30 metres RESOURCE 1B Cross-section X Y Water level 1 metre (i) Name the main river feature shown on Resource 1A. ____________________________________________________ [1] ASG1W8 3481 2 [Turn over (ii) Does the cross-section shown on Resource 1B represent point 1, 2 or 3 on Resource 1A? Examiner Only Marks Remark ____________________________________________________ [1] (iii) Label the cross-section, Resource 1B, to show where erosion and deposition are taking place. [2] (b) (i) With reference to river processes, explain the terms attrition and saltation. Attrition ________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [2] Saltation _______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [2] (ii) Describe and explain how deposition contributes to the formation of a levee. ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [4] ASG1W8 3481 3 [Turn over 2 (a) Distinguish between the biotic and the abiotic components of an ecosystem, giving an example of each. Examiner Only Marks Remark __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [3] (b) Study Resource 2A, showing how energy moves through an ecosystem. RESOURCE 2A Solar radiation R green plants R 10% R 10% primary carnivores herbivores W D W D R 10% secondary carnivores W D D/W decomposition R R R Key: R = Respiration ASG1W8 3481 D = Death W = Waste products 4 [Turn over Using Resource 2A, describe how energy moves through an ecosystem. Examiner Only Marks Remark __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [4] (c) Resource 2B shows an incomplete diagram of the nutrient cycling model. Complete the diagram by drawing and labelling the five missing nutrient transfers. RESOURCE 2B Input dissolved in rainfall (from atmosphere) biomass litter Loss in runoff soil [5] ASG1W8 3481 5 [Turn over 3 Study Resource 3 showing a typical anticyclone in summer. Examiner Only Marks Remark RESOURCE 3 10 24 10 20 10 16 N 14 22 15 20 27 23 20 24 10 10 20 10 16 200km Physical Environment by Jack & Meg Gillett , published by Hodder and Stoughton Ltd, 2003, page 97, ISBN: 0 340 78207 2, reproduced by permission of Hodder and Stoughton Ltd. (a) (i) Describe the pressure pattern shown on Resource 3. ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [2] ASG1W8 3481 6 [Turn over (ii) Identify two weather characteristics of summer anticyclones and explain how they affect people. Examiner Only Marks Remark Characteristic __________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [2] Characteristic __________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ [2] (b) Describe and explain where, and under what conditions, hurricanes form. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ [6] ASG1W8 3481 7 [Turn over Section B Examiner Only Marks Remark Answer any two questions in this section 4 With reference to your case study of a large-scale drainage basin or its delta, discuss the physical and human factors that cause flooding. [12] 5 Using national/regional case study information, describe how people have attempted to manage an area of mid-latitude grasslands. [12] 6 Describe the structure of a frontal depression in mid-latitudes and explain how the weather associated with it affects the human environment. [12] ASG1W8 3481 8 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 9 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 10 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 11 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 12 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 13 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 14 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 15 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 16 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 17 [Turn over Number your answers clearly ASG1W8 3481 18 [Turn over THIS IS THE END OF THE QUESTION PAPER ASG1W8 3481 19 [Turn over Permission to reproduce all copyright material has been applied for. In some cases, efforts to contact copyright holders may have been unsuccessful and CCEA will be happy to rectify any omissions of acknowledgement in future if notified. S 11/07 302-087-1 0

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