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2005 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N Geography Total marks 100 General Instructions Reading time 5 minutes Working time 3 hours Write using black or blue pen Board-approved calculators may be used A Stimulus Booklet is provided with this paper Write your Centre Number and Student Number at the top of pages 9, 13 and 15 Section I Pages 2 6 15 marks Attempt Questions 1 15 Allow about 25 minutes for this section Section II Pages 9 15 25 marks Attempt Questions 16 19 Allow about 45 minutes for this section Section III Page 17 60 marks Attempt Questions 20 22 Allow about 1 hour and 50 minutes for this section 161X Section I 15 marks Attempt Questions 1 15 Allow about 25 minutes for this section Refer to the Stimulus Booklet Use the multiple-choice answer sheet. Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval completely. Sample: 2+4= (A) 2 A (B) 6 (C) 8 B C (D) 9 D If you think you have made a mistake, put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the new answer. A B C D If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer, then indicate the correct answer by writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as follows. correct A B C 2 D Refer to Sources A and B to answer Question 1. 1 What is the name of the island located at W? (A) Cape Barren (B) Flinders (C) Hunter (D) King Refer to Source B to answer Question 2. 2 What is the average gradient between the spot height at point X and the spot height at Frenchmans Cap (42 20'S 145 45'E)? (A) 1 : 129 (B) 1 : 135 (C) 1 : 1300 (D) 1 : 1573 Refer to Source C to answer Question 3. 3 What is the vertical exaggeration of the cross-section from X to Y? (A) 40 (B) 80 (C) 200 (D) 1000 4 Which of the following urban dynamics is a response to environmental decline in large cities in the developed world? (A) Counterurbanisation (B) Suburbanisation (C) Sustainability (D) Urban village 3 Refer to Source D to answer Questions 5 7. 5 What is the area in square kilometres of Thomsons Lake centred on AR 8942? (A) 1.8 (B) 2.3 (C) 2.8 (D) 3.3 6 What is the density of buildings in AR 8226? (A) 2 per km2 (B) 6 per km2 (C) 7 per km2 (D) 9 per km2 7 What is the bearing of the golf course in AR 8027 from the golf course in AR 8631? (A) 60 (B) 240 (C) NE (D) SW Refer to Sources B, D, E and F to answer Question 8. 8 Which source has the smallest scale? (A) Source B (B) Source D (C) Source E (D) Source F 4 Refer to Sources D and E to answer Question 9. 9 Which direction was the photographer facing when the photograph was taken? (A) NE (B) NW (C) SE (D) SW Refer to Sources D and F to answer Question 10. 10 What is the scale of the Landsat image? (A) 1 : 20 000 (B) 1 : 30 000 (C) 1 : 200 000 (D) 1 : 300 000 11 Which of the following statements best describes the term ecosystem? (A) The variety of living organisms on Earth and their interactions (B) The realm of Earth that includes all plant and animal life-forms (C) The interaction of living organisms with each other and their environment (D) The total surroundings including the cultural, social, political and economic contexts of people 5 Refer to Source G to answer Questions 12 and 13. 12 In Germany in 1999, what was the difference between the percentage of males aged 35 39 and the percentage of females aged 35 39? (A) 0.6% (B) 4.1% (C) 4.7% (D) 8.8% 13 Which of the following statements describes a projected change between 1999 and 2025? (A) The size of the population will increase. (B) There will be fewer 50 59 year-old males. (C) There will be more 40 49 year-old females. (D) The proportion of people over the age of 60 will increase. Refer to Source H to answer Question 14. 14 How many million German residents in 1999 were born in Turkey? (A) 0.5 (B) 1.6 (C) 2.1 (D) 3.8 Refer to Sources G and H to answer Question 15. 15 What percentage of the total German population in 1999 was from the former Yugoslavia? (A) 1.0 (B) 1.5 (C) 2.0 (D) 2.5 6 BLANK PAGE 7 BLANK PAGE 8 Board of Studies NSW 2005 2 005 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION Geography Centre Number Section II 25 marks Attempt Questions 16 19 Allow about 45 minutes for this section Student Number Use the Stimulus Booklet and your knowledge of geography to answer Questions 16 19 in the spaces provided. Marks Question 16 (5 marks) Refer to Source D on page 2 of the Stimulus Booklet to answer part (a). (a) Identify TWO economic activities evident on the map, and account for the location of ONE of these activities. ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... Question 16 continues on page 10 162aX 9 3 Marks Question 16 (continued) Refer to the graphs below to answer part (b). Rainfall graphs for Rockingham mm 1989 2002 mm 200 200 175 175 150 150 125 125 100 100 75 75 50 50 25 25 0 0 J F MAM J J A S O N D J F MAM J J A S O N D Rainfall Images were sourced from the Australian Greenhouse Officer, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2004 The greenkeeper at a Rockingham golf course will use the rainfall graphs to determine the amount of water that will be needed to maintain the golf course in 2006. (b) Evaluate the reliability of using data from these rainfall graphs for 2006. ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... End of Question 16 10 2 Marks Question 17 (5 marks) (a) 1 What is genetic diversity? ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... Refer to the ecosystem diagram below to answer part (b). Ecosystem diagram (b) Explain how over-fishing of the secondary consumer in the ecosystem shown could affect the diversity and functioning of the ecosystem. ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... 11 4 BLANK PAGE 12 Board of Studies NSW 2005 2 005 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION Geography Centre Number Section II (continued) Student Number Marks Question 18 (7 marks) Refer to the ternary graph to answer parts (a) and (b). Structure of the German economy (by sector, % for 1999 and 2025 projected) 0 10 100 20 90 ce rvi se y( 40 80 30 e) 20 90 10 10 0 90 10 0 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 0 10 0 ur ult iar 60 50 ric (ag 50 60 70 Te rt ary 40 70 im s) 30 80 Pr KEY 1999 2025 (projected) Secondary (manufacturing) (a) What percentage of the German economy was made up of the Tertiary (services) sector in 1999? 1 ............................................................................................................................... (b) Identify TWO different changes that may occur in the structure of the German economy between 1999 and 2025. ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... Question 18 continues on page 14 162bX 13 2 Marks Question 18 (continued) (c) Identify and describe the spatial patterns of ONE economic activity in a global context. ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... End of Question 18 14 Board of Studies NSW 2005 4 2 005 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION Geography Centre Number Section II (continued) Student Number Marks Question 19 (8 marks) (a) Identify and outline ONE urban dynamic of change, with reference to a case study of a country town or suburb. 4 ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... (b) Describe, with reference to examples, the character of world cities. ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... ............................................................................................................................... 162cX 15 4 BLANK PAGE 16 Board of Studies NSW 2005 2 005 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFIC ATE EXAMINATION Geography Section III 60 marks Attempt Questions 20 22 Allow about 1 hour and 50 minutes for this section Answer each question in a SEPARATE writing booklet. Extra writing booklets are available. In your answers you will be assessed on how well you: present a sustained, logical and well-structured answer to the question communicate geographical information, ideas and issues refer to appropriate case studies, illustrative examples and the Stimulus Booklet where appropriate Question 20 (20 marks) Account for the vulnerability and resilience of ecosystems. Question 21 (20 marks) Explain the relationships of dominance and dependence between world cities and other urban centres. Question 22 (20 marks) Describe how environmental constraints and human impacts influence the nature of an economic enterprise you have studied at a local scale. End of paper 163X 17 BLANK PAGE 18 Board of Studies NSW 2005 2 0 0 5 H I G H E R S C H O O L C E R T I F I C AT E E X A M I N AT I O N Geography Stimulus Booklet Source A Geographical Information System (GIS) showing relief of Tasmania and surrounding continental shelf W Geoscience Australia X Y Source B Relief map of Tasmania 144 E 145 E 146 E 147 E 148 E Source C Cross-section from X to Y 149 E +2000 39 S (1573 m) +1000 Elevation (metres) 40 S TASMANIA 10 2 00 000 m m X 1573 20 0 Depth Sea Level 0 60 40 20 00 00 00 200 m m m m m 50 0 m Height KEY 41 S 42 S Average sea level 0 1000 2000 3000 Frenchmans Cap 1444 4000 43 S 5000 Y 0 X 60 km 40 80 120 160 200 Distance (kilometres) Page 1 Y Source D Rockingham, Western Australia topographic map 1976 45 44 43 42 N W 1 : 100 000 E 41 Contour interval: 20 m S 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 28 26 25 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 KEY for Source D Built-up area; National route marker 31 Mine; Windmill; Yard; Quarry Lake, perennial; Stream, perennial Ruin Principal road and highway; Cutting Building/s; Church; Ruin; Drive-in theatre Secondary road; Embankment Trig station; Bench mark with evaluation; Spot elevation Minor road; Road bridge Cliff; Contour with value; Depression contour Vehicular track Sandridges Land subject to inundation; Rice field Gate; Cattle grid Forest, dense; medium; scattered Bore or well; Spring; Tank or small dam Railway, multiple track; Station; Railway bridge Scrub, dense; medium; scattered Breakwater; Pier; Wharf Railway, single track; Railway tunnel Tropical rainforest; Pine plantation Wreck, exposed; Lighthouse Light railway or tramway Orchard, plantation or vineyard; Mangrove Rock, bare or awash; Foreshore flat; Sand Power transmission line Windbreak Reef; Rock ledge; Saline coastal flat Fence; Levee or bank Page 2 .BM 306 400 .220 Lake, intermittent; Stream, intermittent Lake, mainly dry; Stream, mainly dry Swamp, perennial; intermittent 89 90 Geoscience Australia 27 Source E Oblique aerial photograph of Rockingham 1984 Source F Landsat image of the Rockingham area 2002 Page 3 Source G Population pyramid for Germany 1999 and projection for 2025 Age MALE FEMALE 100+ 95 99 90 94 85 89 80 84 75 79 70 74 65 69 60 64 55 59 50 54 45 49 40 44 35 39 30 34 25 29 20 24 15 19 10 14 5 9 0 4 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 Percentage of the total population KEY 1999 2025 (projected) Germany 1999 (total population: 82 187 909) Germany 2025 (projected) (total population: 80 637 451) Source H German residents born outside Germany 1967 1999 (for selected countries) 7 6 5 4 People (millions) Key: Country of birth 3 Austria Poland 2 Greece Italy former Yugoslavia 1 Turkey others 0 1967 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1999 Year Page 4 Board of Studies NSW 2005

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