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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education
Advanced Subsidiary Level
*9871473277*
8291/02
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Paper 2 Hydrosphere and Biosphere
October/November 2010
1 hour 30 minutes
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Section A
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Section B
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Section A
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Section A
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Answer all questions in this section.
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(a) Fig. 1.1 shows the flows and stores of water in a hydrological cycle within a river valley.
precipitation
A
evaporation
interception
water
table
B
Fig. 1.1
(i)
Name the flow that occurs at A and the store that occurs at B in Fig. 1.1.
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(ii)
What is meant by the terms evaporation and interception?
evaporation ...............................................................................................................
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(iii)
Describe how a balance between the input of water from precipitation and output of
water from the river is maintained in a river basin.
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(iv)
What effects would the construction of a large town in area X in Fig. 1.1 have upon
the discharge of water into the river?
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(b) Fig. 1.2 contains information on the River Colorado Drainage Basin. Fig 1.3 shows how
the discharge of the River Colorado below the Hoover Dam changed between 1920 and
2000.
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Key to map:
Green
N
WYOMING
r
ve
Ri
river
Pacific
Ocean
ME
Gulf of
California
2000
1995
1990
1985
1980
June 1980: Lake Powell fills
March 1963: storage begins Lake Powell
July 1941: Lake Mead fills
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
year
XIC
O
Colorado discharge; downstream from the Hoover Dam
Fig. 1.2
(i)
1975
1920
ve
r
1970
Ri
Gila
r
NEW MEXICO
1965
River
Salt
e
Gila Riv
Riv
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rado
Central
Arizona
Project
ra
d
1950
r
Rive
lo
ARIZONA
1945
le
Co
February 1935: storage begins Lake Mead
Litt
Hoover Dam
thousands of cubic feet per second (cfs)
Ri
ve
Green
ison
River
River
Lake
Mead
All
American
Canal
Gunn
San Juan
Vi
Colorado
River
Aquaduct
COLORADO
Lake
Powell
r
n Rive
rgi
CALIFORNIA
Colo
140
130
120
110
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Fig. 1.3
Using evidence from Fig. 1.2 and Fig. 1.3, describe how the River Colorado can
now be regarded as being a managed river.
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rado
UTAH
NEVADA
r
Rive
1940
Yampa River
1935
100 Kilometres
r
0
dam
100 Miles
1930
50
basin
watershed
1925
0
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(ii)
Suggest three ways in which management of the River Colorado benefits human
activity.
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(iii)
Using evidence from Fig.1.3, outline how the management of the River Colorado
could have a negative effect upon agriculture and the natural environment in area X
in Fig. 1.2.
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(a) Fig. 2.1 is a model that describes population size in terms of processes that form inputs
and outputs.
births
immigration
population
size
deaths
emigration
Fig. 2.1
(i)
Which two processes control natural population change?
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(ii)
Describe how the inputs and outputs to the model interact to produce an increase
in population.
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rate of population change / 1000
(b) The demographic transition model in Fig. 2.2 shows how birth rates and death rates
interact to produce changes to a nation’s population.
stage 1
stage 2
stage 3
stage 4
stage 5
40
30
death
rate
population size
birth
rate
20
10
0
time
Fig. 2.2
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(i)
Complete the dashed line for stages 2, 3 and 4 in Fig. 2.2 to show how population
size changes according to the birth rate and death rate. The position of this line in
stages 1 and 5 is already drawn.
[2]
(ii)
Write the labels Y and Z onto Fig.2.2 to show the positions of France and Paraguay
in the demographic transition model.
Label
Y
Z
Country
France
Paraguay
Birth Rate
13/1000
25/1000
Death Rate
8.5/1000
6/1000
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(c) The population pyramids in Fig. 2.3 show the population structure of a Less Economically
Developed Country (LEDC) and a More Economically Developed Country (MEDC).
MEDC
LEDC
80-84
Female
70-74
70-74
Male
60-64
60-64
50-54
40-44
30-34
Age Groups
80-84
Age Groups
Female
Male
50-54
40-44
30-34
20-24
20-24
10-14
10-14
0-4
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Percentage in Age Group
0-4
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Percentage in Age Group
Fig. 2.3
Describe two socio-economic factors that would account for the difference between the
two population pyramids.
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(d) In 2004 an international committee suggested that the ‘state of the world’ would follow
the trends shown in Fig. 2.4.
State of the World
resources
industrial
output
population
pollution
1900
1950
2000
food
2050
2100
Fig. 2.4
(i)
Describe the relationship between changes to the global population, and resources,
industrial output, pollution and food between 1900 and 2000.
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(ii)
Explain the possible state of the world scenario for the period 2050 to 2100.
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Section B
Select one question from this section.
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(a) Briefly describe the differences in the provision of safe drinking water and basic sanitation
between Less Economically Developed Countries (LEDCs) and More Economically Developed
Countries (MEDCs) as shown in Table 3.1. Give three reasons for these differences.
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Table 3.1
% population with a sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation
safe drinking water
basic sanitation
world total
83%
59%
MEDC total
99%
99%
LEDC total
80%
50%
(b) With reference to either a LEDC or MEDC you have studied, describe the methods that
are currently used to achieve a sustainable water supply and basic sanitation. Discuss one
positive and one negative environmental effect of the methods you have described.
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(a) Fig. 4.1 shows a relationship between agricultural productivity and plant species diversity in
soils at different levels of soil productivity.
high
plant species
diversity
agricultural
productivity
low
low
high
inherent soil productivity
Fig. 4.1
Give three reasons for the way in which plant species diversity and agricultural productivity
change in Fig. 4.1.
[10]
(b) Using examples with which you are familiar, describe how agricultural activity has contributed
to land degradation. Assess two methods that would enable a sustainable use of agricultural
land.
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(a) Describe the biotic and abiotic factors that maintain the ecosystems in a tropical rain forest
such as that shown in Fig. 5.1..............................................................................................[10]
Fig. 5.1
(b) Outline three reasons why the Earth’s tropical rain forests should be conserved. With reference
to examples you have studied, assess the methods that are being used to conserve tropical
rain forest.
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Copyright Acknowledgements:
Question 1b
Question 2c
Question 4 Figure 4.1
Question 5 Figure 5.1
© Map of Colorado Basin and discharge graph; USGS National Center.
© Population pyramid and developed country diagrams; www.lenebrae.org/…/population.pyramids.htm.
© Diagram; www.idrc.ea/en/ev-29587-201-1; The International Development Research Centre.
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