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Cambridge International Examinations
Cambridge Pre-U Certificate
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GEOGRAPHY
Paper 4 Research Topic
For Examination from 2016
SPECIMEN INSERT
1 hour 30 minutes
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This Insert contains all the Figures and the Photograph referred to in the Question Paper.
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Fig. 1 for Question 1
Plant species along a woodland transect
Bare
ground
Bluebells
Couch
grass
Daisy
Dog’s mercury
Ivy
Sessile oak
0
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
sample sites
key
abundant
common
frequent
occasional
rare
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Fig. 2 for Question 1
Distance and soil moisture pH along a transect through a sand dune ecosystem
9.5
pH of soil moisture
9.0
8.5
8.0
7.5
7.0
6.5
6.0
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
distance (m)
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Fig. 3 for Question 2
Location of bluebells in the Borough of Halton, near Liverpool, England in 2007
Key
Native bluebell
N
Spanish bluebell
urban areas
water
Halton Boundary
Local Nature Reserves
Clincton Wood
Hale Road Woodlands
Widnes
Wigg Island
Oxmoor Wood
Dorchester Park
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Pickerings Pasture
Runcorn
Daresbury Firs
ve
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rM
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s
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Runcorn Hill
Murdishaw Valley
0
1
km
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Fig. 4 for Question 5
Employment type in National Parks and in England and Wales, 2011
Financial and insurance
Accommodation and food service
Wholesale and retail trade
Manufacturing
Agriculture, forestry and fishing
0
5
10
percentage of workers
15
Key
National Parks
England and Wales
Fig. 5 for Question 5
Internal migration for rural and major urban areas, England, 2000 to 2010
Internal Migration (thousands)
100
50
0
−50
−100
−150
−200
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
Key
year
major urban
rural
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Fig. 6 for Question 5
Changes in population size by age for selected National Parks, England, 2001 to 2011
National Parks
South Downs
Exmoor
Northumberland
−60
Key
0–14
−40
−20
0
20
percent
40
60
80
15–29
30–44
45–59
60–74
75 and over
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Fig. 7 for Question 6
1 : 50,000 OS map extract, SW Northumberland, England
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Key for Fig. 7 [OS map]
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Fig. 8 for Question 9
The relationship between river bed material and river channel pattern
10
90
20
80
30
70
40
X
60
ST
% solid
rock
60
HT
IG
RA
50
% clay and
organic
50 matter
40
70
MEANDERING
30
80
20
10
90
Y
BRAIDED
Z
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
% sand and gravel
Key
river
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Fig. 9 for Question 9
1 : 50,000 OS map extract of the River Spey, Scotland
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Photograph A for Question 9
Part of the River Spey shown on Fig. 9
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Fig. 10 for Question 10
Bedload particle diameter and distance from the source
bedload particle diameter (mm)
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
2 km
4 km
distance from source of river
6 km
Key
maximum particle diameter
middle
50% of
particles
median particle diameter
minimum particle diameter
Copyright Acknowledgements:
Question 1 Figure 1
Question 2 Figure 3
Question 5 Figure 4
Question 5 Figure 5
Question 5
Question 6
Question 9
Question 9
Question 9
Figure 6
Figure 7
Figure 8
Figure 9
Figure 10
© adapted: Alan Cadogan & Malcolm Ingram; Maths for Advanced Biology; Nelson Thornes Ltd; 2002.
© Dr Samantha Langdon; Halton Bluebell Survey Report; http://www.record-lrc.co.uk/Downloads/bluebell%20project/WEB%20
August%202007%20report.pdf; 22 May 2013.
© National Parks in England and Wales; http://youtube.com/watch?v=UnVxNzXggMQ; 23 May 2013.
© DEFRA statistical digest of rural England 2012; https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/
file/69493/pb13642-rural-digest-2012.pdf; 23 May 2013.
© Characteristics of National Parks; Office for National Statistics; 23 May 2013.
© Hexham and Haltwhistle; OS Landranger 87; Ordnance Survey; 2009.
© K Hilton; Process and Pattern in Physical Geography; University Tutorial Press; 1985.
© Extract of River Spey; Ordnance Survey.
© River Spey between Drumuillie and Culachie; http://www.multi-map.net/.
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