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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
International General Certificate of Secondary Education
* 6 0 3 9 5 6 4 9 9 3 *
0460/21
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 2
October/November 2010
1 hour 30 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials:
Ruler
Protractor
Plain paper
1:25 000 Survey Map Extract is enclosed with this Question Paper.
READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.
Answer all questions.
The Insert contains Photograph A for Question 5.
Sketch maps and diagrams should be drawn whenever they serve to illustrate an answer.
The Survey Map Extract and the Insert are not required by the Examiner.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
This document consists of 14 printed pages and 2 blank pages and 1 Insert.
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Study the map extract which is for Port Louis, Mauritius. The scale is 1:25 000.
(a) Fig. 1 shows part of the coastal area of the map. Study Fig. 1 and the map extract and
answer the questions on the opposite page.
96
97
98
99
08
08
A
F
B
07
07
06
06
D
C
E
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05
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Fig. 1
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Identify the following features shown on Fig. 1.
(i)
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the plantation crop in area A;
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(ii)
the named or public building at B;
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(iii)
two services or functions in grid square C;
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(iv)
the type of road at D;
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(v)
the name of river E;
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(vi)
feature F in the ocean.
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(b) Fig. 2 is a cross section drawn from 975038 to 005038 through Priest Peak.
Registrar
General
Office
300
School
300
height 200
(metres)
100
200
height
(metres)
100
975038
005038
Fig. 2
Using labelled arrows, mark the following features on Fig. 2:
(i)
the Citadel;
(ii)
Priest Peak;
(iii)
a power line.
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(c) The Port Louis area is an important commercial port in Mauritius.
(i)
State two features shown on the map which suggest that the area is a port.
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(ii)
Using evidence from the map extract, describe three natural advantages of the
area for the development of a port.
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(d) (i)
Find the CBD (Central Business District) of Port Louis. State the four figure grid
reference of the square containing the CBD.
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(ii)
State the meaning of the map symbol shown at 986029.
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(e) Fig. 3 shows the area around Quoin Bluff. The area shaded is over 100 metres above
sea level.
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03
10
QUOIN
BLUFF
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02
02
10
0
Key
100
contour
(metres)
01
01
95
96
97
98
Fig. 3
Describe the relief of the area shaded on Fig. 3.
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The city of Cambridge in the UK lies close to important transport routes. People commute
to work in the CBD from the suburbs and surrounding villages. The city suffers from traffic
congestion.
Fig. 4 below shows features of the transport routes in and around Cambridge.
to Ely
A1
to
Birmingham
A10
4
P
A428
P
A1303
CBD
M11
N
A14
P
to
Harwich
CAMBRIDGE
1
A1
P
P
03
A6
A1
A1
7
to London
1
to
London
M1
0
A11
30
0
Melbourn
2
4
6
km
Key
motorway and dual carriageway
other main road
P
CBD
car park with bus to CBD
built up area
central business district
railway and station
Fig. 4
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(a) What features, shown on Fig. 4, help reduce traffic congestion for long distance travellers
who do not wish to visit Cambridge?
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(b) (i)
Find the village of Melbourn on Fig. 4. A commuter travels from Melbourn to
Cambridge CBD.
Estimate the distance, to the nearest kilometre, that the commuter travels.
………………………………… kilometres
State the compass direction in which the commuter travels.
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Describe and give a reason for the location of the car parks shown on Fig. 4.
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(c) Suggest one way of reducing traffic congestion caused by commuters from the suburbs
of Cambridge.
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[Total: 8 marks]
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Study Fig. 5, which shows the Earth’s tectonic plates and plate margins and Fig. 6, which
shows the world distribution of active volcanoes.
North
American
Plate
Eurasian Plate
African
Plate
Pacific Plate
Nazca
Plate
Indian
Plate
South
American
Plate
Australian
Plate
Antarctic Plate
Fig. 5
Key
Active volcano
Fig. 6
(a) Using arrows, as shown below, label on Fig. 5, a plate margin where:
(i)
plates are moving away from each other (← →);
(ii)
plates are moving towards each other (→ ←).
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(b) Which two of the following statements about active volcanoes are correct? Tick only
two statements.
Statement
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They are mostly found in the centres of plates
They are mostly found at plate margins
They are found at every plate margin
They may be found in the centres of plates
They are only found at plate margins
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(c) Fig. 7 is a map showing some of the effects of the eruption of Mount St Helens, USA, in
May 1980.
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C e
Rive
South Fo
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pyroclastic flow
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mudflow
debris avalanche
sideways blast
Spirit
Lake
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Key
Fo
rk
N
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River
Clearwater Creek
Green
Fig. 7
(i)
Which effect of the eruption:
covered over 600 km2 north of the crater; ……………………………………
occurred in a single, 22 km long band west of Spirit Lake; ……………………………
covered an area from the crater to 8 km further north?………………………………
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(ii) Suggest a reason for the distribution of mudflows shown on Fig. 7.
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Figs 8 and 9 show features seen at a weather station.
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Fig. 9
Fig. 8
(a) (i)
Why is the box shown on Fig. 8 raised above the ground?
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(ii)
Why are the sides of the box shown on Fig. 8 louvred (slatted)?
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(b) (i)
What feature of the weather does the instrument shown on Fig. 9 measure?
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(ii)
What units are used to record this weather feature?
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(c) Clouds are recorded without using any equipment. Fig. 10 shows three types of cloud.
X
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9
8
7
6
thousands
of metres
5
Z
4
3
Y
2
1
sea level
Fig. 10
(i)
Name the types of cloud shown on Fig. 10.
X …………………………………………………
Y …………………………………………………
Z …………………………………………………
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(ii) State the units used to estimate the amount of cloud cover.
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Photograph A (Insert), shows part of a river valley. Describe the river, relief and vegetation
shown in the photograph.
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Four types of graph used in geography are:
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a radial graph (rose diagram)
a pie graph (pie chart)
a scatter graph
a line graph
For each of the following four examples, (a), (b), (c) and (d), choose the most appropriate
type of graph from the list above. Name the type of graph and draw a labelled sketch of it.
You may use each type of graph once only.
(a) A graph to show the percentages of tourists arriving in a country by air, road, rail and
sea.
Name of type of graph .....................................................................................................
Labelled sketch
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(b) A graph to show changes in the production of a crop over a number of years.
Name of type of graph .....................................................................................................
Labelled sketch
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(c) A graph to show the relationship between crop yields and amount of fertiliser used in a
group of countries.
Name of type of graph .....................................................................................................
Labelled sketch
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(d) A graph to show the variation in wind direction in one month at a weather station.
Name of type of graph .....................................................................................................
Labelled sketch
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© Map of Port Louis, Mauritius; Mauritius Government.
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