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Paper 2 Advanced Physical Options
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS
General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level
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Fig. 1 for Question 2
Nutrient cycle in undisturbed tropical rain forest
B
L
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Fig. 1A
Nutrient cycle after clearance for shifting cultivation
crop
B
L
S
Key
B biomass
L litter
S soil
Fig. 1B
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Fig. 2 for Question 6
Quality of life. Level of economic activity.
Social stability.
1
Hazardous
event
5
Improvement?
Return to
normal
NORMALITY
4
Dis
rup
tion
Deterioration
Improvement
A model of responses to natural hazards
R
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3
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Nature of recovery related to:
1 the need to reduce vulnerability.
2 the desire to increase self-reliance.
2
Search rescue
care
PRE-DISASTER
Temporary housing
and services
RELIEF
(hours to days)
REHABILITATION
(days to weeks)
Permanent rebuilding
RECONSTRUCTION
(weeks to years)
Key
1
Physical and economic state of country before hazard
2
Physical and human impact of hazard and emergency relief
3
Rehabilitation
4
Reconstruction
5
Recovery and future planning
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Fig. 3A for Question 8
Some features of the ecosystems of some hot deserts
Desert name and location
Size
Physical features
Australian (Great Sandy,
Victoria, Simpson, Gibson,
and Sturt)
Australia
2 300 000 km2
Great Sandy, Victoria,
and Simpson are
sandy; Gibson and
Sturt are stony.
Plants and animals
acacia, casuarina tree,
eucalyptus, saltbush,
spinifex grass
blue-tongued lizard,
dingo, fat-tailed mouse,
kangaroo, marsupial
mole, rabbit-eared
bandicoot, sand goanna,
spinifex hopping mouse,
thorny devil
Kalahari
Southwestern Africa
Sahara
Northern Africa
Sonoran
Southwestern United
States (Arizona, California)
and parts of Mexico (Baja
Peninsula, Sonora)
520 000 km2
9 100 000 km2
312 000 km2
Covered by sand
dunes and gravel
plains.
acacia, aloe
Covered by
mountains, rocky
areas, gravel plains,
salt flats, huge areas
of dunes. Central
areas sometimes get
no rain for years at a
time.
acacia, grasses,
tamarisks
Covered by sand,
soil, and gravelly
pavement. Gets more
rain.
agave, coulter’s
globemallow, creosote
bush, desert mariposa
lily, mesquite, ocotillo,
paloverde, saguaro
gazelle, gerbil, ground
squirrel, hyena, jackal,
sandgrouse, springbok
addax antelope, dorcas
gazelle, fennec fox,
horned viper, jackal,
jerboa, sandgrouse,
spiny-tailed lizard
Most complex animalplant community of any
desert.
coati, elf owl, gila
monster, kangaroo rat,
pack rat, roadrunner,
sidewinder, tarantula
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Fig. 3B for Question 8
The location of deserts
North
America
Sonoran
Asia
Europe
Sahara
Africa
Equator
South
America
Key
hot arid (desert)
climates
Kalahari
Australian
Australia
Fig. 3B
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