Hwa Chong Institution
Sec 1 Geography 2021
Term 4 Practice Paper
Topics: Map Reading, Tropical Rainforests and Water
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Answer all questions on foolscap.
Please label the sections clearly on your answer sheet.
Section A: Map Reading (10 marks)
1.
Study the map extract below.
B
house
A
Scale 1: 75000
(a)
What is the grid reference of the grid square where a large area of wood
can be found?
[1]
(b)
Identify a man-made feature in grid square 8745.
[1]
(c)
Give a 6 figure grid reference for Godwin’s Farm.
[1]
(d)
What is at the grid reference 898 458?
[1]
(e)
What is the direction of the ‘Sandy Head’ from the bridge at grid reference
858 458?
[1]
(f)
What is the bearing of Godwin’s Farm from “site of anitquity” at Sandy Head.
[1]
(g)
What is the length of the road from A to B?
[2]
(h)
Identify and describe the settlement pattern on this map.
[2]
Section B: Structured Questions
1.
Study Fig. 1, which shows a sketch of the structure of a forest.
Fig. 1
(a) Describe three characteristics of the forest shown in Fig. 1
[3]
(b) Explain how the trees adapt to the climatic condition of this place.
[3]
2.
Fig 2 shows a news headline.
Fig. 2
Using information in Fig. 2 and your content knowledge, explain why
the rainforest is important to people and the environment.
3.
[4]
Domestic Water Consumption per person per day in Singapore has declined from
172 litres per person in 1995 to 151 litres per person in 2015. State the reason for
this trend.