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GEOGRAPHY
Paper 1 Living with the physical environment –
The Challenge of Natural Hazards Mid unit assessment
Assessment Date
Time allowed: 30 minutes
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• The total number of marks available for this paper is 33.
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Section A The challenge of natural hazards
Answer all questions in this section.
Question 1 The challenge of natural hazards
Study Figure 1, A table of the largest and deadliest earthquakes over a 6 year period
Year
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
01.1
Figure 1
Largest Earthquakes
Deadliest Earthquakes
Location
Magnitude
Number
Location
Magnitude Number
of
of
deaths
deaths
Chile
8.2
7
China
6.1
617
Kamchatka
8.3
0
Pakistan
7.7
825
Russia
Smatra
8.6
No data Philippines
6.7
113
Japan
9.0
20 896
Japan
9.0
20 896
Chile
8.8
507
Haiti
7.0
316 000
Samoan
8.1
192
Sumatra
7.5
1 117
Islands
To what extent is there a relationship between the largest and deadliest earthquakes shown in
figure 1?
[2 marks]
01.2
Outline one reason why the largest earthquakes do not always cause the most deaths
[2 marks]
Question 1 continues on the next page
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Study Figure 2, a map showing selected volcanoes around the world, and the location of plates
and plate margins.
Figure 2
01.3
Using Figure 2, which two of the following statements are true? Shade two circles only.
A Northern Europe has lots of volcanic activity
B The majority of volcanic activity occurs along constructive plate margins
C All volcanic activity occurs along the edges of plates
D The majority of volcanic activity occurs along destructive plate margins
E Australia has no volcanoes indicated
F The continent of Africa has the most volcanoes
[2 marks]
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“It is perfectly understandable that hundreds of millions of people around the world live close to
volcanoes”
Use evidence to support this statement.
[6 marks]
01.4
Question 1 continues on the next page
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Study Figure 3, a diagram of a destructive plate margin.
Figure 3
01.5
Complete the paragraph below.
[3 marks]
At a destructive plate margin plates are driven towards each other by convection currents in the mantle.
The denser younger ……………………. crust is driven beneath the older and lighter ………………..crust.
This process is known as…………………..and is responsible for the creation of volcanoes, earthquakes
and ocean trenches at these plate margins.
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Study Figure 4, a satellite image of Chance Peak on the Island of Montserrat erupting.
Figure 4
0
10km
N
01.6 Using Figure 4 only, describe fully two features of this volcanic eruption and volcanic environment.
2x2
[4 marks]
Feature 1
Feature 2
01.7
Suggest two reasons why this eruption caused so much damage to people and the Island.
[2 marks]
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Study Figure 5a, a photograph showing ‘Re:START’, Christchurch city centre in New Zealand, an
area redeveloped 2 years after the earthquake that struck in February 2011 and figure 5b, a
photograph of aid arriving in flood hit Myanmar in 2010.
Figure 5a
Source: http://www.e-architect.co.uk/newzealand/cashel-mall-christchurch
Figure 5b
Source: http://www.worldpreservationfoundation.org/blog/news/emergency-supplies-dispatched-to-myanmar-in-wake-of-heavy-rains-in-the-region/#.VaAcI_mNC-Y
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01.8
Choose either an earthquake or a volcanic eruption.
For the hazard chosen, describe the immediate and longer term responses to the tectonic hazard.
Use Figure 5a or 5b and a case study.
[9 marks]
[+ 3 SPGST marks]
Hazard
End of Section A
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Student review
Question
Mark
01.1
/2
01.2
/2
01.3
/2
01.4
/6
01.5
/3
01.6
/4
01.7
/2
01.8
/9
SPGST
/3
Total
/33
What went well
Even Better If
%
GRADE
Overall reflection
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