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Year 9 Geography end of Year Examination

Answer all of the questions on the file paper provided.

1. Label the diagram below.

Write down the number of the box where the label should go and the letter of the label you would put there. (1x4)

2. Look at the map below. It shows the tectonic plates that cover Earth’s surface.

1

2

3

4

A

B

C

A = Outer Core

B = Mantle

C = Inner Core

D = Crust

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a) What sort of plate boundary would you find at , and ? (1x3)

b) Look at the diagram below;

i) What name would you give to this type of plate boundary? (1)

ii) You choose. Either;

Explain why earthquakes take place at this boundary,

OR

Explain why a volcanic eruption may take place at this boundary. (3)

3. a) Heads and Tails exercise. Write down the word and then the letter of the sentence that best describes the word. (6)

Magma A = a volcano that has not erupted for some time but might

Dormant volcano B = a low wide volcano made from runny lava called basalt

Shield volcano C = molten rock that is found underground

Active volcano D = a volcano that is made up of layers of lava and ash

Convection

current E = a volcano that has erupted recently and is likely to again

Composite volcano F = the movements in the mantle that move the plates around

A B C

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b) Look at the diagram below.

Match the labels to the boxes on the diagram. Write down the number of the label and the letter of the box it should go in. (1x5)

1. Crater 2. Magma Chamber 3. Lava Flow 4. Ash Cloud 5. Pipe c) Give two reasons why people live next to volcanoes. (2)

4. a) How would predicting an earthquake help reduce the impact on people? (1)

b) How would educating people about what to do in the event of an earthquake help? (1)

c) Give an example of how you can stop buildings collapsing when the ground shakes. Explain how it works. (2)

5. Look at the photograph below.

i) What is happening in the photograph? (1)

ii) Explain how this event could change climate naturally.. (3)

iii) Give an example of a different way in which climate could be changed naturally. (1)

B

D

A

C

E

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6. a) Look at the following diagram

Write down the number of the box where the label should go and the letter of the label you would put there. (1x7)

A = Long wave radiation

B = Shortwave radiation

C = Sun

D = Greenhouse Gases

E = Warms the earth

F = Passes through the Greenhouse Gases

G = Warms the atmosphere

b) For each of the greenhouse gases listed below state how we are increasing the amount of them in the atmosphere. (1x2)

Carbon dioxide

Methane

c) What does the term Enhanced Greenhouse Effect mean? (2)

6. a) Polar bears hunt on ice flows (ice floating on the sea). How will they be affected by Global Warming? (2)

b) One of the effects of global warming is that in

the future there may be a lot less snow in the Alps. Why would this be an economic effect of

global warming? (2)

1. 2.

7. 4.

5.

6. 3.

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7. a) Fit the options below into the correct column on the table. (5)

A = Sign up to agreements like the Kyoto protocol in 1997

B = Introduce a fuel tax

C = Put double glazing in houses

D = Give a subsidy (money) to public transport

F = Switch off lights when no one is in a room

Make a copy of the table, all you have to do is write down the correct letter in the correct column.

International cooperation National / Government Individual / You and your family

b) Choose one of the schemes listed above and explain how they would reduce global warming. (2)

8. Match the number of the plant adaptation to the letter of the biome it comes from. Just write down the number and letter that go together. (3)

Biomes; A = Tropical Rainforest, B = Savanna, C = Hot Desert

Plant adaptations;

1. Plants go brown and die back until the rains come in the wet season.

2. Plants have spikes that reduces the amount of water the plant loses and stops animals from eating them.

3. Plants have very large leaves to catch as much sunshine as possible.

9. Give two reasons why the local tribal people living in tropical rainforests would not like logging companies coming to their area of the forest. (2)

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