Colombo International School Geography Department Name: Class: Teacher: Year 9 First Term Examination Date: November 2012 Time allowed: 1 hour Instructions to Candidates Answer all questions. Answers are to be written on the question paper Advise for Candidates Write your answers neatly Make sure your name is on all the paper you use If you are stuck on a question move on and return to it at the end Remember to check your answers for spelling and grammar mistakes. Information for Candidates Total number of marks available is 60.ECOSYSTEMS 1. Correct the paragraph below by crossing out the wrong word in every pair given in brackets, (06) © On the Equator t y. tis often overhead at sun is always ( high / low } in the si ( midnight / midday } , The vertical rays of heat have a { large/ smail } area to heat up. Temperatures are therefore always high. In places like Britain the Sun is much {higher / lower ) in the sky. [tis (never / often } overhead. The ray ofheathavee much ( large / smaller)area to heat up. Temperatures are therefore never as high 2. Figure 1. Shows why it rains during most afternoons in equatorial areas. Choose the labels from the following list and write them in the correct box. (09) * Airnext to the ground is heated. * Air cools and condensation occurs * Cumulonimbus storm ciouds form, # Sunrises high inthe sky by mieday # Warm air rises # Sun eats up the ground + White cumulus clouds form Water evaporates from ground and © Heavyrain tree3, Complete the following sentences by underlining the correct ward in brackects. (04) fn Summer the land heats up ( more /iess ) thon the sea. This will make help 8 ( wormer /colder} than A Rising air (warms / cools}and often produce rain. This will make B colder and (wetter/ drier } than A, eee Air passing over a warm sea picks up moisture but dries out over land. Place A will be ( warmer / colder } and {wetter /drier } The Sun is often ( overhead / at an angle j near tb Equator. Place A wil be (wormer/ colder}than B. ORTH PoLe © Amazon rainforest © Mediterranean climate| © Tundra Climate Congo rainforest5. Describe the causes of Soil erosion with reference to a named example . ( 06) Named example (TOTAL - 30 MARKS }Volcanoes and Earthquakes 6. Study the diagram below ,which shows the structure of the Eartt (05) Label the main features 7. Define the following terms (276) 7.1. Magma chamber 7.2. Crater 7.3. Volcanic bombs7.4, Active Volcano: 7.5. Epicenter 7.6. Earthquake focus 8. Name the four types of plate boundaries ; 9. Name three effects resulting from an earthquake. (04)10. Exalain how through management the danger from an earthquakes can be reduced, (06) (TOTAL - 30 MARKS}