WEATHER AND CLIMATE MOCK EXAM PAPER

GEOGRAPHICAL INVESTIGATION + STRUCTURED RESPONSE

SECTION A
Answer all Questions. [13m]

1. Below shows instrument X.

Fig. 1
i. Identify instrument X.
Barometer.
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ii. Identify the use of the instrument.

To measure air pressure.
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iii. Explain the steps taken to record using this instrument accurately.

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2. A group of students carried out fieldwork on the relationship between cloud cover and relative humidity.
They hypothesized that ‘as relative humidity increases, cloud cover also increases.’

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Cloud Cover 45 13 68 73 11 31 91
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Relative 81 72 11 91 10 28 32
Humidity (%)
Fig. 2
High RH > 50%
High CC > 50%

i. State whether the hypothesis is supported or rejected using Fig. 2.

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ii. Explain the ways that the students can take to make the investigation ‘more reliable’.

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3. Below shows a data logger to record relative humidity.

Fig. 3

Using Fig. 3, state the following.

Dry Bulb (oC): …………….[1]

Relative Humidity (%): …………….[1]

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SECTION C
Answer all Questions. [25m]

1. Below illustrates a simplified version of the world map.

Russia

0oN
Malaysia

i. Explain why Russia’s annual temperature range is bigger than Malaysia’s.

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ii. ‘Deforestation is the main anthropogenic cause of the impacts of climate change.’ How far do you
agree with this statement?

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iii. State a similarity between altitude and latitude.

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