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NGEE ANN SECONDARY SCHOOL NA

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

HUMANITIES 2175/2
(Geography) 16 August 2022
1 hour 40 min
Additional materials: NIL

Instructions to Candidates

Write your name, register number and class at the top of this page.Write in dark blue or black pen. You
may use pencil for any diagrams, graphs, tables or rough working.
The use of a calculator is expected, where appropriate.

Section A
Answer one question.
Section B
You must answer Question 3.
Section C
Answer one question.

Candidates should support their answers with the use of relevant examples.
Sketch maps and diagrams should be drawn whenever they serve to illustrate an answer.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
For Examiner’s Use

Section A /13
Section B /12
Section C /25
Total /50

Checked by student: _____________________ Date: ______________

This document consists of 23 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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Section A

Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 from this section.

1 A group of students wanted to investigate the types of tourists who visited the
Marina Promenade area in Singapore and their reasons for doing so. Their
hypothesis was ‘Tourists visit Marina Promenade as they want to ride on the
Singapore Flyer.’ The students divided the investigation area into four areas, A, B,
C and D.

Map of the Marina Promenade Area

A
D

C
B

Source: http://www.destination360.com/contents/pictures/singapore/singapore-flyer-map.jpg

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(a) (i) Suggest one guiding question for this investigation.

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(ii) The students were given 2 hours to interview 60 tourists who visited the
Marina Promenade. Which location, A, B, C or D is the most suitable for them
to carry out their investigation? Give reasons for your answer.
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(b) Describe one sampling method the students could use to identify which tourists to
interview and state one advantage of using this sampling method.
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(c) Study Table 1, which shows one of the results the students found after
interviewing the tourists.

Activities carried out in Marina Promenade

Activity Ride on the Picnic near Shopping at Attending an

Singapore the bay area the malls organised/specia
Flyer nearby l event
Number of
people 14 27 10 9

Table 1

(i) Using evidence from Table 1, state if the hypothesis ‘Tourists visit Marina
Promenade as they want to ride on the Singapore Flyer’ is supported or
rejected.
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(ii) Describe how the students could present the information shown in Table 1
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2 (a) A group of students wanted to investigate the relationship between wind speed
and relative humidity. They measured wind speed and relative humidity in their
school field over a period of 10 days. The results of their measurements are
shown in Table 2.

Day Wind Speed Relative Humidity

(km/h) (%)
1 7.4 84.1
2 6.6 85.0
3 9.5 81.7
4 7.8 85.1
5 5.6 83.9
6 4.8 86.2
7 7.2 82.4
8 10.2 80.3
9 12.1 79.3
10 6.4 78.8

Table 2

(i) State two instruments that the students require to carry out their
measurements.
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(ii) Describe how the students would use the instrument to obtain
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(b) Study Fig. 2, a scatter graph drawn by the students to show their recorded wind
speed and relative humidity measurements over the 10 days.

A scatter graph to show wind speed and relative humidity

87 Relative Humidity (%)

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Wind Speed (km/h)
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(i) Using Table 2, plot the point for Day 7 and draw the line of best fit on the
scatter graph shown in Fig. 2.
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(ii) Using the evidence from Fig. 2, state how far the hypothesis ‘The higher the
wind speed, the higher the relative humidity’ is supported or rejected.
Highlight any anomalies present in the data.
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(c) Explain how the students could have ensured that the data collected for wind
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Section B

Answer Question 3 from this section.

3 (a) Study Fig. 3, which shows the average spending of each visitor compared to the
average spending of each tourist from the various countries in Fiji in 2017.

Average spending of visitors and tourists in Fiji in 2017

Fijian dollars (FJ$) Visitor Tourist

Visitors: stay less than 24 hours
Tourists: stay more than 24 hours

Source: https://mitt.gov.fj/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/FT2021.pdf

Fig. 3

Compare the average spending of each visitor and each tourist from New
Zealand and Japan.
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(b) Study Photograph A, which shows a newly planted coral nursery in a popular
tourist resort in Votua Village, Fiji.

Source: https://mission-blue.org/2015/12/restoring-coral-gardens-in-fiji/

Photograph A

Explain the environmental impacts of tourism which could have led to the
planting of new corals as seen in Photograph A.
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(c) ‘The economic impact of tourism brings more benefits than problems to a
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Section C

Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 from this section.

4 (a) Study Fig. 4, which shows a cross-section of the Earth’s internal structure and
its associated parts.

B A

Source: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lithosphere

Fig. 4

(i) Using Fig. 4, identify the parts labelled ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ of the Earth’s internal
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(d) Study Fig. 5, which shows the risks of an earthquake on a village.

Risks of an earthquake on a village

Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/186125397074490189/

Fig. 5

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(e) ‘The time of occurrence of an earthquake is the most important factor affecting
the extent of damage in the disaster.’

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5 (a) Study Fig. 6, which shows the global distribution of volcanoes.

The global distribution of volcanoes

Fig. 6

Using Fig. 6, describe the global distribution of volcanoes.

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(c) Study Fig. 7, which shows the climograph of Kolkata, India.

A climate graph for Kolkata, India

Rainfall/
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J F M A M J J A S O N D
Source: https://en.climate-data.org/asia/india/west-bengal/kolkata-2826/#climate-graph

Fig. 7

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(d Study Fig. 8, which shows the effect of the Earth’s shape and atmosphere on
) incoming solar radiation.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oblique_rays_04_Pengo.svg

Fig. 8

With reference to Fig. 8, explain why a location further away from the equator
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(f) ‘The spread of infectious insect-borne diseases is the most serious impact of
climate change on humans.’

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