ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 5014/01 - GCE Guide
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONSGeneral Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 5014/01
Paper 1October/November 2005
2 hours 15 minutesCandidates answer on the Question Paper.Additional Materials: Ruler (cm/mm)
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1 (a) The diagram shows a wind turbine.
(i) What is shown by the arrows lettered A? ................................................... [1]
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(b) The map shows where it is planned to build new wind turbines in the U.K.
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(i) Describe the location of the wind turbines.
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(ii) Local people often disagree with energy providers about where wind turbinesshould be located. Why?
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(c) Why are some countries reducing their production of nuclear power?
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2 (a) The graphs show information about world fish catches.
(i) By approximately how much did the total weight of fish caught increase between1950 and its peak in 1989?
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(ii) Compare the general trend in total weight of fish caught with the average catch perperson between 1970 and 1985.
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(iii) Why should the trend shown by graph B after 1990 be a cause for concern?
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(b) (i) Describe measures being used to try to conserve and increase marine fish stocks.
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(ii) Suggest why attempts to conserve marine fish stocks are not always successful.
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3 (a) The climate graph is for a Tropical savanna area in the northern hemisphere.
(i) Complete the graph to show the rainfall of 210 mm in August. [1]
(ii) Describe the rainfall distribution at this weather station.
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(b) The savanna vegetation in the area is grassland with scattered trees.
(i) How and why does the grass change during a year?
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(ii) State one way in which the trees are adapted to survive between October andApril.
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(c) Some areas of Tropical savanna grassland are used by nomadic pastoralists. Suggesthow and why their way of life could damage the vegetation and soils in the areas theyuse.
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4 (a) The diagram shows the carbon cycle.
(i) Where does the carbon in plants come from?
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(ii) Name the process shown by the arrow labelled X. ...............................................[1]
(iii) With the help of the diagram, explain how carbon dioxide is transferred to theatmosphere by human activity.
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coal, oiland gas
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(b) (i) Strategies are being used to reduce the rate at which carbon dioxide levels in theatmosphere are rising. Describe two of these strategies.
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(ii) Suggest why some governments do not support international attempts to reducecarbon dioxide emissions.
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Section B
5 Composition of the lower atmosphere
1 Nitrogen 78.0%
2 Oxygen 20.9%
3 Argon (an inert gas) 0.9%
4 Small and variable amounts of water vapour and carbon dioxide
5 Solid particles – dust, smoke and salt crystals0.2%
(a) (i) Complete the divided bar graph and key to show the composition of the loweratmosphere.
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(ii) Which gas is present in the atmosphere as a result of evaporation?
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(iii) Choose one of the solid particles in the atmosphere.Name a source for this type of particle. State where its concentration in theatmosphere is likely to be greater than average.
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(iv) Amounts of carbon dioxide and water vapour in the atmosphere are small, but theyare very important. Explain why.
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(b) More information about the Earth’s atmosphere is given below.
(i) How much thicker is the lower atmosphere at the Equator than at the Poles?
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(ii) Where is the ozone layer found?
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(iii) Explain why the ozone layer is important to life on Earth.
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(c) (i) What is meant by the ‘ozone hole’?
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(ii) Why are international strategies needed to reduce the pollution that has caused thehole in the ozone layer?
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(d) Motor vehicles are a major cause of atmospheric pollution, especially in big cities.
Traffic pollution
Total emissions from traffic in one large city during one year (tonnes)
Emission Tonnes per year
A Carbon dioxide 2800000
B Carbon monoxide 641000
C Nitrogen oxides 112000
D Black smoke and soot particles 19000
E Sulphur dioxide 6000
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(e) The sketch below shows some of the effects of these emissions.
Traffic pollution
(i) Name the two emissions that cause acid rain.
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(ii) Describe the evidence from the sketch which shows that traffic pollution damagespeoples’ health.
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(iii) Which one of the emissions shown is not usually a danger to health? Explain youranswer.
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(f) Look again at the graph in part (d) and the sketch in part (e).In your view, which one of the five emissions is the worst for
(i) people living in large cities
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(g) Some of the world’s big cities are known for high levels of air pollution. Many havelocations and weather conditions similar to those shown on the diagram below.
Location and weather conditions that favour air pollution
(i) Choose three features shown on the diagram. Explain how each increases thechances of high levels of air pollution in big cities.
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(ii) Describe two strategies for reducing air pollution in large cities.
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(iii) Why is it difficult to reduce levels of air pollution in large cities? Explain as fully asyou can.
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6 (a) Look at the world map showing total fertility rates.Total fertility rate is the number of children for each woman.
World total fertility rates
(i) Where are most of the countries with high fertility rates (5.5 and above) located?
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(ii) The North-South divide, which is the line that separates developed and developingcountries, is marked on the map.State the main difference in fertility rates shown between the developed North anddeveloping South.
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(iii) Explain why fertility rates are very high in some countries and low in others.Refer to named countries in your answer.
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(b) Look at the graph below which shows the results of world urbanisation.
Urban population in developed and developing countries
(i) Describe what the graph shows about changes in urban population in developedcountries.
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(ii) The graph shows that a major change occurred in 1975. What was it?
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(iii) Describe what the graph shows about expected urban population in developingcountries from 2005 onwards.
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(c) One of the causes of urban growth is rural to urban migration.Look at the examples below of differences between rural and urban areas in the year2000.
(i) State an economic reason why people migrate from rural areas to Cairo.
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(ii) In both countries people living in urban areas are likely to be more healthy thanthose living in rural areas.Using evidence from the table above, describe and explain this.
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Average income per year (£ Egyptian)
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People with access to improved sanitation (%)
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(d) Many new migrants into cities in developing countries live in housing similar to thatshown in sketch A below.
Sketch A
Describe how sketch A shows that people living here are
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(iii) This type of housing is found most often around the edges of cities. Why?
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(e) Sketch B shows housing in an area where people have lived for more than twenty yearssince migrating from rural areas.
Sketch B
(i) What improvements can be seen compared with the housing on sketch A?
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(ii) State two reasons why improvements like these are made.
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(f) Housing is only one of the many urban problems caused by rural to urban migration.Some people believe that it would be better to improve farming in rural areas andreduce the numbers wanting to migrate to the cities.
New agricultural techniques to increase output
• A Irrigation
• B New seeds (e.g. the Green Revolution)
(i) Choose one of these new agricultural techniques and name an area where it isused by farmers.
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(ii) Explain how it has increased output in the area named.
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(iii) Is it ever going to be possible to reduce the numbers of people migrating from ruralto urban areas in developing countries? Explain your views about this.
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