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3 marksSoil Formation and Soil Conservation

CAPE Geography Unit 2 · 2015 · Paper 2 · Question 1(a)(i)b)

Based on the map extract of Pointe-a-Pierre, Trinidad (scale 1:25 000).

Identify ONE soil characteristic and suggest how it would be different at the sites selected in (i) a).

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  1. 1(a)(i)a)State the location of TWO sites that you would select for your investigation, giving TWO reasons for your choice.[6 marks]
  2. 1(a)(ii)a)State TWO types of natural vegetation existing in the area covered by the map extract.[2 marks]
  3. 1(a)(ii)b)Describe the distribution of EACH vegetation type stated in (ii) a).[4 marks]
  4. 1(a)(iii)a)Identify THREE different types of non-agricultural economic activities found in the area covered by the map extract.[3 marks]
  5. 1(a)(iii)b)For EACH type of non-agricultural economic activity identified in (iii) a), describe ONE factor which would influence its location and development.[6 marks]
  6. 1(a)(iv)Suggest THREE reasons for the location of agricultural activities in the area covered by the map extract.[6 marks]
  7. 1(b)(i)a)State the null hypothesis for determining the relationship between employment in agriculture and the contribution of agriculture to GDP.[1 mark]
  8. 1(b)(i)b)Using the formula for the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, r_s = 1 - (6 \sum d^2) / (n^3 - n), calculate the r_s value. Show ALL working.[8 marks]
  9. 1(b)(ii)State the nature of the relationship between the contribution of agriculture to GDP and employment in agriculture.[2 marks]
  10. 1(b)(iii)Describe the relationship between the percentage contribution of agriculture to GDP and percentage of labour force employed in agriculture (shown in Table 1),…[4 marks]

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