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GEOGRAPHY

HIGHER LEVEL AND STANDARD LEVEL

PAPER 2 – RESOURCES BOOKLET

Friday 6 May 2011 (morning)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Do not open this resources booklet until instructed to do so.Use the resources as appropriate to the questions in paper 2.

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Optional Theme A — Freshwater – issues and conflicts

1. The diagram shows the main features of the hydrological cycle.

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[Source: http://allritewaterconditioning.com/prosite/Whats_In_your_Water]

Optional Theme B — Oceans and their coastal margins

4. Thediagramshowssomeofthemainfeaturesoftheoceanfloor.

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5. The photograph shows a periglacial environment.

75 metres

Reproduced with the permission of Natural Resources Canada 2011, courtesy of the Geological Survey of Canada (Photo 2001-120 by Lynda Dredge).

6. The image shows changes in the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.

Greenland

ice sheet

Ice melting since 1985

Ice melting since 1996

2000 m elevation

©University of Colorado CIRES, courtesy Russel Huff and Konrad Steffen

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Optional Theme D — Hazards and disasters – risk assessment and response

7. The map shows the distribution of volcanoes and areas at risk from earthquakes for part of the west

coast of North America.

Map removed for copyright reasons

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Optional Theme E — Leisure, sport and tourism

9. ThemapextractshowstheLantauCountryParkinHongKong.

Key/Legend for map:

SCALE1:25000metres0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

Thecontourlinesareat20metreverticalintervals

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Optional Theme E — Leisure, sport and tourism

9. ThemapextractshowstheLantauCountryParkinHongKong.

Key/Legend for map:

SCALE1:25000metres0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000

Thecontourlinesareat20metreverticalintervals

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[Source: Survey and Mapping Office, Lands Department, Lantau Island and Neighbouring Islands,Countryside Series, Edition 2 (2005). The map reproduced with permission of the Director of Lands.

© The Government of Hong Kong SAR. Licence No. 35/2010]