MGS 2023 S3 EOY Geog Ans

METHODIST GIRLS’ SCHOOL Founded in 1887 END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2023 Secondary 3 GEOGRAPHY ANSWER SCHEME Friday 2279 6 October 2023 1 hour 45 minutes Answer all questions. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

2 1 Geographical Methods A group of students investigated the type of visitors that the Singapore Zoo at the Mandai Wildlife Nature Reserve attracts. They were keen to investigate the following hypothesis, “There are more tourists visiting Singapore Zoo than locals.” Study Fig. 1.1 (Insert), which shows a map of the Singapore Zoo. (a) (i) The students decided to use questionnaire survey to carry out their investigation. With reference to Fig 1.1, explain how the students could sample the visitors to collect data needed for their investigation. [5] • Students could locate themselves at the entrance of the Singapore Zoo as the entrances of the Singapore Zoo are near carparks, toilets and restaurants. There will be many people frequenting these amenities. • Students could use convenience sampling to select the visitors as it is an efficient method to collect data with the volume of visitors. • The students could collect data for 2 hours, 3 times a day over a period of 2 weeks, to ensure that the data they collect will be representative. • Collecting data over 2 weeks also help to account for the difference in visitor types volume over the weekday and the weekend. • The students could collect at least 50 responses from their survey to ensure reliability of their results. AO2 Accept other possible answers. (ii) Study Fig. 1.2 (Insert), which shows the questionnaire survey that the students used to investigate the type of visitors at the Singapore Zoo. They were also keen to investigate the underlying reasons that account for the trend of visitors visiting the Singapore Zoo. Suggest two improvements that can be made to the design of the questionnaire shown in Fig. 1.2. [2] • Question 1 is irrelevant to the GI objective that the students are investigating as the gender of the respondent does not affect the outcome of the GI investigation. Students should only ask questions that are related to the GI objective. • All the questions are open-ended, making it difficult for results collation. Students should include some close- ended questions with options for respondents to choose from. AO2 (iii) Study Table 1 (Insert), which shows the results that students collected based on their questionnaire survey. Use an appropriate data presentation method and present the data in Table 1 on Fig. 1.3 to show how the type of visitors changes across the different months at Singapore Zoo. [3] Award 1 mark for appropriate data presentation method selected. Award 1 mark for accurate plot of data. Award 1 mark for legend, correct axis.

3 AO2 (iv) Using information from Table 1 (