2024 PLMGS SEC4EXP Geog PRELIM MS

Subject: Humanities (Geography)Date: 14 August 2024Subject Code: 2260/02Duration: 1 hr 45 minName : ______________________________( )Class : __________ Instructions to Candidate:Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.You must answer all the questions.Write your answers in this booklet. Write in dark blue or black pen.Do not use highlighter, glue or correction fluid.Candidates should support their answers with the use of relevant examples. Sketch maps, graphs and diagrams should be drawn whenever they serve to illustrate an answer. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total marks for this paper is 50.FOR TEACHER’S USEQuestion 1Geography in everyday life/14Question 2Tourism/18Question 3Climate/18Total /50_______________________________________________________________________This paper consists of 14 printed pages. Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary)Preliminary Examination 2024Secondary 4 (Express) [Turn Over

2 2260/02/EGG/4E/PRELIM/2024 Answer all questions.1Cluster 1: Geography in Everyday Life (a)Study Fig. 1.1 and Fig. 1.2, which show a provision store in Tiong Bahru, Singapore, that has been operating since 1938. Fig. 1.1 shows the store on its closing day while Fig. 1.2 is a newspaper report on the store’s closing day. After 85 years, enduring the turmoil of World War II and various other crises such as COVID-19, the old-school provision shop in Tiong Bahru is closing its doors. On Friday, the family running the store held a smallfarewellpartytothankFig. 1.1 Fig. 1.2 With reference to Fig. 1.1 and 1.2, explain how people can develop a sense of place.People might have repeated encounters with this place. This helps them to recall the character and features of this location that has helped to create meaning and memories for them.People might have grown up in this neighbourhood and visited this shop on a regular basis which creates a strong memory of this [3]

3 2260/02/EGG/4E/PRELIM/2024 place for them.People can also develop a sense of place when there are significant or memorable events at gathering places like this provision shop.This shop can also be the interaction point for many residents in this area, creating memories through their time in the shop, creating a sense of place.Any 3 @ 1 mark each(b) Explain how regulating ecosystem services in a tropical rainforest can provide benefits to people. Regulating ecosystem services refers to the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes. Trees in the tropical rainforests provide a canopy of shade to lower surface and air temperatures. The vegetation cover can reduce surface runoff by retaining water in the soil. This is also known as water flow regulation. The trees or other plants in the park play an important role in regulating air quality by removing pollutants from the atmosphere.Any 2 @ 1 mark each[2](c)Study Fig. 1.3, which shows firefighting effort during an in