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2 Victoria School 24/S4PRELIM/GE02 Section A Answer ALL questions from this section. Cluster 1 : Geography in Everyday Life 1 (a) Explain why there has been an increase in human -wildlife conflicts in the neighbourhood. [3] Award 1 mark for each reason and 1 mark for elaboration for the same point up to 2 marks. One of the elaboration must expand /unpack ‘conflict’ • In recent years, Singapore is developing and urbanising (R), leading to the natural habitats shrinking and hence, more animals would venture out of their natural habitats in search of food or shelter (E). With increased frequency of human -animal encounters, this also increases probability of attacks (E) from animals and retaliation from people. • Moreover, as wildlife population in Singapore increases (R), people who may not know how to deal with them may intentionally provoke (E) them leading to animal attacks (E). • With growing interesting in recreational activities (R), people will spend more time in natural areas where the animal resides , leading to more human-animal encounters (E), leading to more chances of disturbances to animal living and thus, attacks (E) from the animals. • Animals may also be confused and fearful (R) and they expand out to unfamiliar urban spaces (E), increasing their probability of attacking the humans due to fear triggers.(E) AO1 (b) Explain two ways to reduce the human-wildlife conflict faced. [2] Award 1 mark for 1 way with explanation. No explanation but with two ways – 1 m • One way is through public education.(W) Human can be made aware of ways actions that can be taken to reduce (E) conflict with wildlife. Thus, reducing human-wildlife conflict. • Foster community stewardship (W) in nature conservation . With nature conservation, animal habitats will not be disturbed (E) thus keeping animals in their habitats. • Laws to prohibit feeding/Individual should prevent feeding .(W) Laws to stop humans interacting or trying to interact with animals as humans do not want to incur fines or do not run into trouble with the law.(E) AO1

3 Victoria School 24/S4PRELIM/GE02 (c) Study Fig. 1.1, which shows an image from The Straits Times (Dec 23, 2023) of a void deck in Bedok which was decorated by residents for Christmas Day and Fig. 1.2 an excerpt from the same report. [4] Award 1 mark for each description up to 2 marks. Award a maximum of 1 mark for further development of each description, where applicable. Fig. 1.1 The elaborate Christmas display at this corner of Bedok has become an annual tradition, since 2011.Besides a catered buffet, there was an assortment of homemade food contributed by residents. Children could be seen running around in the snow foam or swimming in the pool, while another group of partygoers started their own barbecue. For the past decade, a group of volunteers has put up do -it-yourself decorations for different festivals such as Christmas, Chinese New Year, Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa. Fig. 1.2 With the help of Fig. 1.1 and 1.2, describe how decorating the estate for the festive occasion can affect the residents’ sense of place. [4] 1 mark for description with reference to Fig 1.1 and 1.2 and 1 m for elaboration on how it affects the residents’ sense of place. • From Fig 1.2, it is shown that this event occurs annually as a neighbourhood tradition.(R) This tradition involves the citizens and instils emotional ties with the place/neighbourhood.(E) • As this activity involves the people and bring (R) the people in the neighbourhood together as seen in Fig 1.1, people would associate memories with the place (E) after repeated encounters in this event, acquiring a sense of place.

4 Victoria School 24/S4PRELIM/GE02 • Moreover, children of different races from the blocks are interacting,(R) as seen in Fig 1.1 , the emotional ties of warmth would make the place meaningful for people,(E) giving them a deep sense of place tied to the neighbourhood. AO2 (d) Students were doing fieldwork in their local town centre. They wanted to find out how the main shopping street had changed and what people who came to shop in the town centre thought about shopping here. They tested the following hypotheses: Hypothesis: Shops and services on the main shopping street have changed between 1981 and 2012. To compare the different shops and services in 1981 and 2012 the students produced a table (Fig. 1.3) below. Fig. 1.3 The students used the table (Fig. 1.3) to draw the graph, Fig. 3, below. (i) Complete the graph on Fig. 1.4 to show the changes in the number of food shops and entertainment services. [2]

5 Victoria School 24/S4PRELIM/GE02 Fig. 1.4 AO2

6 Victoria School 24/S4PRELIM/GE02 (ii) In addition, the students wanted to find out which shops, in the main shopping street, is the most popular. They conducted interviews with ten people on two mornings (9am) in April at a bus stop which was situated along the shopping street. Evaluate the validity of the data collection method and suggest improvements. 1 mark for each evaluation of validity. Must have both sides for max marks up to 2 marks. 1 mark for a one-sided evaluation. 1 mark for suggestion of improvement. Valid - Two mornings – as shops may be popular on different days - Convenience sampling – because when conducting interviews , it is impractical to select representative sample and when want to conduct investigations quickly. Not valid - Not representative – 10 people interviewed only - bus stop ( not everyone are shoppers / rushing Hasty in doing interviews / don’t give well Thought out answers) - timing ( only mornings and two days within the same Week) - Improvement ( on any of the reasons (not valid) above) - Evaluate convenience sampling (+ and -) - Evaluate duration/time - Evaluate suitability of location for interview - Suggest – questionnaire for interviews to be standardised AO3 2 Cluster 2 : Tourism (a) Fig. 2.1 shows the