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© TJC 2024 9173/1 JC2 Preliminary Examination [Turn Over TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION Higher 2 GEOGRAPHY 9173/01 Paper 1 23 August 2024 Additional Materials: Insert 3 hours READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet, follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number, index number and name on the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. Answer both questions in Section A. Answer two questions in Section B, one from each cluster. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. This document consists of 4 printed pages.

2 © TJC 2024 9173/1 JC2 Preliminary Examination Section A Answer both questions. Cluster 1: Development, Economy and Environment 1 Resource 1 shows the progress of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG7) "affordable and clean energy". Resource 2 shows the energy sources for Germany in 2013 and 2023. Resource 3 shows the site of a proposed dam and hydroelectric power (HEP) station in Gambia, a least developed country in Africa. Resource 4 is a fact file about solar canopies in Singapore. (a) Using Resource 1, describe the pattern of progress towards SDG7. [4] (b) Explain possible challenges limiting the progress of countries towards achieving SDG7 as shown in Resource 1. [6] (c) Citing data from Resource 2, compare the energy sources for Germany between 2013 and 2023. [4] (d) Using Resource 3, explain possible trade -offs Gambia will need to consider should the proposed dam and HEP station be constructed. [6] (e) Study Resource 4. Explain the potential and limitations of solar energy in providing energy security to Singapore. [6] (f) Suggest reasons to explain why extractive industries are often dominated by large private and state-owned firms. [4]

3 © TJC 2024 9173/1 JC2 Preliminary Examination [Turn Over Cluster 2: Tropical Environments 2 Resource 5 shows the distribution of karst in tropical China and Southeast Asia. Resource 6 shows two karst landforms in the humid tropics. Resource 7 shows speleothems in a limestone cave. Resource 8 shows vertical drop and horizontal travel distance of two mass movement processes. (a) Using Resource 5, describe the distribution of karst in tropical China and Southeast Asia. [4] (b) Compare the features of the two karst landforms shown in Resource 6. [6] (c) Explain the formation of the speleothems shown in Resource 7. [6] (d) Suggest two ways in which human activities can negatively impact ecosystem services provided by k