2022 AMKSS EGeog Prelims w Ans

Mrs Clara Tan Sec 4E/5N Geography Elective AMKSS Preliminary Examination 2022 1 HUMANITIES Paper 2 Geography 2272/02 Tuesday 30th August 2022 1 hr 40 min Setter: Mrs Clara Tan Candidates answer on the Question Paper. Additional Materials: Insert Section A Answer one question from this section. 1. A group of students were investigating the Great Barrier Reef as a popular honeypot tourism site in Australia. Figure 1A (Insert) shows the number of tourist arrivals to the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (a) One student though that there may be a link between the distance from the tourist’s country of origin and the number of tourists who visit the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. State a guiding question that the students could investigate and suggest how far the information from Figure 1A support the guiding question. Is the guiding question/hypothesis supported/valid/proven? - Yes/No, the guiding question is supported/valid/proven • Does the shorter the distance from the tourist’s country of origin result in a larger number of tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef? • Does the distance of tourist’s country of origin from the Great Barrier affect the number of tourists visiting the Great Barrier Reef? • GQ-[1m] • The largest number of tourists (more than 8 million) came from the nearest region of SE and East Asia + Oceania. • The smallest number of tourists (less than 3 million) came from Africa, which is further away from Australia. • Hence guiding question is supported. OR • However, there were as many as 6 to 8 million tourists who came from America although America is the furthest from Australia. • Hence guiding question is unsupported. [4] ANG MO KIO SECONDARY SCHOOL PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2022 SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL ACADEMIC

Mrs Clara Tan Sec 4E/5N Geography Elective AMKSS Preliminary Examination 2022 2 Credit 1m for a suitable guiding question Credit for some qualifications (use of the tourist arrival values) that (un)supports the guiding question at 1m each Credit 1m for stating that the conclusion (un)supports the guiding question

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