TJC Prelim_H2_GEO_P2

JC2H2PE2017 PAPER 2 1 TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2017 G E O G R A P H Y 9751/02 Higher 2 P a p e r 2 3 HOURS Additional Materials: Resource Booklet W o r l d O u t l i n e M a p READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name and CG on all the work you hand in. Begin the answer to each question on a fresh sheet of paper. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working. Do not use highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions. You should make reference to appropriate examples studied in the field or the classroom, even where such examples are not specifically requested by the question. Diagrams and sketch maps should be drawn whenever they serve to illustrate an answer. The world outline map may be annotated and handed in with relevant answers. You are reminded of the need for good English and clear presentation in your answers. 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. You should spend time according to marks allocated to questions. All resources referred to in the question paper are in the Resource Booklet. This document consists of 6 printed pages

JC2H2PE2017 PAPER 2 2 SECTION A Answer the question below. The question carries 25 marks. Theme 4: Geographical Investigation 1 You and your classmates comprising 40 students in total were tasked to carry out a geography fieldwork exercise to investigate the impact of land use on infiltration rates in a local area. Your group of four members were give n one morning to collect infiltration data in the area shown in Resource 1. The equipment provided included:  1 infiltration ring (improvis ed from a plastic drain pipe)  1 metre ruler  1 stop watch  Water bottles  Recording sheet Your group placed the infiltration ring on the ground and poured water into the infiltration ring as s hown in Resource 2. Us ing a metre ruler, you measured the time it took for the water level to drop every 1cm and recorded down the readings. You ca rried out the measurement for 30 minutes at each sampling point wit hout topping up the water in the infiltration ring. A group member not iced the ground area immediately adjacent to the infiltration ring ge tting wet soon after the experiment started. The same data collection method was repeated at all the sample sites. Resource 1 shows a map of the fiel dwork site. Resource 2 shows the setup of the equipment and data collection process. (a) Explain how you would determine the lo cation of your sample sites in Resource 1 to collect infiltration data for your investigation. [5] (b) Your group concluded that some of the infiltrati on data collected may not be