CSEC Geography Paper 2 May/June 2007 - Free CXC Past Paper with Answers

What type of mountains are located at A?

Name the type of Plate boundary indicated by the symbol.

Name the plates labelled X and B.

Describe the main features of dendritic and radial drainage patterns and state where EACH type is developed.

Describe the coastal process of longshore drift.

Explain how the shape of a volcano is influenced by the type of lava ejected.

Account for the occurrence of earthquakes along transform plate boundaries.

Explain how explosive volcanoes are formed.

Name the type of mass movement shown.

Give TWO indicators to support your choice in (a) (i) above.

Identify ONE factor that would influence the type of mass movement shown.

Denudation

Weathering

Define the following:

Describe the physical weathering process of freeze-thaw.

Give ONE reason why limestone is susceptible to chemical weathering.

Explain how stalactites and stalagmites are formed in limestone areas.

Explain how cockpit (karst) landscapes developed in the Caribbean.

State the LOWEST temperature recorded in that area.

Calculate the annual temperature range.

How much rainfall is recorded in the month with the HIGHEST distribution?

Identify the type of climate represented.

Describe the wind conditions associated with the passage of a hurricane at a site over which the eye passes.

Describe ANY TWO of the following components of an ecosystem.

Producers

Primary consumers

Secondary consumers

Explain how the vegetation of tropical continental areas is adapted to the climate. Include THREE ways in your response.

Explain how climate influences the development of soil in tropical continental areas. Include TWO ways in your response.

Name the stages at which there is little natural population increase.

Describe the change in the death rate in Stage 2.

From which stage does population start to increase significantly?

Define the term 'urbanization'.

Describe THREE problems associated with urbanization in the Caribbean.

Explain why people move from rural areas to towns. Include THREE reasons in your response.

Suggest THREE actions that could be taken to reduce rural to urban migration.

Figure 6 is an incomplete graph showing the structure of the world economies for three activities: agriculture, industry and services.

Table 1 presents the percentage gross domestic product (% GDP) for these activities, agriculture, industry and services, in three types of world economies: low, middle and high income.

TABLE 1: STRUCTURE OF WORLD ECONOMIES

Using the information presented in Table 1:

Complete the graph in Figure 6 to show the % GDP for EACH activity in low income countries.

State the relationship between a country's income and the structure of agriculture.

Primary industry

Tertiary industry

Define, giving an example, EACH of the following: a) Primary industry b) Tertiary industry

State TWO benefits which countries can gain from the development of secondary economic activities.

List TWO ways by which governments in the Caribbean have encouraged industrial development.

Account for the widespread occurrence in the Caribbean of EITHER the garment industry OR food processing. Include THREE reasons in your response.

Suggest THREE reasons why Caribbean manufacturers might find it difficult to compete in a global market.

the average yearly employment in agriculture for the period 1998 to 2001

the decline in employment in tourism between 1998 and 1999

the year in which employment in tourism was at its HIGHEST

how many more persons were employed in tourism than in agriculture in 2004.

Describe THREE ways in which Caribbean countries can benefit from the development of ecotourism.

Outline ONE problem associated with marketing which is faced by Caribbean farmers.

Compare commercial arable farming in a named Caribbean territory with wheat farming in the Canadian prairies using the following headings: (i) Farm size (ii) Climatic hazards (iii) Harvesting (iv) Labour

Farm size

Climatic hazards

Harvesting

Labour

How many hurricanes started in September?

Name one month in which no hurricanes started.

How many hurricanes started at the beginning of the hurricane season?

How many hurricanes started during the last month of the hurricane season?

Define 'natural hazard'.

Describe THREE different ways by which ONE of the natural type of hazards listed below can impact on Caribbean territories. a) Hurricanes b) Volcanoes c) Earthquakes

For the hazard chosen in (b) (ii) above, suggest TWO precautionary measures that individuals can take to reduce the impact.

For a named country, explain how TWO measures that have been adopted by the government can reduce the impact of the hazard chosen in (b) (ii).

Explain how TWO land-based activities can contribute to coral reef destruction in the Caribbean.

On the axes provided in Figure 8, use the information presented in Table 3 to complete the bar graph.

State FOUR sources of river pollution.

Identify TWO sources of air pollution and give an example of EACH source.

Explain how TWO measures implemented in a named Caribbean territory can protect the forests

a developed country have reduced the emission of greenhouse gases

a named Caribbean territory can reduce the indiscriminate disposal of solid waste.

Draw a pie chart to illustrate the carbon monoxide emission by the sources shown in Table 4.

Define EACH of the terms below. a) Greenhouse effect b) Global warming

Suggest THREE ways in which the tourist industry may contribute to coral reef destruction.

Explain how the destruction of coral reefs can have negative impacts on an area. Include THREE impacts in your response.

Explain how deforestation contributes to global warming.