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This document appears to be a geography exam for students in S1 class that covers topics related to water resources and management in China. The exam has 6 sections - A to F. Section A requires students to fill in blanks about water infrastructure projects, cloud seeding, desalination, irrigation methods, monsoon winds, groundwater storage, and surface water resources in China. Section B requires labeling parts of the water cycle, river basin, and map of China. Section C is matching impacts of drought to descriptions. Section D compares characteristics of western China and the lower Chang Jiang river course. Section E involves map reading questions. Section F provides a photo and questions about flooding in China, including causes, impacts, and solutions.

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Pre-Exam 2

This document appears to be a geography exam for students in S1 class that covers topics related to water resources and management in China. The exam has 6 sections - A to F. Section A requires students to fill in blanks about water infrastructure projects, cloud seeding, desalination, irrigation methods, monsoon winds, groundwater storage, and surface water resources in China. Section B requires labeling parts of the water cycle, river basin, and map of China. Section C is matching impacts of drought to descriptions. Section D compares characteristics of western China and the lower Chang Jiang river course. Section E involves map reading questions. Section F provides a photo and questions about flooding in China, including causes, impacts, and solutions.

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S1 Geog Pre-exam 2

Name: ___________________ Class: _______( ) Marks: ________/ 64


A. Fill in the blanks: (10 marks)
1. The government built ______________ and dams to increase water supply in
time of drought in China.
2. Cloud _____________ is the artificial process in which water droplets in the cloud
are sticked together to form rainfall.
3. A technology process which turns seawater into freshwater is called
__________________.
4. The ___________ irrigation and ____________ are the water-saving farming
methods to reduce the use and loss of water.
5. Summer monsoons are the seasonally winds which blow from the ___________
to the ____________.
6. Rainwater infiltrated into the soil is stored in the ____________ and become
groundwater.
7. The three major types of surface water resources in China are __________,
_________ and glaciers.

B. Map labelling: (17 marks)


1. Label processes 1 to 6 of the water cycle shown below. (6 marks)
2. Label the different parts (1 to 5) of the river basin below. (5 marks)

3. Label the three rivers (1 to 3) and three lakes ( A to C) in the China map below.
(6 marks)
C. Matching: (3 marks)
Please match the impacts of drought with Column A and Column B by filling the
alphabets in the brackets in Column A.
Column A Column B
1. Social impact ( ) (a) Reduction in hydro-electric power supply
2. Environmental impact ( ) disrupts industrial activities.
3. Economic impact ( ) (b) Soil erosion and desertification
(c) The supply of hydro-electric power reduces.

D. Fill in the table: (6 marks)


Compare the western part and the lower course of Chang Jiang by choosing the
suitable answers in the bracket.
Western part of China Lower course of Chang Jiang
Rainfall
(more / less)
Relief
(flat / mountainous)
Distance from the
sea
(longer / shorter)

E. Map reading: (11 marks)


1:2000

(a) What are the names of the grid lines 20, 21 and 22? (1 mark)
(b) What are the names of the grid lines 32, 33 and 34? (1 mark)
(c) In which grid square does the police station locate? (1 mark)
(d) State the 6-figure grid reference of the clinic. (1 mark)
(e) Change the above scale into statement scale. Please show the steps. (2 marks)
(f) What is the actual straight-line distance between the clinic and the church?
(2 marks)
(g) Find the compass point of the clinic from the police station. (1 mark)
(h) Find the whole-circle bearing of the police station from the fire station. (1 mark)
(i) Find the reduced bearing of the temple from the police station. (1 mark)

F. Data-response Questions: (17 marks)


1. The following photo shows a water problem in China.
(a) What is the water problem shown in the photo? (1 mark)
(b) List FOUR natural factors and human factors of the above water problem
respectively. (8 marks)
(c) Give TWO social impacts and economic impacts of the above water problem
respectively. (4 marks)
(d) Give any TWO engineering works that the government can do to prevent the
above water problem? (2 marks)
(e) List any TWO remedial measures of the above water problem. (2 marks)
- End of Paper –

S1 Geog Pre-exam 2
MARKING SCHEME
A. Fill in the blanks: (10 marks)
1. Reservoirs
2. Seeding
3. Desalination
4. Drip, mulching
5. Land, sea
6. Aquifer
7. Rivers, lakes

B. Map labelling: (17 marks)


1. (6 marks)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Evaporation Condensation Precipitation Transpiration Surface runoff Infiltration

2. (5 marks)
1 2 3 4 5
River source Main stream Tributary Watershed River mouth

3. (6 marks)
X Y Z A B C
Huang He Chang Jiang Zhu Jiang Dongting Hu Poyang Hu Tai Hu

C. Matching: (3 marks)
1. (c)
2. (b)
3. (a)

D. Fill in the table: (6 marks)


Western part of China Lower course of Chang Jiang
Rainfall Less More
(more / less)
Relief Mountainous Flat
(flat / mountainous)
Distance from the sea Longer Shorter
(longer / shorter)
E. Map reading: (11 marks)
(a) Eastings (1m)
(b) Northings (1m)
(c) 2032 (1m)
(d) 218329 (1m)
(e) 1:2000
1 cm to 2000 cm
1 cm to 20 m (2m)
(f) 4.8 cm x 20 m = 96 m (2m)
(g) East / E (1m)
(h) 250˚ ( + or - 2˚) (1m)
(i) N45˚E ( + or - 2˚) (1m)
F. Data-response Questions: (17 marks)
1. (a) Flooding (1m)
(b) Natural factors:
– Heavy and prolonged rainfall
- Snowmelt
- Climate change
- Low-lying relief (4m)
Human factors:
– Deforestation
- Reclamation of lakes
- Impermeable urban surfaces
- Poor maintenance of flood defences (4m)
(c) Social impacts:
- Houses were damaged.
- Roads and bridges were destroyed.
- Death and injury.
- Water resources were polluted. (Any 2) (2m)
Economic impacts:
- Industrial and commercial activities came to a stop.
- Loss of property.
- Farmlands were drowned, leading to crop failure.
- The government had to spend more money on rescue and recovery works.
(Any 2) (2m)
(d) – Dams and reservoirs are built.
- Dykes are built to increase channel capacity.
- River channels are straightened, widened and deepened.
- Dredging helps remove mud from riverbeds. (Any 2) (2m)
(e) – Immediate rescue
- Send rescue teams
- Provide emergency supplies
- Clean-up works
- Repair infrastructure (Any 2) (2m)
- End of Paper –

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