QCE GeographyPractice Examination 1

This paper covers

• Unit 3 — Responding to Land Cover Transformations: deforestation, Amazon Basin, agricultural expansion, soy and cattle industries
• Biogeochemical carbon cycle disruption: terrestrial carbon stores, decomposition, combustion, net carbon flux
• Enhanced greenhouse effect: CO2 forcing, longwave radiation absorption, radiative balance
• Albedo feedbacks: surface reflectivity changes following forest clearance, land surface warming
• Regional hydrology: evapotranspiration reduction, precipitation feedback, river discharge changes
• Satellite remote sensing: PRODES/INPE clearing-rate data, NDVI interpretation, land cover classification
• Land cover transformation at global, regional, and local scales: drivers, patterns, rates
• Unit 4 — Managing Population Change: demographic transition model, migration, population distribution
• Geographic data skills: interpreting maps, graphs, tables, satellite imagery, population pyramids
• QCAA cognitive verbs: identify, describe, explain, recognise, analyse, infer, generalise, compare

Students are permitted to bring into the examination the materials normally allowed for this subject. Answer all questions in the spaces provided.

This is an ATARMAxxing practice paper. It is not an official examination and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced by the VCAA, NESA or the QCAA.