QCE GeographyPractice Examination 3

This paper covers

• Unit 3 – Responding to Land Cover Transformations: cryosphere as land cover, albedo feedbacks, enhanced greenhouse effect, biogeochemical cycles, glacial retreat as land cover transformation
• Unit 4 – Managing Population Change: population distribution and density, demographic transition model, migration (voluntary and forced), dependency ratios, water stress and population vulnerability
• Geographic skills: interpreting maps, graphs, satellite imagery, population data, hydrological data; spatial pattern recognition at global/regional/local scales
• Case study context: Himalayan glacial retreat, downstream river systems (Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus, Mekong), South and Southeast Asian dependent populations
• Assessment objectives: Explaining and Comprehending (Section A), Analysing and Applying (Section B)
• 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.