QCE GeographyPractice Examination 8

This paper covers

• Unit 4 — Managing Population Change: ageing population, dependency ratio, demographic transition model
• ABS census data interpretation: population pyramids, age-sex structure, regional demographic change
• Demographic processes: natural increase, net migration, working-age population decline
• Service provision stress: aged care, health infrastructure, workforce shortages in regional contexts
• Strategies for managing demographic challenges: government policy, aged care planning, economic revitalisation
• Geographic skills: interpreting graphs, tables, population pyramids, spatial patterns at local/regional scale
• Unit 3 — Land Cover Transformations: biogeochemical cycles, carbon cycle, albedo, land-use change (contextual support questions)
• Cognitive verbs: explain, describe, analyse, identify, 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.