What name is given to the winds that converge at A?
Is the 0º latitude a low- or a high-pressure belt?
Give the name of the boundary at 60º where two air masses with different characteristics meet.
State the name of pressure belt C
What is the name of the pressure belt located at the 0º latitude?
The slope has a concave shape
This slope has a gentle gradient
The water flows faster against this slope
Deposition takes place mainly on this slope.
This slope is known as the slip-off slope.
Calculate the difference in temperature between the city centre and the farmland.
Give TWO reasons from the diagram why this temperature difference occurs.
Give the term used to describe the warm air over the city centre.
Explain why the shape of the pollution dome is not the same during the day and night.
Refer to the pollution dome over the city and give evidence to support the statement that this is a daytime situation.
How many cyclones, including Irina, have occurred so far in this tropical cyclone season?
What evidence on the satellite image suggests that Irina is a tropical cyclone?
Name the cloud type around the eye at C.
Explain TWO conditions necessary for the formation of tropical cyclones.
Explain why people in KwaZulu-Natal would not have been prepared for the chaos created by tropical cyclone Irina. Give TWO reasons.
Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) explaining the impact that the flooding caused by Irina would have on the economy and environment of KwaZulu-Natal.
Define the term drainage basin
Explain the term longitudinal profile.
What evidence suggests that the longitudinal profile is a graded profile?
Name and describe the underlying rock structure associated with stream pattern B.
Determine the stream order at point C.
Give a reason why the river follows a meandering path in the middle course.
The fluvial landforms in the upper and lower course of a river differ greatly. Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) in which you explain how the different stream-flow and erosion processes are responsible for the development of different landforms in the upper and lower courses.
Describe the shape of landform A
State the drainage pattern that could form on landform A.
Explain why the drainage pattern in QUESTION 1.6.2 will develop on landform A.
Explain how feature B develops.
The wind at D is a (land/sea) breeze.
Wind E occurs at (night/day) time
Place C is likely to experience a (high/low) pressure.
The air flow at B will have a (warming/cooling) effect on the land
The high pressure at A is due to (subsiding/rising) air
How are the strata/layers in A positioned in relation to the earth's surface?
Which rock type, shale or limestone, is likely to erode faster?
How are the strata/layers in B positioned in relation to the earth's surface?
Name ONE landform that originates from the limestone in sketch B.
What is the name of the steep slope at C?
Name the type of low-pressure cell at B.
State the pressure at the centre of pressure cell D.
Identify ONE piece of evidence from the synoptic map/chart to indicate that it represents winter conditions.
Name the front at C
State TWO weather changes that Port Elizabeth could possibly experience in the next few hours.
Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) explaining why Port Elizabeth is experiencing unusually high temperatures and what impact the weather conditions will have on the environment.
Define the term global warming
Comment on the argument between the developed nations (countries) and the big developing nations (countries) evident in the cartoon
Why is there a fire around the earth in the cartoon?
What is the collective name for gases that cause global warming?
Explain why the cartoonist Zapiro thinks COP 17 was a waste of time.
Define the term flow hydrograph.
How can humans use the information on a flow hydrograph?
Explain why peak rainfall and peak discharge do not occur at the same time.
Which land-use results in the highest peak discharge?
Discuss the impact of forests on river discharge.
Name slope elements/forms X and Y in sketch A.
Describe the shape of slope X
State the typical slope element/form not visible in sketch A
Discuss how slope Y can be used by people.
Explain why slope D became unstable.
Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) analysing the impact of slope instability and methods that can be used to prevent disasters associated with this instability.
A settlement with a linear shape
A settlement located away from water, as it is a threat
An isolated farmstead
A settlement where farmers live in the village and not on their farms
A settlement where a river meander provides protection from invasions
Primary activity
Tertiary activity
Quaternary activity
Sustainability
Reconstruction and Development Plan (RDP)
Name movement A in the sketch.
Give ONE reason why people move away from rural villages.
Discuss the impact of the movement of people away from rural villages on the economy of these settlements.
Is movement B more likely to take place in developed or developing countries?
Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) detailing the impact of movement A on the CBD (D) and inner city (C).
State the urban problem highlighted in the cartoon.
What message does the cartoon convey about the drivers' attitude?
Discuss how the drivers' attitude contributed to the problem
State TWO environmental issues associated with this urban problem.
Give the local authority advice on how they can help solve this urban problem.
Write the acronym GDP in full.
Briefly explain why finance displays such an erratic/changing trend
Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) commenting on the contribution of manufacturing to the GDP over the last five years, and how this has led to the growth of the economy of South Africa.
What is an industrial development zone?
Which IDZ has the largest investment to date?
Give TWO reasons for the development of IDZs by the government.
Name TWO incentives that government offers to industries that are established in IDZs.
Explain how IDZs have improved the lives of people living in underdeveloped rural areas.
An increasing percentage of people that live in cities
The process whereby people move out of cities to rural areas
The physical growth of an urban settlement
Uncontrolled growth of an urban area
A decrease in the number of people living in rural areas
The exchange of goods and services between countries
Goods that are brought into a country
A financial statement showing the value of a country's transactions with other countries
The difference in value between a country's imports and exports
When the value of a country's exports is greater than its imports
Who is an illegal immigrant?
Comment on the government's attitude to illegal immigrants with reference to the cartoon.
Give TWO reasons why people all over the world want illegal immigration to be stopped.
Give TWO reasons why South Africa attracts such a large of number of illegal immigrants from other African countries.
Name the country with the highest number of HIV/Aids-related deaths.
Give any TWO reasons for the high number of HIV/Aids-related deaths in Africa.
Give any TWO solutions that would reduce the number of HIV/Aids-related deaths.
Study the projected deaths up to 2015 and comment on the effectiveness of programmes to reduce HIV/Aids-related deaths
Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) detailing the economic and social impact of HIV/Aids on rural settlement patterns in African countries.
What does the formal sector refer to?
Give TWO reasons for the shift in the number of jobs from the formal to the informal sector.
Which industry lost the largest number of jobs?
Why is the change in jobs from the formal to the informal sector not good for the economy of South Africa?
Discuss THREE challenges for the informal sector in South Africa
Did South Africa have a favourable or unfavourable balance of trade with China between 2008 and 2012?
With reference to your answer to QUESTION 4.6.1, how did South Africa's balance of trade with China affect the economy of South Africa?
Identify TWO trends/patterns evident on the graph in the trade relationship between South Africa and China between 1995 and 2015.
Give TWO possible reasons for the greater difference in imports and exports between South Africa and China from 2008 to 2015.
Write a paragraph (approximately 12 lines) evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of South Africa's trade with global economies such as China.