MAP READING & SKILLS
PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
COASTS, RIVERS & DRAINAGE
HUMAN & ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
HAZARDS & HUMAN ENVIRONMENT
100
This scale uses words to show distance, e.g. 1 cm represents 1 km.
Statement scale
100
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
The theory that explains the movement of the Earth’s plates.
100
This river feature is formed by deposition at the river’s mouth.
Delta
100
Farming mainly for family consumption using simple tools.
Peasant Farming
100
A naturally occurring event that can cause damage or loss of life.
Natural hazard
200
The direction measured clockwise from North using degrees.
Angular Bearing
200
What is folding?
Identify 3 types of fold
The bending of rock layers due to pressure.
Symmetrical, Asymmetrical, Overfold, Recumbent, Overthrust, Nappe.
200
Radial drainage have streams flowing out from a central dome or volcanic cone
200
Name TWO factors affecting population distribution in the Caribbean.
Climate, relief, jobs, transport
200
Name TWO effects of hurricanes on Caribbean countries.
Flooding, loss of homes, crops destroyed
300
The method used to find the steepness of a slope using vertical and horizontal distance
Gradient
300
Name ONE cause and ONE effect of earthquakes.
Causes of earthquakes (3 points):
Movement of tectonic plates
Volcanic activity
Human activities (mining, drilling, explosions)
Effects of earthquakes (3 points):
Loss of lives and injuries
Damage to buildings and roads
Landslides and tsunamis
300
What is the name of the boundary that separates two drainage basins?
Watershed
300
Distinguish between peasant farming and plantation farming.
Scale, labour, crops, market
300
Explain how human activities can worsen environmental degradation.
Deforestation, pollution, mining
400
The vertical interval between two contours is 20m. If the horizontal distance between the contours is 100m, calculate the gradient.
VD/HD= 20/100 =1/5 or 1:5
400
What is faulting?
Name the three types of faults.
The movement of rocks along fractures that are formed in the Earth's crust under tension or compression.
Types of Fault: Reverse, Normal, Transform
400
Explain how a natural arch is formed
An arch is formed along the coast when waves erode a crack in a headland. Over time, the crack widens into a cave due to hydraulic action and abrasion. Continued erosion deepens the cave until it breaks through the headland, forming an arch.
400
Explain TWO reasons why tourism is important to Caribbean economies.
Employment, foreign exchange, infrastructure
400
Calculate the population density for Trinidad and Tobago if the population is 1,398,843 and the total land area is 5,131.
Pop density= 273 people per square kilometre.
500
The map above is an examoke of a _______________ map.
Choropleth map
500
What is mass movement or mass wasting?
State 4 examples of mass movement.
Mass movement is the downward movement of rock and soil debris under the influence of gravity.
Examples: Soil creep, Mud Flow, Landslides, Rock Fall, Solifluction
500
Name 3 hard engineering strategies that are used in coastal management and explain how ONE works
breakwaters/rock armour, groynes, sea wall, gabions, revetments...
Groynes are used to trap sediments that are traveling in the direction of longshore drift. Overtime, the sediments build the shoreline and acts as a buffer zone in refracting waves.
500
Discuss the ONE advantages and ONE disadvantages of fishing as an economic activity.
Income vs overfishing, weather risks
500
What is the difference between natural increase and natural decrease?
Natural increase or decrease refers to the increase or decrease in the population of a country. Natural increase occurs when the number births exceeds the number of deaths.
The formula of natural increase is birth rate- death rate.