Peirce Secondary Geography Unit Holiday Work 2k6

Pure Geography Secondary 5 Normal Academic
Instructions
1. Complete all the questions and write all answers on foolscap paper.
2. Do not copy the question, you are only required to indicate the question
number on the foolscap paper.
3. You are encouraged to source for answers in your textbooks
(Book 3 and Book 4)

Natural Vegetation

1(a)(i) Describe the key characteristics of trees found in a deciduous
forest. [3]
1(a)(ii) Identify where Coniferous forests can be found globally and the type
of climatic conditions that encourage the presence of such forests. [4]
1(a)(iii) How have Coniferous forest trees adapted to cope with the climatic
conditions that they face? [3]
1(b) There are five distinct layers in a equatorial rainforest. Identify the
layers and briefly describe the key characteristics of the individual
layers. [10]
1(c)(i) Deforestation causes large-scale environmental impact (pollution and
environmental degradation). What are the causes for the continued large
scale deforestation that we are seeing globally? [2]
1(c)(ii) Identify one measure that you think can be implemented to reduce the
amount of deforestation. Also explain why the method you identified is very
hard to implement. [3]

Agriculture

2(a)(i) Based on the information in the extract above, identify three inputs of oil
palm plantations. [3]
2(a)(ii) Capital is another input of oil palm plantations. Why do oil palm
plantations need a lot of capital? [6]
2(b)(i) Describe the problems facing the owners of oil palm plantations. [3]
2(b)(ii) How can the problems you described in (b)(i) be overcome? [3]

2(c)(i) Describe three physical and three human inputs that are required for
subsistence wet rice agriculture. [6]
2(c)(ii) Why do farmers in the southern parts of Thailand practice terracing
to cultivate wet rice? [1]
2(c)(iii) Briefly explain why it is very difficult for the poor farmers in
these regions to enjoy the benefits of Green Revolution.[3]