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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONSInternational General Certificate of Secondary Education

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 0680/01

Paper 1 May/June 2007

1 hour 30 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.Additional Materials: Ruler

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1 Look at the photograph below of a pine forest, part of which has been cleared.

(a) (i) Name the process for the large scale clearance of trees.

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(ii) Tree clearance as shown has a number of effects on the environment. Name andexplain one such effect.

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(iii) Name a gas which will be released into the atmosphere as branches of clearedtrees breakdown or decay.

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(b) (i) Describe one effect of global warming.

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(ii) What can governments do to reduce global warming?

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2 Look at the climate graphs below and then answer the questions.

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(a) (i) State which climate graph is for desert and which is for equatorial.

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(ii) State and explain two problems for farming caused by climate A.

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(b) Farmers also experience problems caused by pests and weeds. How can they controlthese?

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3 The diagram below shows the main features of the water cycle.

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(a) (i) Name the processes A, B and C.

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(ii) The process D shows run-off. How and why will the run-off change if trees werecleared and a tourist resort built?

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(b) (i) People use water for a variety of purposes. State one domestic and one industrialuse of water, apart from drinking.

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(ii) Sometimes water supplies are adequate, but not safe. Describe one way in whichthe quality of water supplied to people might be improved.

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4 The graph below shows the world fish catch from 1950.

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(b) One of the possible reasons for change in fish catches is marine pollution.

(i) State two causes of marine pollution.

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(ii) How might governments reduce the pollution problems you have named?

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5 Look at the diagram showing layers of sedimentary rock in a coalfield area of SouthAustralia.

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(ii) How are sedimentary rocks formed?

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(iii) Fuels which are obtained from the dead bodies of ancient organisms are calledfossil fuels. There are three fossil fuels shown in the diagram, state the age of therock in which each fuel is found.

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(b) (i) The coalmine at point A is an opencast one. State two ways in which people livingnearby might be affected by opencast mining.

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(ii) Describe how damage to the environment might be repaired when the opencastmine has stopped working.

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6 The diagrams below show the amount of wetland in Minnesota (USA) at three differenttimes.

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(a) (i) Describe the changes in the total area of wetland over this time between A and B and between B and C.

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(ii) Suggest how wildlife in the area might have been affected by the changes you havedescribed between A and B.

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(b) The graph below shows how the human population of Minnesota has changed since1850.

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(i) Using the graph, the information in part (a), and your own knowledge, suggest whythe changes in wetlands have occurred.

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(ii) State one disadvantage and one advantage of making an area of wetland inMinnesota into a wildlife reserve.

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