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Test
7 Feedback
Glaciation
Here
is the feedback and answers to the Test
in Unit 07.
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(a)
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Click
on the photos to see the features labelled.
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When
the question says 'Use one or more diagrams' it is usually sensible
to draw diagrams if you possibly can. However, do not try to
make these up in the exam. You should have learnt them carefully
during your revision. If you did not use diagrams to revise,
go back now and learn one, or a series of diagrams.
Here is how you could have answered this question:
I
have chosen to describe how a corrie is formed. Here is a
series of diagrams:
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On
the left of the photograph
is a steep slope, which stretches for several kilometres. Running
up the centre of the photo is a flat valley bottom, which is
filled with a lake from about half way up the photo. On the
right is another steep slope - not as steep as on the left.
This looks like a U-shaped, glacial trough. The valley is straight
and does not meander - again suggesting glaciation. The ridge
on the right, one third up the photo, may be a truncated spur.
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(b) |
(i) |
The
lake could be used for canoeing or yachting. It has flat land
for launching at the near end, and it is free from obstructions.
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(ii) |
The
hills could be used for fell walking. They are high, steep and
will have good views, but they do not look too steep and dangerous.
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You
need to think carefully about this land and how it might be
used. You might think about it in the form of a concept map.
This will help you to make links between the different aspects
of the question. You might write out the concept map or think
it through, but it would need to show the links clearly. For
instance:
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Physical geography affects…
farmers
Flat, low land
Used for growing hay and silage and for keeping the sheep
at lambing time
Rivers deposit fertile soil
Weather is milder here than on hills
Most valuable land
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tourists
Accessible by car
Easy walking
Most walks start from road and car parks
Many walkers stay on low land
Tourists also enjoy river banks, etc. |
Put
these ideas together to write a paragraph something like this:
The
land is low and flat. It is more fertile than the high land,
and is more sheltered and warmer than the highland. Therefore
farmers use it for growing hay and silage and keeping their
sheep at lambing time. It is their most valuable land, but
it is also very attractive to tourists. They walk here in
large numbers and some of them stray into fields where hay
is being grown, or where sheep are lambing. They can ruin
the hay crops or their dogs might upset the sheep. To stop
this farmers put up barbed wire fences to keep tourists out.
Both groups of people can become stressed and annoyed because
of this.
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Physical
geography affects…
farmers
High land
Sheep left to graze for most of the year
Steep slopes
Thin soils
Grass is poor, so sheep can only just survive
Rushing streams
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tourists
Walkers feel they should be free to roam wherever
they wish
Sometimes wander from paths and damage walls, etc
Too many people on popular paths can cause footpath erosion
which spreads and damages grazing
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You
need to give a clear definition here. Note that there are two
marks available. A definition like 'It is an attractive place
that is visited by lots of tourists' is not enough to gain
both marks. Look back through the notes on the Topic
Task to find a fuller definition, which would gain
both marks.
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Before
you start to answer this question, make sure you read it all
the way through.
Make sure that you choose an example which you can use to
answer all three parts of the question. You probably
need to gain at least two marks in each section of the answer
if you are going to reach full marks for the question as a
whole. You will gain these two marks for either two
separate, relevant points, or for a single, elaborated
or developed point. Here is one possible answer. Ticks ( )
have been added to show where marks could have been awarded.
Name of chosen tourist honeypot: Stonehenge
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Stonehenge
was built on the attractive chalk downlands of Salisbury Plain
(). It is a flat,
wild area, with good views in all directions ().
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The
stone ring is a built monument, but it is not a tourist facility.
The actual facilities for tourists are poor ().
There is a car park and a path to the monument area ().
There are plans to build a visitors' centre, which will give
a full range of facilities such as a shop (),
café and toilets.
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The
stones are so popular that there was a danger of them being
damaged by the large numbers of visitors ().
Druids and hippies also try to invade the monument at mid-summer
(), and this sometimes
led to violence as the police tried to keep them out ().
However, as long as lots of visitors are attracted here, other
more fragile prehistoric sites are not damaged by mass tourism. |
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