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O-LevelGeographyThe natural environmentOct/Nov 2010Paper 2 Q830 Marks

Students were concerned about how human activities may threaten the environment by causing air pollution. The students decided to focus on one problem caused by air pollution – the impact of acid rain in their region. First they researched acid rain and made a fact file. This is shown on Fig. 12 (Insert 2). The students decided to test the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1 The acidity of rainfall is affected by the direction of the wind Hypothesis 2 Rainfall is more acidic after a period of dry weather

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About This O-Level Geography Question

This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Geography (2217) Oct/Nov 2010 examination, Paper 2 Variant 1. It tests the topic of The natural environment and is worth 30 marks.

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