A group of students decided to do an investigation about the location of high technology industries. They wanted to discover more about some location factors which they had studied in their course. These factors are shown in Fig. 12 (Insert). The students based their hypotheses on two of these factors. Hypothesis 1: Companies in high technology industries are usually located near to other similar high technology companies. Hypothesis 2: Companies in high technology industries need highly skilled or trained employees. To begin their investigation the students visited an industrial area on the edge of the city where they lived. This industrial estate is shown in Fig. 13 (Insert) and Photograph C (Insert).

1. (a)(i)Which landscape feature is labelled X on Photograph C?[1]
2. (a)(ii)What is the number of the building labelled Y on Photograph C?[1]
3. (b)Look at Photographs D to G (Insert). They show different views of the industrial estate. Describe features of the landscape and buildings shown in the photographs. Landscape Buildings[4]
4. (c)(i)Suggest why the students did not include the name of the company on their survey sheet.[1]
5. (c)(ii)The students produced a summary table of the results of their survey. They then grouped the companies into common industrial sectors. Fig. 14, below, shows companies in the computer/telecommunications sector. Companies in the computer/telecommunications sectors Unit number of the company building (shown on Fig. 13) | Number of employees in the company 2 | 19 10 | 26 23 | 15 216 | 39 230 | 40 240 | 89 290 | 95 Fig. 14 Locate these companies on Fig. 13. Describe the distribution within the industrial estate of companies in the computer/ telecommunications sector.[3]
6. (c)(iii)Fig. 15, below, shows the overall results of the survey. Use data from Fig. 14 to complete Fig. 15. Results of survey High technology industries on the industrial estate | Number of companies | Percentage of total number of companies | Average number of employees Bio-medical | 28 | 30 | 61 Computer / telecommunications | | 8 | 46 Energy | 4 | 4 | 30 Environmental | 26 | 28 | 38 Financial / Business | 5 | 5 | 53 Industrial technologies | 7 | 8 | 27 Technical consulting | 6 | 6 | 23 Other industries | 10 | 11 | 71 Total | | 100 | Fig. 15[2]
7. (c)(iv)Use the percentage data in Fig. 15 to complete Fig. 16 below using the key provided. [Figure 16][2]
8. (c)(v)Why did the students come to the conclusion that Hypothesis 1: Companies in high technology industries are usually located near to other similar high technology companies is true? Use the results in Figs 15 and 16 to support your answer.[2]
9. (c)(vi)Explain why high-technology companies are usually located near to other similar companies.[3]
10. (c)(vii)Whilst doing their survey, the students found out that companies in the ‘other industries' sector shown in Fig. 15 included services such as a nursery, gym, restaurant and leisure centre. Suggest two reasons why such companies would locate on this industrial estate.[2]
11. (d)(i)Use the data from Fig. 15 to complete Fig. 17 below. [Figure 17][2]
12. (d)(ii)The students realised that this data by itself was not sufficient to make a conclusion about Hypothesis 2. Therefore they visited the biggest company on the industrial estate to find out more details about its employees. Suggest three questions that would help the students to reach a conclusion about Hypothesis 2.[3]
13. (e)Having completed their study, the students decided to do a further investigation task and look at the other factors which affect the location of high technology industries shown in Fig. 12 (Insert). These two factors are: : High technology industries need good transport links. High technology industries need small quantities of raw materials. Suggest how they could carry out an investigation into one of these factors.[4]

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