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O-LevelGeographyEconomic development2217/23 · Oct/Nov 2012 · Q58 Marks

Study Fig. 5, which shows world food output, by value, in 2006.

  1. (a)(i)Complete Fig. 5 to show that Australia produced food valued between 5000 million and 50000 million US dollars, in 2006.[1]
  2. (a)(ii)Suggest why Antarctica is shown as “no data” on Fig. 5.[1]
  3. (b)Describe the distribution of countries producing more than 50000 million US dollars worth of food in 2006.[3]
  4. (c)Fig. 5 shows the food output for the whole of each country. Suggest why food output might vary within a country.[3]

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Mark scheme

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  1. [1] (a) (i) Diagonal shading on Australia
  2. [1] (ii) No one has measured the value Too hard to collect an overall value
  3. [3] (b) 3 countries in Asia / China / India / Japan 1 country in Europe / France 1 country in South America / Brazil 1 country in North America / USA No countries in Africa / Australasia
  4. [3] (c) Areas of different climate / rainfall / temperature Population size of different areas Areas of infertile soils

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Topic
Economic development, O-Level Geography (syllabus 2217). Structured question, 8 marks.
Source
O-Level Geography, Oct/Nov 2012 Paper 2 Variant 3, question 5.

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