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O-LevelGeographyThe natural environment2217/22 · Oct/Nov 2018 · Q48 Marks

Study Fig. 4.1, which shows wind direction and days with rain, for a town, in June 2016, and Fig. 4.2, which shows the location of the town.

  1. (a)Which two instruments would have been used to collect the data in Fig. 4.1?[2]
  2. (b)Complete Fig. 4.1 to show that the wind was from the north west on six days and that on four of those days it rained.[2]
  3. (c)(i)What was the prevailing wind direction during June 2016?[1]
  4. (c)(ii)Which two wind directions always caused rainy weather?[1]
  5. (c)(iii)Suggest why there was rain when the wind was blowing from these directions.[2]

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Mark scheme

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  1. [2] 4(a) Wind vane
  2. [2] 4(a) Rain gauge
  3. [2] 4(b) Six boxes shaded
  4. [2] 4(b) R written in four boxes
  5. [1] 4(c)(i) South
  6. [1] 4(c)(ii) West and south west
  7. [2] 4(c)(iii) Lake / sea / water body
  8. [2] 4(c)(iii) Sea and land different temperatures
  9. [2] 4(c)(iii) Sea breezes / direction brings warm air
  10. [2] 4(c)(iii) Air rising up hill / relief rainfall
  11. [2] 4(c)(iii) Air cooling / condensation
  12. [2] 4(c)(iii) Weather systems coming from W / SW

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Topic
The natural environment, O-Level Geography (syllabus 2217). Structured question, 8 marks.
Source
O-Level Geography, Oct/Nov 2018 Paper 2 Variant 2, question 4.

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