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O-LevelGeographyEconomic developmentMay/June 2012Paper 2 Q830 Marks

Four students in Workington in Cumbria in the U.K. read in the local newspaper about a plan to build six wind turbines on a local hilltop near to their school. The newspaper report said that some local people were objecting to the plan. The students decided to investigate the views of local people on wind power and the possible location of the wind turbines near to where they lived. The students investigated the following hypotheses: Hypothesis 1: Most local people think that wind power is a good way to generate electricity. Hypothesis 2: Most local people think that wind turbines should not be built on the hilltop.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge O-Level Geography (2217) May/June 2012 examination, Paper 2 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Economic development and is worth 30 marks.

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