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TuitionGoWhere Practice Paper - Geography H2 A-Level

TuitionGoWhere Practice Paper (AI) — Version 2 of 5

Subject: Geography H2
Level: A-Level (Pre-University)
Paper: Practice Paper (Resources Sustainability Focus)
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Marks: 60
Name: ________________________
Class: ________________________
Date: ________________________

Instructions:

This practice paper contains 20 questions across three sections.
Answer all questions.
Use the resources provided (including data tables and image placeholders) to support your answers.
Marks for each question are shown in brackets.
Section marks and total marks are shown at the end of each section.

Section A: Resource Concepts and Sustainability Foundations (Questions 1–7)

Section A Total: 18 marks

1. Define the term "sustainable development" as used in Our Common Future. [2]

2. State one provisioning ecosystem service and explain how its classification as provisioning may vary over time and space. [3]

3. Distinguish between proven reserves and speculative reserves of a non-renewable resource. [2]

4. Outline two limitations of Malthus' view on population limits imposed by the natural environment. [2]

5. Using the table below, compare the renewable energy share (%) of total electricity generation for the three countries in 2023.

Country	Renewable Share (%) 2023
Norway	98
India	22
Singapore	4

Compare the scores for the three countries shown in the table. [5]

6. Explain how habitat destruction can compromise regulating ecosystem services, using one example. [2]

Graph for Q7 (ALEVEL Geography H2)

Generated graph for Q7.

Describe the trend in per capita resource extraction for high-income and low-income countries shown in Resource Q7-fig1. [2]

Section B: Resource Management and Trade-offs (Questions 8–14)

Section B Total: 24 marks

8. Explain two economic challenges that limit progress towards sustainable development. [4]

9. Assess the potential of solar power to reduce fossil fuel dependence in Southeast Asia. [6]

10. Using the extract below, explain how transboundary water management between Cambodia and Vietnam on the Mekong River has faced varying success.

Extract: The Mekong River Commission was established in 1995 but upstream dam construction by Laos and China has reduced dry-season flow to Vietnam's delta, causing saline intrusion. Bilateral meetings have produced memoranda but no binding flow agreements.

Explain the varying success of transboundary management strategies in the extract. [4]

11.

Table for Q11 (ALEVEL Geography H2)

Generated table for Q11.

Using Resource Q11-fig1, compare the social impacts (displaced persons) relative to capacity for the three dams. [4]

12. Evaluate one management strategy used by extractive industries to reduce environmental impact. [4]

13. Explain Boserup's view on the role of technology in expanding the resource base. [2]

14. Suggest two reasons why access to resources is uneven across space despite global trade. [2]

Section C: Synthesis and Application (Questions 15–20)

Section C Total: 18 marks

15. Using Resources Q7-fig1 and Q11-fig1, assess the trade-offs between renewable energy expansion and social equity. [6]

16. "The circular economy is essential for resource sustainability in rapidly industrializing Asia." To what extent do you agree? [6]

17.

Map for Q17 (ALEVEL Geography H2)

Generated map for Q17.

Using Resource Q17-fig1, account for the loss of provisioning services in Borneo's lowland areas. [3]

18. State two SDGs directly related to resource sustainability and give one quantitative target for each. [3]

19. Explain how invasive species can compromise ecosystem services with one example. [2]

20. Evaluate the limitations of using GDP as a measure of progress towards sustainable development. [4]

End of Paper — Total Marks: 60

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Answers

TuitionGoWhere Practice Paper Answer Key — Geography H2 A-Level (Version 2)

Subject: Geography H2
Level: A-Level
Paper: Practice Paper (Resources Sustainability Focus)
Total Marks: 60

Section A Answers (18 marks)

Q1 [2 marks]

Definition: Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Brundtland / Our Common Future).
Mark breakdown: 1 mark for present needs, 1 mark for future needs / intergenerational equity.
Teaching note: This is the foundational definition; students must show both temporal dimensions.

Q2 [3 marks]

Provisioning service example: timber from forests (1 mark).
Variation: In the past, timber was scarce and local; today technology (chainsaws, transport) makes it a globally traded commodity, changing its value and classification by demand (2 marks).
Teaching note: Provisioning = products obtained from ecosystems. Demand and tech shift what is considered provisioning.

Q3 [2 marks]

Proven reserves: technically and economically extractable now (1 mark).
Speculative reserves: assumed to exist but not confirmed by exploration; uncertain extraction (1 mark).
Common mistake: confusing with conditional (needs tech/econ change).

Q4 [2 marks]

Limitation 1: Ignores technological innovation that increases yield (1 mark).
Limitation 2: Uneven access – some regions import food, so local limits don't apply (1 mark).

Q5 [5 marks]

Norway (98%) far exceeds India (22%) and Singapore (4%); India > Singapore (1 mark per comparison or synthesis).
Norway near-full renewable (hydro), Singapore lowest due to land limits (2 marks for context).
Marking: 1 mark each for correct comparative statement across 3 countries + 2 for depth.
Teaching: Use comparative language "higher than", "lowest".

Q6 [2 marks]

Habitat destruction removes wetlands that regulated floods (1 mark); loss increases flood frequency (1 mark).
Teaching: Regulating = benefits from control of natural processes.

Q7 [2 marks]

High-income rises steadily 12→17 t/p/yr; low-income 2→4.5 t/p/yr (1 mark).
Gap widens over time (1 mark).
Based on Q7-fig1 line graph data.

Section B Answers (24 marks)

Q8 [4 marks]

Challenge 1: Short-term profit motive discourages long-term investment (2 marks).
Challenge 2: Political cycles ignore cross-border issues (2 marks).

Q9 [6 marks]

Potential: abundant solar in SEA, reduces coal use (2).
Limitations: intermittent, land use, grid cost (2).
Trade-off: econ vs env (2).
Marking descriptors: 6 = clear eval, 4 = partial, 2 = list.

Q10 [4 marks]

Success: MRC forum established (1).
Failure: no binding flow rule, upstream dams harm Vietnam (3).
Teaching: Transboundary = shared but unequal power.

Q11 [4 marks]

Dam C: 60k/3.0=20k per GW; A: 21.4k; B: 15.7k (2 marks calc).
B most equitable, C least (2 marks).
From Q11-fig1 table.

Q12 [4 marks]

Strategy: rehabilitation of mined land (2).
Eval: restores soil but costly, slow (2).

Q13 [2 marks]

Boserup: population pressure drives tech that raises resource limits (2).

Q14 [2 marks]

Reasons: infrastructure gap, trade barriers (1 each).

Section C Answers (18 marks)

Q15 [6 marks]

Using Q7-fig1 (rich use more) and Q11-fig1 (displacement): trade-off = clean energy vs justice (3).
Assessment: global south bears social cost (3).

Q16 [6 marks]

Agree: reduces waste (2). Disagree: needs tech/capital (2). Conclusion balanced (2).

Q17 [3 marks]

Map shows 60% plantation vs 25% forest → timber/food loss (2). From Q17-fig1.
1 mark for link to provisioning.

Q18 [3 marks]

SDG 6: clean water 2030 access (1.5); SDG 7: affordable energy 2030 (1.5).

Q19 [2 marks]

Water hyacinth blocks rivers, reduces fishing (2).

Q20 [4 marks]

GDP ignores env cost, distribution (2); example depletion not subtracted (2).

Total Marks Check: 18+24+18 = 60 ✓