Industry (Cambridge (CIE) IGCSE Geography)

Hypothesis 1: Research and development employees generally live in different parts of the urban area compared to the assembly work employees.

Hypothesis 2: Employees think that the journey to work is a main disadvantage of where they live.

(i)

To collect data to test the hypotheses above, the students produced a questionnaire. This is shown in Fig. 1.1.

Fig 1.1

Describe a suitable method of selecting the employees to complete the questionnaire in order to get a fair, representative sample.

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(ii)

Part of the recording sheet which the students used is shown in Fig. 1.2.

What is this method of recording results called?

[1]

Fig 1.2

The results for Question 1 in the questionnaire are shown in Table 1.1.

One student showed the results of Question 1 on two different types of map. These are shown in Figs. 1.3 below and 1.4.

(i)

Complete Fig. 1.3 to show the numbers of research and development employees living in Formby and Kirkby.

[2]

(ii)

Complete Fig. 1.4 to show the number of assembly work employees living in Prescot.

[1]

(iii)

Choose either Fig. 1.3 or Fig. 1.4 and circle your choice below. Name the type of map and give two advantages of this type of map for showing data.

Fig. 1.3         or        Fig. 1.4

Name of type of map
.........................................
Advantage 1
...........................................
Advantage 2
............................................

[3]

(iv)

Which one of the following would be another suitable method to display the results of Question 1 on a map of the urban area? Tick (✓) your choice.

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A class of students investigated a local high technology industrial area. They wanted to find out about the companies located there.

The high technology industrial area is shown in Figs. 1.1 and 1.2. The photograph in Fig. 1.1 shows the area in 2006 and the map in Fig. 1.2 shows it in 2016.

Fig 1.1

Fig 1.2

(i)

Identify two buildings in different areas which have been constructed since 2006.
Building number ...............
Building number ...............

[2]

(ii)

What is the number of the building labelled X on Fig. 1.1?
Building number ...............

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(iii)

Figs. 1.3 and 1.4 are photographs which show views of this industrial area. Describe three features of the industrial area shown in Figs. 1.3 and 1.4.

Fig 1.3

Fig 1.4

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The students identified the following hypotheses:

Hypothesis 1: The sectors (types) of high technology industry in the area changed between 2006 and 2016.

Hypothesis 2: High technology companies employ a highly skilled workforce.

To investigate Hypothesis 1 the students did a survey of the companies which occupied some of the buildings shown in Fig. 1.2 (below). They wanted to find out what sector of high technology industry the companies were involved in.

Fig. 1.2

(i)

Companies involved in the bio-medical sector are shaded on Fig. 1.2. Describe the distribution of these companies.

[2]

(ii)

Explain why high technology companies are usually located near to other similar companies.

[3]

(iii)

Table 1.1 shows the percentage of companies in each industrial sector.

Table 1.1 
Companies in each industrial sector

Use these results to complete Fig. 1.5 below.

[2]

To investigate Hypothesis 2: High technology companies employ a highly skilled workforce, the students used a questionnaire with 50 employees from different high technology companies. Their questionnaire is shown in Fig. 1.7.

(i)

The results of Question 1 (Which one of the following is your highest academic qualification?) are shown in Table 1.3.

Table 1.3 
Answers to questionnaire

Question 1: Which one of the following is your highest academic qualification?

Question 2: Do you think your job is highly skilled?

Question 3: Why do you think your job is highly skilled?

Use the results to complete Fig. 1.8 below.

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(ii)

The answers to Question 2 (Do you think your job is highly skilled?) are shown in Table 1.3. The reasons these people gave to answer Question 3 (Why do you think your job is highly skilled?) are also shown in Table 1.3.

The students decided that Hypothesis 2: High technology companies employ a highly skilled workforce, was correct. How do the answers to Questions 1, 2 and 3 support this conclusion?

[3]

(iii)

Suggest two benefits which employees would give in answering Question 4 (What are the main benefits which you get from your job?).

[2]

Which two of the following are factors which attract high technology industries to an area? Tick your choices in the table below.

A group of students in The Gambia visited Bafoloto quarry. The location of the quarry is shown in Fig. 2.1.

The Gambia is a small country in Africa. It is about 50km wide at the coast and narrows to only 24km wide inland. Use Fig. 2.1 to measure the length of The Gambia from west to east. Tick () your answer below.

Mining and quarrying contribute a small proportion of the total GDP of The Gambia. This is shown in Table 2.1 below.

Table 2.1

GDP is a measurement of the total value of goods and services produced in a country.

(i)

Which one of the following sectors of industry produces the highest percentage of The Gambia’s GDP? Circle your answer below.

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(ii)

Use the data in Table 2.1 to complete the pie graph, Fig. 2.2 below.

[2]

Bafoloto quarry in The Gambia, is shown in Fig. 2.3. below.  Laterite, which is used in building, is dug out at the quarry.

Fig 2.3

Describe two features of work at the quarry which are shown in Fig. 2.3.

To investigate Hypothesis 2: People gained benefits from going to work at Bafoloto quarry, the students used the answers to Question 3 in the questionnaire (Why do you work at the quarry?). Some answers to Question 3 are shown in Table 2.4 below.

The students reached the conclusion that Hypothesis 2: People gained benefits from going to work at Bafoloto quarry, was generally true.

Which three answers in Table 2.4 best support their conclusion? Tick () your three choices below.

Table 2.4

Answers to Question 3 (Why do you work at the quarry?)