ZIMSEC O Level Geography Paper 2 Past Papers

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Weather and Climate Settlement Agriculture Mapwork Natural Hazards Rivers and LandformsBiotic/abiotic environments, land degradation and sustainable useRainforest ecosystem, the nitrogen cycle and grain yieldsNatural resource conservation, soil erosion and wildlifeWood fuel, thermal power and solar energy

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Which of the following changes in a river channel is most likely to increase the amount of deposition taking place?
A farm keeps 500 cross-breed cattle, 40 Jersey cows, 100 pigs and 400 chickens, alongside 300 hectares of maize, cotton, wheat and soya beans, producing beef, milk, eggs and maize seed. Which farming system is this?
A 20 000-hectare farm keeps only 4 000 beef cattle, has no land under crops, and employs just 10 workers. State the name of this farming system.
On a farm systems diagram, System Y applies the same capital and labour inputs as System X but to a much smaller area of land, while still producing a similar total output. System Y represents...
Given that local time at London (0 degrees longitude) is 8 a.m., calculate the local time at Lahore, located at 75 degrees E.
A climatic environment has annual rainfall of only 50-250mm, mean annual temperature of 8-20 degrees C, and weathering that reaches a depth of only up to 2 metres. Which climatic environment is this?
Which of the following was an objective of Zimbabwe's latest Land Reform Programme?
Compared with the situation before Zimbabwe's latest Land Reform Programme, farming after the programme was typically characterised by...
Name the type of physical weathering common in hot dry climates, in which the outer layers of rock heat and expand by day, then cool and contract rapidly at night, causing stress that peels off the outer skin of the rock in layers.
Which statement correctly distinguishes weathering from erosion?
A line on a map crosses a plate boundary where two plates are moving apart, new basaltic rock is forming on the seabed along the boundary, and the boundary lies on a mid-ocean ridge. What type of plate boundary is this?
What term describes the sheer force of moving river water against the banks and bed of a channel, which compresses air into cracks and joints in the rock and forces it apart?
A town's climate graph shows its heaviest rainfall falling in June, July and August, with the highest temperatures occurring around April and a slight dip in temperature during the rainy season. In which hemisphere is this town most likely located?
State the theory that explains and supports the movement of tectonic plates.
Which of the following is a benefit of settling in a volcanic area?
In a limestone region, rainwater and rivers quickly disappear underground, but the porous rock also stores this water below the surface, giving a reliable supply from boreholes and wells. What is the name of this underground water-storage feature?
Which of the following are the two main agents of erosion that shape a hot desert landscape?
A photograph shows open grassland with vultures on the ground and in flight, a few grazing animals, and scattered trees on the skyline. What type of ecosystem is shown?
State the term for a destructive plate boundary where one tectonic plate, usually the denser oceanic plate, is forced down and sinks beneath another plate into the mantle.
In the formation of a rift valley, name the term for the block of land between two parallel faults that subsides to form the valley floor.
Which layer of the earth is made of liquid iron and nickel, lies between the lower mantle and the solid inner core, and generates the earth's magnetic field through its movement?
What is the primary cause of most tsunamis?
Sandstone and limestone are formed from material that was deposited in layers and later compacted and cemented together. To which class of rocks do they belong?
Name the near-vertical sheet of solidified magma that cuts across the rock strata it has intruded.

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