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What is the grid bearing of the spot height 1215 in grid square 718000 7747000 from the Trigonometrical station 368/T in grid square 721000 7750000?
Which of the weather symbols A, B, C or D represents cloud cover?
Which of the weather symbols A, B, C or D shown on number 13 represents wind speed?
On which day A, B, C or D was the atmosphere saturated? DAY A: dry bulb 25 °C, wet bulb 19 °C. DAY B: dry bulb 26 °C, wet bulb 26 °C. DAY C: dry bulb 30 °C, wet bulb 25 °C. DAY D: dry bulb 23 °C, wet bulb 29 °C.
A high density residential area is characterised by
The high rise buildings in the Central Business District (CBD) are due to
The selling of medical drugs on the streets is
Which of the following best describes the river in the area below?
The bearing of Chikova dip tank in 232000 7775000 from the trigonometrical station 503/T in 231000 7776000 is
The direction of the quarry in 223000 7773000 from the bridge in 225000 7774000 is
Which of the following A, B, C or D represents stormy weather conditions?
In which of places A, B, C or D is one likely to find warehouses?
Which type of landuse is represented by X on the model shown?
Which cloud is associated with convectional rainfall?
The diagram above shows a
Which climatic region experiences hot-wet summers?
Calculate the mean daily temperature given that:
The growth of squatter settlements can be controlled by
The space segment component of a global positioning system is made of
Which one is a climate change induced hazard?
Lines joining places with the same amount of rainfall are called
What is the weather condition shown?
The drainage feature marked X is a
During a thunderstorm people should
An air mass bringing rainfall to the Zambezi Lowveld is a
Visibility of less than 100m shows that the weather condition is
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.