YEAR 9 GEOGRAPHY (GENERAL)
DEPARTMENT FOR CURRICULUM, LIFELONG LEARNING AND EMPLOYABILITY Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes Educational Assessment Unit
Annual Examinations for Secondary Schools 2019
YEAR 9
GEOGRAPHY (GENERAL)
Name: _____________________________________
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Class: _______________
1. Write your name and class on each paper. 2. Answer all questions. 3. You have around 40 minutes to finish this paper. 4. This paper carries 100 marks. ________________________________________________________________________________
1. Look at figure 1 and answer the questions by ticking next to the correct answer.
Figure 1
a. Characteristic A in figure 1 shows
an arch. a cave. a crack in the rocks.
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b. Characteristic B in figure 1 shows
a wave-cut platform. a cave. cliffs.
c. Characteristic C in figure 1 shows
cliffs. a wave-cut notch. a stack.
d. Waves erode first the
arches. caves. cracks in the rocks.
e. The characteristics of figure 1 formed by
sea erosion. sea deposition. sea transportation.
f. In the Maltese Islands we find similar characteristics as shown in figure 1 in
Sliema. Ramla l-amra, Gozo. Dwejra, Gozo.
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2. Write the following phrases under the correct diagram.
deposition collection of sand and pebbles
cliff
sand and pebbles erode the rocks bay
erosion
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3a. Put the following phrases in the correct place in figure 2.
present position of cliff
cliff retreating
wave-cut notch
wave-cut platform
original position of cliffs
Figure 2 (5)
b. With the help of figure 2, fill in the blanks by using the following words.
erode Globigerina Limestone
falls Delimara
retreats wave-cut platform
Cliffs made up of soft rocks such as _________________________ are eroded
quickly by waves. Waves start to _________________________ underneath the cliffs
and by time the upper part of the cliff remains unsupported and
__________________________.
After thousands of years, the cliff
__________________________ and a _________________________ is formed.
An example of a wave-cut platform can be found at _________________________.
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4. On the map of the Maltese Islands in figure 3, mark four of the following bays.
Melliea Bay (Gadira Bay)
Xlendi Bay
Birebbua Bay
Gajn Tuffiea
Ramla
Bay
l-amra Bay
Figure 3 (4)
5. A report from the Statistics Office in 2017 about aquaculture in Malta, shows that 15,700 tonnes of fish grown in fishfarms were sold in the Maltese Islands. The most popular fish sold was tuna.
a. What is aquaculture? _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ (3)
b. Write two advantages and two disadvantages of fish farming.
Advantages of fish farming 1.
Disadvantages of fish farming 1.
2.
2.
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