General Certificate of Education Advanced Level Examination January 2012 Geography Unit 3 Contemporary Geographical Issues 1.30 pm to 4.00 pm Monday 30 January 2012 For this paper you must have: an AQA 12-page answer book. You may use a calculator. GEOG3 Time allowed 2 hours 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Pencil should only be used for drawing. Write the information required on the front of your answer book. The Examining Body for this paper is AQA
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Introduction Leaves are the most significant photosynthetic tissue for the majority plants and play a crucial role in response to biotic and abiotic disturbances. Leaf shape is seen as one of the most variable and distinct plant traits‚ and variation of leaf morphology can exist among species‚ populations and individuals‚ and within individuals. Because leaves are critical to plant growth and survival‚ it is assumed that the variation in leaf shape represents an adaptive consequence caused by natural
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My project was over the tropical rainforest biome. The tropical rain forest is a forest of tall trees in a region of year-round warmth. An average of 50-260 inches (125-660) cm of rain falls yearly. A tropical rain forest has more kinds of trees than any other area in the world. Scientists have counted about 100-300 species in one 2 ½ acre area in South America. Seventy percent of the plants in the rainforest are trees. There are a couple of topics that can be discussed within this biome such as
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The Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)‚ also known as the Indian lion‚ is a lion subspecies that exists as a single isolated population in India’s Gujarat State. It is listed as Endangered by IUCN based on the small population size.[1] The lion population has steadily increased in Gir Forest National Park‚ more than doubling from a low of 180 individuals in 1974 to a level of 411 individuals consisting of 97 adult males‚ 162 adult females‚ 75 sub-adults‚ and 77 cubs as of April 2010.[3] The Asiatic
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intrusions that threaten the area‚ and efforts made to protect Manas Wildlife Sanctuary‚ with much more included. Manas biogeographically diversity constitutes three major plant life varieties that include semi-evergreen forest‚ mixed moist and dry deciduous forests‚ and several types of grassland (United Nations Environment Programme‚ 2002). As the Web site shows‚ grasslands occupy approximately 45% of the park divided by two types of grassland: semi-evergreen alluvial grassland and low alluvial savanna
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plant life. The Garamba National Park boasts a larger variety of plants and animals than any other country in Africa. One reason for the large variety is the diversity of the climates and the ecosystem. Garamba National Park is home to tropical and deciduous forests‚ savannahs‚ swamps‚ mangrove as well as whole range of rivers‚ mountains‚ volcanoes and lakes. The park covers three different biomes: gallery forest with forest clumps and marshland‚ aquatic and semi-aquatic‚ and savannahs. The savannahs
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Ecology EQ’s 2. Abiotic and biotic components influence each other. For instance‚ temperature (abiotic factor) can make plants (biotic factor) reproduce more or reproduce less. Also water‚ an abiotic factor‚ has an effect on how animals‚ a biotic factor‚ survive in certain areas of the world. 3. Because a different niche allows multiple species of organisms to coexist. If all organisms had the same niche‚ then there would be heavy competition for food‚ shelter‚ etc. Having different niches gives
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For nearly six thousand years‚ Ayurvedicmedicine has utilized the benefits of amla‚ a round‚ yellow‚ bitter fruit also known as the Indian gooseberry. Amla is so bitter and so sour that it will literally make your hair stand on end‚ and that makes it wonderfully useful in natural medicine. Because most toxins in the natural world are bitter‚ the human body is fine tuned to detect them. A bitter taste on the tongue usually makes us want to spit food out‚ and the taste receptors we also have in the
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Around her the woods kept quiet as it were before she ever set foot inside the forests. The absence of winds had made her wary‚ the branches and the leaves so still that she could not help but look askance at the tall‚ deciduous trees. Something was amiss‚ she thought. The Dark Forests had never a good reputation‚ but there was nary an eerie feeling whenever she had ventured into the shadowy woodlands that dotted the lands of Galacor for leagues‚ covering a little less than half of the wide country
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Russian business culture maintains many of the characteristics instilled during the Soviet era‚ most noticeably an autocratic management style. That oppressive style is not president in American business culture too often. This form of leadership allows managers to make decisions individually‚ where workers do not inquire about the consent; they do whatever they feel is necessary in order to achieve goals. American workers are expected to follow management’s direction even though the workers often
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