PROVINCIAL ASSESSMENT

GRADE 12

GEOGRAPHY THEORY TEST 1

MARCH 2024

MARKING GUIDELINES

MARKS: 60
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This marking guideline consists of 4 pages

Geography MG 2 NW/March 2024
Grade 12

QUESTION 1

1.1

1.1.1 Low

1.1.2 Clockwise/ v- shape of fronts pointing upwards

1.1.3 Backing

1.1.4 Polar front

1.1.5 Clockwise

1.1.6 Winter

1.1.7 Family of cyclones (7 x 1) (7)

1.2

1.2.1 Confluence

1.2.2 Tributaries

1.2.3 River mouth

1.2.4 Drainage basin

1.2.5 Water table

1.2.6 Interfluves

1.2.7 Watershed

1.2.8 Dendritic (8 x 1) (8)

1.3

1.3.1 Synoptic weather chart refers to a summary of the (1 x 2) (2)

weather condition at a particular area or place.(concept)
1.3.2 Summer (1 x 1) (1)
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1.3.3 Mid latitude cyclones are further south (2 x 1) (2)

HP shifted southwards in summer
1.3.4 HP 1 – south Atlantic (1 x 1) (1)

1.3.5 1024 hpa (1 x 2) (2)

1.3.6 20 knots (1 x 2) (2)

1.3.7 It is summer season (2 x 2) (4)

Shifting of the ITCZ
Pressure belts shifts southwards in summer
Mid – latitude cyclone are further southwards of the sub
continent in summer
(ANY TWO)

1.4

1.4.1 A – rural (2 x 1) (2)

B – urban( city)
1.4.2 B is 30 to 100 hotter than A (1 x 2) (2)
B is hotter than A

1.4.3 Less plant cover in cities (2 x 2) (4)

Tall buildings
Artificial surfaces

1.4.4 More water penetrates ground in A because of natural (2 x 2) (4)

vegetation cover absorbs more water
B less vegetation cover (artificial) surfaces prevent water
to infiltrate.

1.4.5 High rise buildings absorbs more heat (1 x 2) (2)

High rise building traps heat
High building density traps
High building increase area that is heated in city
Heat trapped inside buildings
Sun‘s rays strike high building at right angles early
morning and late afternoon.

1.4.6 High surface run off lead to soil erosion (1 x 2) (2)

Rivers will be polluted
High rates of air pollution
(ANY ONE)
1.5.1 Dendritic (1 x 1) (1)
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1.5.2 Sedimentary rocks of uniform or similar resistance to (2 x 2) (4)

erosion

1.5.3 High drainage density (1 x 1) (1)

1.5.4 Steep gradient - encourages run-off and more erosion

lead to more streams on the surface
Sparse vegetation - encourages less infiltration and
more streams on surface
Rainfall – heavy rainfall leads to erosion and more
streams on the surface
Non porous rocks – promote more water running off.
Saturated soils – result in high surface run off (1 x 1) (1)
(ANY ONE)
1.5.5 Upper course
Vertical erosion deepens and sharpens the valley
V- shaped valley
Hydraulic action and abrasion deepens the valley
River flows is turbulent
River bed is uneven and steep. Resultant landforms are
waterfalls, rapids and gorges
Lower course
Deposition is the most dominant process
Increased discharge
Wide open valley
Very wide and very deep channel
Gentle gradient
Resultant landforms are floodplains, Levees and deltas. (4 x 2) (8)

(ANY FOUR- MUST refer to both courses)

GRAND TOTAL: 60