Geography Memo 1 (English)

May-June 2023 — Grade 12 / Matric — Geography

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1.1.1A (South Atlantic High\ (1\

1.1.2B (Kalahari High\ (1\

1.1.3B (South Indian\ (1\

1.2.1Melting snow

1.2.2Mou th

1.2.3Third order

1.3.1Katabatic

1.3.2occurs during the day while occurs at night

1.3.3Cold air rolls down into the valley and forms an inversion

1.4.1Shape of front concave Stee p gradient of front

1.4.2Warm air undercuts the cold air

1.4.3Air behind the cold front is colder than the air in front. Cold air moves faster than warm air ahead of it. Cold front catches up with the warm front.

1.5.1(a\ A river tha t only flows all year round (b\ The river channel is wide (c\ Regularity of rainfall and the soil type over which the streams flow.

1.5.2Gauteng and the Eastern Cape

1.5.3The cost of food production will increase at it is co stly to buy purified water. Farmers will have to buy more chemicals to purify water. Chemicals cost a lot and this will increase production costs. It will be costly to purify water for use in electricity

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1.3.1Winter (1\ (1 x 1\ (1

1.3.2EVIDENCE FROM EXTRACT (10/12/13\ June /Date (1\ Cold fronts in the interior of Western/Eas

1.3.3WHY A GREATER IMPACT Northward moveme nt of the high pressure belt s (anticyclones\/ITCZ

1.3.4acking (1\ (1 x 1 (1

1.3.5REASON The wind direction associated with the cold front will change from north west to south

1.3.6SUGGEST POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ON PHYSICAL

1.4.1EVIDENCE FOR SH lockwise movement of air (1\ Position of the leading left quadrant (1\ Wind direction shown by the symbol of the eye (1\

1.4.2TWO REASON FOR MATURE STAGE Pressure in the centre is significantly below 1000 hPa (1\ Well developed eye

1.4.3INFLU ON CLOUD COVER There will be no cloud cover/c lear skies (2\ (1 x 2\ (2\

1.4.4REASON FOR ANSWER Descending air heats up resulting in no condensation (2\ Adiabatic heating reduces moisture /becomes dry (2\ [ANY ONE]

1.4.5RELAT ION SHIP WIND SPEED AND AIR PRESSURE (a\ir pressure decrease and wind speed increases

1.4.6WHY ISOBARIC REPRESENT ATION REFERRED TO LEFT HAND QUADRANT

1.4.7HOW LEFT HAND QUADRANT DEVELOPS When the forward movement combine s with the rotation of the system

1.5.1South tlantic (1\ South I ndian (1\

1.5.2Summer (1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

1.5.3GIVE REASON FOR SUMM ER Line thunderstorms (heavy rainfall\ occur in the interior (2\ Cumulonimbus clouds/lightning/hail (2\

1.5.4WHAT IS A MOISTURE FRONT The b undary (dry line\ between two

1.5(Heavy\ Rainfall (1\ Hail (1\ Thunderstorms (1\ [ANY TWO] (2 x 1

1.5.6DESCRIBE THE FORMATION OF LINE THUNDER STORM Convergen ce of warm moist air

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2.3.1Upper (1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

2.3.2IDENTIFY CHARACT ERIS TICS OF VALLEY IN UPPER COURSE Deep

2.3.3WHAT IS A WATER FALL A body of water river falling over hard rock

2.3.4resistant/hard rock (1\ less resistant/ soft rock (1\ (2 x 1\ (2

2.3.5HOW DOES EROSION CAUSE RETREAT OF WATER FALL The softer rock

2.4WHAT IS REJUVEN ATION A process where a river reg ains energy and begins to erode

2.4.2STATE TWO CAUSES OF REJUVEN ATION hange in gradient (1\

2.4.3CROSS SECTION OF REJUVEN ATED VALLEY Mark distribution Mark for correct shape of cross section

2.4.4FORMATION OF RIVER TERRACES rejuvenated iver cuts into the valley floor (2\ Down

2.4.5EXPLAIN HOW LANDSCAPE NEGATIVEL Y IMPACTED INFRASTRU CTURE DEVELOPME NT

2.5.1CAUSE FOR BLACK COLOUR RIVER oal mine waste have spilled into rivers (1\

2.5.2rsenic coppe (1\ ead (1\ anganese

2.5.3QUOTE NING COMPANY DID NOT DISCLOSE the residents of the affected communities were

2.5.4NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NON DISCLOSUR Eco tourism

2.5.5DESCRIBE THE ENVIRO IMPORTANC OF MANAGING IMFOLOZI SUGGEST

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3.1.1(1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

3.1.2(1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

3.1.3VI = 1463 1183.3 279.7 (1\ VI

10.72(1\ (3\

3.1.4EVIDENCE FOR DIFFICULTY TO CONST RUCT ROAD The gradient is steep (1\

3.1.5(a\ 1: 20 x 100 = 2000 (1\ 1: 2000 (1\ (2 x 1\ (2\ b\

3.2.1C (1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

3.2.2IDENTIFY HUMAN MADE FEATURE Built up areas (1\ Road (1\ [A

3.2.3EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER More heat is generated (accept examples\ (2\ he b uilt

3.2.4IDEN TIFY NATURAL FEATURE Woodlands /trees (1\ Rivers/ water (1\ Open spaces

3.2.5C (1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

3.2.6HOW RELIEF FAVOURS LOCATION Gentle slope (f lat land\ (2\ Surrounding h

3.2.7DESCRIBE TWO FACTORS LIMITING POLLUTION KLEIN

3.3.1B (1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

3.3.2C3 (1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

3.3.3GIVE ONE ATTRIBUT E DATA Name of the monument (1\ The date of birth an d death of Diederich Coetzee (1\ Height of the monument above sea level (1\

3.3.4Personnel/ people/ user (1\ (1 x 1\ (1\

3.3.5ONE REASON FOR IMPORTANC E OF GIS COMPONEN ET Manipulate the data (2\ Input of data (2

3.3.6REASON OR DATA INTEGRATIO N IN ILLUSTRA TION Different maps were integrated

Topics Identified

GeomorphologyClimatologySettlementEconomic GeographyMapwork

Mark Allocation

Total150 marks

Sections60 + 60 = 120 marks

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SubjectGeography

Year2023

SessionMay-June

TypeMemo

PaperPaper 1

LanguageEnglish

Pages11

Downloads4

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