EOY Exam: Hints

Chapter 2: Population
• Low rate of population growth (pgs. 18–23)

Chapter 3: Settlements
• Settlement patterns (pgs. 33–37)

Chapter 4: Agriculture
• Shifting cultivation (pgs. 43–48)
• High-tech farming (pgs. 57–61)

Chapter 5: Transport and Communications
• Accessibility & connectivity (pgs. 67–68)
• Globalisation and the shrinking world (pgs. 78–79)

Chapter 6: Introduction to Managing the Changing Environment
• Protecting and conserving the environment (pgs. 95–97)

Chapter 7: Land Supply*
• Reasons for the rising demand for land (pgs. 101–102)
• Responses to the rising demand for land (pgs. 103–107, 113–119)
a. Increase in price of land (pg. 103)
b. Increasing supply of land
(i) Clearing land (pgs. 104–105)
(ii) Land reclamation (pgs. 106–107)
c. Maximising existing land use (pgs. 113–117)

Chapter 8: Water Resources*
• Distribution of water (pgs. 123–124)
• Responses to the rising demand for water (pgs. 128–129, 131)
a. Increase in price of water (pg. 128)
b. Increase in supply of water
(i) Increase the size of catchment areas (pg. 129)
(ii) Harnessing technological advances (pg. 129)
c. Conserving water (pg. 131)

Chapter 9: Pollution*
• What is pollution? What are the different types of pollution? (pg. 140)
• Air pollution (pgs. 140–144)
a. Natural vs. Manmade air pollution (pg. 140)
b. Air pollutants released by human activities, and their impacts (pgs. 142–143)
c. Acid rain (pg. 143)
d. Haze (pg. 144)
• Water pollution (pgs. 145–147)
a. How agriculture contributes to water pollution (pg. 146–147)
b. Oil spills (pg. 147)
c. Contaminants (esp. mercury)
No need to study the Mediterranean Sea as an example, but use it as a guide as to how human activities create water pollution.
• Land pollution
a. How agriculture can pollute the land (pg. 150)
• Reducing pollution at the international, national and individual levels (pgs. 153–156)
• Environmental protection in Singapore (not covered in class, but all you need to read up is pg. 157, on current environmental issues facing Singaporeans)

Chapter 10: Global Warming and Ozone Depletion*
• Greenhouse gases and their sources (pgs. 164–166)
• Impacts of global warming, and how life on Earth will be affected (pgs. 167–169)
• Impacts of ozone depletion (pg. 171)
• Reducing the impact of global warming at the international, national and individual levels (pgs. 172–175)