2025 Sec 1 GEO (G3) WA1 Content Revision

What geographical concept does the following refer to:

"The physical area/location on the Earth’s surface."

• Space

• Place

• Environment

• Scale

What geographical concept does the following refer to:

"The arrangement of individual geographical features (e.g. linear or cluster)"

• Space

• Place

• Spatial Arrangement

• Scale

What geographical concept does the following refer to:

"An area of the Earth’s surface that holds special meaning for people."

• Space

• Place

• Spatial Arrangement

• Scale

What geographical concept does the following refer to:

"the level of detail at which geographers study something"

• Space

• Place

• Environment

• Scale

What geographical concept does the following refer to:

"Refers to the processes or interactions between humans/people and the physical or built environments"

• Space

• Place

• Environment

• Scale

Identify what could happen in a space for it to become a place.

• Creation of memories

• Social relationships like friendships

• Celebrations of significant events

• Frequently visiting the place

• People feel a sense of identity and pride towards the space

Study the given figure, which shows Singaporeans celebrating National Day at the floating platform at Marina Bay.

Identify the reasons why the floating platform has become a place to Singaporeans.

• Creation of memories

• Social relationships like friendships

• Celebrations of significant events

• Frequently visiting the place

• People feel a sense of identity and pride towards the space

A resource is a material that is identified by people to be _________.

These two factors influence how people identify a resource or consider what a resource is.

• Culture

• Human-centric

• Technology

• Nature-centric

Answer explanation

A resource to one group of people might not be for another group. What is considered a resource depends on (1) culture and traditions, (2) levels of technology.

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Renewable resource

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(b) Non-renewable resource

• Soil

• Coal

• Animals

• Minerals

• Plants

• Solar energy

• Fossil fuels

• Water

• Wind energy

• Crude oil

• Metals