(a) Highlight the distinguishing characteristics of the natural vegetation associated with either the cool temperate (eastern margin type) or the tropical continental climate

(b) Explain the sectors that have aided the occurrence of the vegetation type in the area you have selected. 

(a) Describe five causes of flooding

(b) In what four ways can flooding be controlled?

(a) Describe the significance of minerals as an environmental resource

(b) Highlight three major problems resulting from the exploitation of mineral resources 

(a) Explain four ways in which a fall in birth rate can be beneficial to a country

(b) What four problems can arise from a fall in the birth rate of a country?

(c) In what four ways can the birth rate of such a country be increased?
 

(a) Explain any five functions which urban centres perform for rural areas

(b) What four problems may limit the performance of the functions identified in (a) above