Regional2012EnglishTest

УТВЕРЖДАЮ

Зам. министра образования

Республики Беларусь

_________________________ К.С. Фарино

«___» декабря 2011 г.

_______________________________________

(Name and surname of pretender)

Additional tour of National Geography Olympiad 2012

(regional stage)

Section 1

1.Which republic of Russian Federation belongs to the Buddism?

1. Bashkortostan; B) Kalmyk Rep.; C) Komi; D) Tatarstan; E) Udmurt Rep.

2. What kind of fossil is mined in Jamaica?

A) bauxite; B) iron-ore; C) dolomite; D) salt; E) shale

3. Which country is the world leader of iodine output?

A) Australia; B) Bolivia; C) Chile; D) Fiji; E) Japan

4. Choose the climatic trait characterized the subtropical zone:

A) The temperature during year is the same;

B) Here is dominated two air mass during year;

C) The main part of a precipitation belongs to snowfalls;

D) The basic wind is trade-wind.

5. What kind of landscapes is prevailed in Belorussian Polesye?

A) loess landscape; B) moraine landscape; C) moraine-sanding landscapes; D) lake-alluvial landscape; E) flood-lands

6. What was the name of the famous Russian explorer and ethnographer who researched the nature and peoples of Papua New Guinea? _________________________________________

7. What kind of textile is produced in Ivanovo region (Russia) much more?

A) cotton fabric; B) woollen cloth; C) linen; D) silk cloth; E) synthetic cloth

8. Where is disposed the capital of the Arab League?

A) Addis Ababa; B) Bahdad; C) Cairo; D) Damascus; E) Tunis

9. Most people in Eritrea work, as is common in this region in __________________________

10. Which creature is a symbol of Mexico? _____________________

11) Which lakes are situated in Finland?

A) Malaren; B) Inari; C) Imandra; D) Vattern; E) Saimaa

12) What species of trees are basic in Irkutsk region?

A) maple; B) beech; C) larch; D) pine; E) oak

13) What cities are situated in Uzbekistan?

A) Bukhara; B) Chiwa; C) Chodzhent; D) Kokand; E) Taraz

14) What city is the biggest in New Zealand? ____________________

15) The Tadjik language has a linguistic affinity with __________________

16) What plant is the biggest in Elizovo (Osipovichi district)? ___________________________

17) What river flows the city Rome limits? ____________________

18) Where is situated the historical region Umbria?

A) Portugal; B) Spain; C) France; D) Switzerland; E) Italy

19) Faroes islands belong to:

A) Denmark; B) United Kingdom of Great Britain; C) Norway; D) Sweden; E) Germany

20) Which type of river mouth does the longest river in Europe have? ____________________

Section 2

Hydrosphere

1. Water Masses in the Atlantic Ocean

1. Match the corresponding water masses listed below by letter (a-e) to the correct location in the map. Each water mass category applies only to a single color (grey excluded since it indicates the bottom topography) _/2,5 pt (0.5 x 5) a.North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW)

b.Antartic Intermediate Water (AAIW)

c.Mediterranean Water (MedW)

d.Surface Water (SW)

e. Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) 2. Oceanographers were able to collect two water samples as reported in the table below. Indicate in the two circles in the figure which is Station A and which is Station B. _/2 pt

Station	Temperature (C)	Salinity
A	-2	34.6
B	8	35.4

2. Climate feedbacks in the Earth system

1. Put the correct arrow heads to complete the albedo feedback loop sketched in the figure above _1,5pt.

2. The feedback is _/2 pt.

   1. Always positive

   2. Always negative

   3. Neutral

   4. Some times positive and some times negative

3. The global carbon cycle.

This is a schematic picture of the global carbon cycle with some estimates of the major carbon (C) reservoirs and fluxes from IPCC (2007).

1. What are the units of the values on the graph? (C is the symbol for carbon) _/2 pt.

   1. kg C m^-3

   2. Pg C

   3. mol C

   4. Gt C

   5. answers b. and d. are true

   6. answers b. and c. are true

2. Indicate the estimated direction(s) of the flux by circling the correct arrow head. _3 pt. (0,5 x 6)

3. Label the fluxes in the four blank boxes by writing the corresponding letter from the list below: _/2 pt. (0,5 x 4)

   1. ocean pump

   2. terrestrial net production

   3. anthropogenic emissions

   4. soil respiration

   5. land-use change

   6. weathering The present atmosphere contains about 700 … C in the form of CO₂. Estimated fossil fuel reserves contain at least 4200 … C, mostly in the form of coal. At present, about half the CO₂ produced by the burning of fossil fuels remains in the atmosphere. If this ratio remained constant and we burned up all of our fossil fuels instantaneously, by how much would atmospheric CO₂ rise in the longer term? (Express the answer in terms of the new CO₂ stock divided by the current one) _/2 pt.

Question 4

The graph represents the mean daily discharges, expressed in m³/s, of a spring in the Central Apennines registered between March 29 and April 17. The table shows the data used to build the graph. Compute in the most accurate way the water volume coming from the spring between April 12 and April 17. _/3 pt.

Date dd-mm	Discharge (m3/s)
29-03	0.100
30-03	0.135
31-03	0.180
01-04	0.205
02-04	0.180
03-04	0.170
04-04	0.162
05-04	0.157
06-04	0.145
07-04	0.130
08-04	0.128
09-04	0.139
10-04	0.120
1 a) 40400 m3 b) 48700 m3 c) 0.5 m3 d) 0.6 m3 1-04	0.115
12-04	0.112
13-04	0.100
14-04	0.095
15-04	0.090
16-04	0.086
17-04	0.081

Total marks

Key to part 1:

1) B

2) A

3) C

4) B

5) D и E

6) Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay. (Н.Н. Миклухо-Маклай)

7) A

8) C

9) agriculture

10) eagle

11) B и E

12) C и D

13) A B и D

14) Auckland

15) Iran group

16) glass manufacturing

17) Tiber

18) E

19) A

20) delta

Key to part 2:

1.(4,5 баллов)

1) ADW – желтый; AAIW – белый; MedW – красный; SW – оранжевый; AABW – голубой.

2) Станция A соответствует территории в голубом регионе (AABW), станция В соответствует территории в красном регионе (MedW).

2. (3,5 балла) все три вектора должны быть направлены против часовой стрелки.

2) а – позитивный

3. (9 баллов)

1) правильные ответы b и d;

2) и 3): в квадратах на рисунке слева направо должно быть вписано: e, b, c, a

В пропущенные места по тексту следует вставить Pg (или Gt)

(700+2100)/700=4

4. (3 балла)

На рисунке должны быть отмечены (заштрихованы) 5 крайних столбцов ниже кривой (от 12.04 до 17.04).

Сумма d (0,564 м³) – это можно подсчитать, сложив данные в последнем столбце за период с 12.04 до 17.04.

Примечания

В части 1 каждый правильный полный ответ оценивается в 1 балл (всего можно набрать 20 баллов). Если ответ частично правильный, то ставится 0,5 балла.

В части 2 общая оценка составляет также 20 баллов, в т.ч. пункт 1 – 4,5 балла; 2 – 3,5 балла; 3 – 9 баллов; 4 – 3 балла. Более коекретная разбивка на баллы дана в задании на английском языке в конце каждого задания в виде pt.