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ThetwographsshowthemainsourcesofenergyintheUSAinthe1980sandthe1990s.Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingthechangeswhichoccurred.••modelanswer:•ThetwographsshowthatoilwasthemajorenergysourceintheUSAinboth1980and1990andthatcoal,naturalgasandhydroelectricpowerremainedinmuchthesameproportions.Ontheotherhand,therewasadramaticriseinnuclearpower,whichdoubleditspercentageoverthetenyears.Oilsuppliedthelargestpercentageofenergy,althoughthepercentagedecreasedfrom42%in1980to33%in1990.Coalin1990wasthesecondlargestsourceofenergy,increasingitsproportionto27%from22%inthepreviousdecade.Naturalgas,thesecondlargestsourcein1980at26%,decreaseditsshareveryslightlytoprovide25%ofAmerica’senergytenyearslater.Therewasnochangeinthepercentagesuppliedbyhydroelectricpowerwhichremainedat5%ofthetotalenergyused.Nuclearpowerthegreatestchange:in1990itwas10%,twicethatofthe1980s.Thegraphbelowshowsthedifferencesinwheatexportsoverthreedifferentareas.Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationshownbelow.•modelanswer:•Thethreegraphsofwheatexportseachshowaquitedifferentpatternbetween1985and1990.ExportsfromAustraliadeclinedoverthefive-yearperiod,whiletheCanadianmarketfluctuatedconsiderably,andtheEuropeanCommunityshowedanincrease.In1985,Australiaexportedabout15millionsoftonnesofwheatandthefollowingyearthenumberincreasedbyonemilliontonnesto16million.Afterthat,however,therewasagradualdeclineuntil1989and1990whenitstabilisedatabout11milliontonnes.Overthesameperiod,theamountofCanadianexportsvariedgreatly.Itstartedat19milliontonnesin1985,reachedapeakin1988of24million,droppeddramaticallyin1989to14milliontonnesandthenclimbedbackto19millionin1990.SeventeenmilliontonneswereexportedfromtheEuropeanCommunityin1985,butthisdecreasedto14milliontonnesin1986andthenroseto15millionin1987and1988beforeincreasingoncemoreto20millionin1990.Theflowchartillustratestheproductionofcolouredplasticpaperclipsinasmallfactory.Writeareportforauniversitytutordescribingtheproductionprocess.•Therearefourmainstagesintheproductionofplasticpaperclipsfromthissmallfactory.Twoofthesestagesinvolveactualpreparationoftheclips,whiletheothertwoconsistofqualitycontrolbeforetheclipsaresentoutfromthefactorytotheretailerstobesoldtothepublic.Tobeginwith,moltenplasticispouredintothreedifferentmouldsdependingonthecolourrequired;thecoloursarered,blueandyellow.Oncetheseclipsemergefromthemouldsaqualitycontrolmachinechecksthemforstrength.Unsatisfactoryclipsarerejected.Inthethirdstageintheprocesstheclipsarestoredbyhandintotwogroups,mixedandsinglecolours.Whenthisstageiscompletethegroupsarecheckedasecondtimetoensurethatthecolourmixturesaredividedcorrectlyintosinglecoloursandmixedcolourbatches.Finally,theclipsarepackedanddispatchedtothemarkets.ThetablebelowgiveinformationaboutFavoritePastimesindifferentcountries.Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.••Thistableclearlypresentsandcomparesfavorablepastimesineightdifferentcountries.Thepastimes,acrossthetopofthetable,areanalyzedinrelationtoeachcountry.Ascanbeseen,about60%ofCanadians,AustraliansandAmericanslikewatchingtelevision.Ontheotherhand,thisfigureisquitelowforChinawhereonly15%ofpeoplewatchtelevision.Predictably,Americanslikemusicat23%,whereasonly2to5%ofpeopleintheothercountriesfeelthesameway.20%ofpeopleinEnglandenjoysleepingasapastimewhereasinCanadaandtheUSA,forexample,thefigureisonly2%.Interestingly,theChineselikehobbiesthemostat50%,asopposedtoonly20%inFrance.Itisn’tsurprisingthatthehighestpercentageofbeach-loversisinAustraliaandtheUSAat30%.Itseemsthatpastimesofpeopleofdifferentnationalitiesmaybeinfluencedbyanumberoffactorssuchasthesocio-economicsituationortheclimate.Thesefactorsinfluenceculturaldifferencesbetweendifferentnationalitiesandmakecross-culturalexperiencesmoreinteresting.Writeareportforauniversitylecturerdescribingtheinformationshownbelow.•Inthisanalysiswewillexaminethreepiecharts.Thefirstoneisheaded‘WorldSpending.’Thesecondis‘WorldPopulation’andthethirdis‘ConsumptionofResources.’Inthefirstchartwecanseethatpeoplespendmostoftheirincome(24%)onfood.Insomecountriesthispercentagewouldobviouslybemuchhigher.Transportandthenhousingarethenextmajorexpensesat18%and12%respectively.Only6%ofincomeisspentonclothing.Inthesecondchartentitled‘WorldPopulation’,itisnotsurprisingtofindthat57%ofpeopleliveinAsia.InfactChinaandIndiaaretwoofthemostpopulatedcountriesintheworldandtheyarebothsituatedonthiscontinent.EuropeandtheAmericansaccountfornearly30%ofthetotal,whilst10%ofpeopleliveinAfrica.Finally,thethirdchartrevealsthattheUSAandEuropeconsumeahuge60%oftheworld’sresource.Thegraphandtablebelowgiveinformationaboutwateruseworldwideandwaterconsumptionintwodifferentcountries.Summarisetheinformationbyselectingandreportingthemainfeatures,andmakecomparisonswhererelevant.•Thegraphshowshowtheamountofwaterusedworldwidechangedbetween1900and2000.Throughoutthecentury,thelargestquantityofwaterwasusedforagriculturalPurposes,andthisincreaseddramaticallyfromabout500km³toaround3,000km³intheyear2000.Waterusedinthei