AQA A Level Geography Paper 1: Physical geography June 2025 question paper 7037/1

Outline characteristic features of a drainage basin.

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Figure 1 shows the projected cumulative changes in greenhouse gas emissions by selected countries and groups of countries from 2015 to 2030.

Analyse the data shown in Figure 1.

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Figure 2 shows a simplified sustainable water supply system in north-east Ohio, USA.

Using Figure 2 and your own knowledge, assess the relative importance of physical and human factors in achieving a sustainable water supply.

Analyse factors driving change in the magnitude of carbon stores in a tropical rainforest that you have studied.

Outline sources of sediment in hot deserts.

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Figure 3 shows mean annual precipitation and mean annual temperature in central Chile.

Using Figure 3, analyse the relationship between annual precipitation and temperature in central Chile.

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Figure 4 shows progress in the development of the Great Green Wall reforestation scheme in the Sahel region of Africa.

Using Figure 4 and your own knowledge, assess the challenges in responding to desertification.

To what extent do you agree that weathering is the most important geomorphological process shaping desert landscapes?

Outline processes leading to the formation of sand dunes.

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Figure 5 shows risk in the year 2100 under different sea level rise and human response scenarios in four types of coastal locations.

Analyse the information shown in Figure 5.

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Figure 6 shows five steps of an integrated flood management plan aimed at reducing risk of coastal flooding.

Using Figure 6 and your own knowledge, assess the sustainability of management strategies in reducing risk of coastal flooding.

With reference to one or more coastal environment(s) that you have studied, analyse factors and processes leading to the development of a high energy, erosional coastal landscape.

Outline processes which lead to the formation of solifluction lobes.

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Figure 7 shows permafrost temperature variation in interior Alaska compared to northern Alaska from 1978 to 2020.

Analyse the data shown in Figure 7.

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Figure 8 shows the impact on alpine tundra of a changing climate in Europe.

Using Figure 8 and your own knowledge, assess the challenges that climate change is likely to pose in these alpine tundra regions.

With reference to a glaciated landscape that you have studied, to what extent has erosion been the dominant process shaping the landscape?

Outline processes involved in the formation of island arcs.

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Figure 9 shows the probabilities of an earthquake greater than magnitude 6.7 (Richter Scale) in California and the probability of different magnitude events over a 30-year period.

Interpret the data shown in Figure 9.

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Figure 10 shows information about the impacts of Tropical Storm Megi in the Philippines in 2022.

Using Figure 10 and your own knowledge, assess the challenges in responding to an event such as this.

Evaluate the role of economic development in the management of wildfires.

Assess the future prospects for sustainable human occupation of a multi-hazardous environment that you have studied.

Outline the concept of climatic climax.

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Figure 11 shows the amount of organic carbon stored in different parts of various world biomes.

Analyse the data shown in Figure 11.

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Figure 12 shows the nutrient cycle in a typical temperate deciduous woodland.

Using Figure 12 and your own knowledge, assess impacts of human activity on the cycling of nutrients in a temperate deciduous woodland.

Assess the potential impact of climate change upon people living in savanna grasslands.

With reference to a coral reef that you have studied, assess the sustainability of human activity within the area.