AQA GCSE Geography Paper 1: Living with the physical environment June 2019 question paper 8035/1

State what is meant by extreme weather.

Which one of the following statements does not describe an extreme weather event in the UK?

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Study Figure 1, a map showing a weather forecast for the UK on 1 March 2018.

Figure 1

Using Figure 1, which one of the following statements is true?

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Study Figure 2, information about extreme weather in the UK in March 2018.

Suggest how extreme weather in the UK can have economic and social impacts.

Use Figure 2 and your own understanding.

Give two reasons why tropical storms form in the areas shown in Figure 3.

Study Figure 4, a table listing some of the most severe tropical storms over the past 50 years.

‘As maximum wind speeds increase, so does the number of deaths linked to tropical storms.’

Do you agree?

Use evidence from Figure 4 to support your answer.

Suggest one way the distribution of tropical storms could change if global ocean temperatures continue to rise.

Explain how alternative energy production and planting trees may help to reduce the rate of climate change.

Study Figure 5, photographs showing different types of response to a tectonic hazard.

Long-term response to a tectonic hazard in Haiti

‘Long-term responses to a tectonic hazard are more important than immediate responses.’

Do you agree?

Using Figure 5 and one or more examples, explain your answer.

Study Figure 6, which shows a food web for a small scale ecosystem in the UK.

Using Figure 6, which one of the following statements is true?

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A Sparrowhawks eat plants. B Voles eat moles. C Moles eat beetles. D Badgers eat small birds.

Suggest what would happen in the food web shown in Figure 6 if foxes became extinct.

State one role of decomposers in an ecosystem.

Study Figure 7, a graph showing the biomass at different levels of a food chain.

Figure 7

Biomass is the total quantity or weight of organisms in a given area.

Calculate the percentage loss in biomass between the primary consumer and secondary consumer levels.

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A 2.5% B 97.5% C 25.2% D 95.5%

Give two reasons why the biomass changes between each level in the food chain.

Study Figure 8, a diagram showing the structure of the tropical rainforest.

Using Figure 8, which part of the rainforest matches the following description?

‘An almost continuous layer of branches and leaves between 15 and 30 metres high.’

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A Emergent layer B Upper canopy C Lower canopy D Understorey

Using Figure 8, describe one characteristic of the base of the taller trees.

Give one effect of deforestation on the soils of the rainforest.

Study Figure 11, diagrams of destructive and constructive waves.

Figure 11

Using Figure 11, compare two features of destructive and constructive waves.

Suggest one reason for the difference in sediment size between location X and location Y.

Study Figure 13, a photograph showing sea defences in Hornsea, Yorkshire.

Explain how the sea defences shown in Figure 13 help to protect the coastline from erosion.

Study Figure 14, a photograph showing a coastal landscape in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.

Explain how different coastal landforms are created by erosion.

Use Figure 14 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 15, a diagram showing the long and cross profiles of a typical river and its valley.

Study Figure 16, showing velocity data for a meandering river.

Complete the table in Figure 16 by calculating the median velocity, in metres per second, at point Y.

Suggest one reason for the difference in river velocity between point X and point Y.

Which of these is a process by which a river transports sediment?

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A Abrasion B Traction C Deposition D Hydraulic power

Study Figure 18, a photograph showing some features of a river in the Lake District.

Explain how the landforms shown in Figure 18 are created by physical processes.

Study Figure 19, a map showing the extent of ice cover across the British Isles during the last ice age.

Study Figure 20, showing the size of glacial sediment at two locations.

Complete the table in Figure 20 by calculating the range of sediment size, in cm, at location B.

Suggest one reason for the difference in the range of sediment size between location A and location B.

Which of these is a process of glacial erosion?

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A Freeze-thaw B Plucking C Rotational slip D Transportation

Study Figure 21, showing some land uses in a glaciated area.

Explain why there may be land use conflicts in glaciated upland areas.

Use Figure 21 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 22, a diagram showing landforms of glacial deposition.

Explain the formation of different landforms of glacial deposition.

Use Figure 22 and your own understanding.