AQA GCSE Geography Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment June 2019 question paper 8035/2

Study Figure 1, a graph showing the average annual urban growth rates for selected African countries, 1960–2010.

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Use the following data to complete Figure 1.

Outline one reason why rates of natural increase are high in many cities in LIC/NEEs.

Give one way in which a major city in a LIC/NEE is internationally important.

Study Figure 2, maps and information about the Kendal Industrial Park in Java, Indonesia.

Figure 2

Kendal Industrial Park information cannot be reproduced here due to third-party copyright restrictions.

Explain how urban industrial areas can help encourage development.

Use Figure 2 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 3, a 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey map showing part of Liverpool, a city in the UK.

Areas X and Y show two areas of urban regeneration.

What is the approximate area covered by Area Y ?

Shade one circle only.

Give the four-figure grid reference for the Albert Dock.

Describe the location of Area X.

Study Figure 4, showing some information about Area X and some photographs of Area Y.

Figure 4

Explain how regeneration can help to solve urban problems.

Use Figure 4 and your own understanding.

Complete the following factfile for a UK city you have studied.

To what extent has urban change created social and economic opportunities in a UK city you have studied?

Study Figure 5, a scattergraph showing Gross National Income (GNI) and birth rate for selected countries in 2016.

Plot the following data on to Figure 5.

Draw a best fit line on Figure 5.

‘Japan is in stage 5 of the Demographic Transition Model (DTM) and is a highly developed country.’

Explain this statement.

Use Figure 5 and your own understanding.

Outline how one historical factor can lead to uneven development.

Study Figure 6, a 1:50 000 Ordnance Survey map of an area to the east of Sheffield, a city in the UK.

Using Figure 6, give the six-figure grid reference for the centre of the motorway junction.

Shade one circle only.

A 403870 B 423884 C 430891 D 433892

Using Figure 6, what is the straight line distance from the building labelled X to the railway station to the west?

Shade one circle only.

A 200 m B 1 km C 2 km D 4 km

Study Figure 7, a photograph of part of the area shown in Figure 6.

Using Figure 6 and Figure 7, in which direction was the photographer facing when the photograph was taken?

Shade one circle only.

A North west B North east C South west D South east

Figure 7 shows the location of Sheffield University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

Use Figure 7 to describe one characteristic of the Centre’s location.

Study Figure 8, some information about Sheffield University’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre.

Suggest how the UK is moving towards a post-industrial economy.

Use Figure 8 and your own understanding.

Using a case study of a LIC/NEE, evaluate the effects of economic development on the population’s quality of life.

Study Figure 9, a table showing mango imports into the UK, 2012–2016.

Calculate the percentage increase in mango imports into the UK between 2012 and 2016.

Answer to the nearest whole percentage.

State one environmental effect of the increase shown in Figure 9.

Outline one advantage of sourcing food locally in the UK.

Study Figure 10, comments from a government report into water quality and pollution in the UK.

Discuss the challenges of managing water quality and pollution in the UK.

Use Figure 10 and your own understanding.

Study Figure 11, a graph showing daily protein consumption for selected countries, 1960–2013.

What was the difference in protein consumption per person per day between China and the UK in 2013?

Complete Figure 11 using the following data.

Describe the trend for China shown in Figure 11.

Suggest why food consumption in a country might change over time.

‘A large scale agricultural development can bring both advantages and disadvantages.’

Explain this statement using an example you have studied.

Study Figure 12, information about the water crisis in Cape Town, a city in South Africa, a LIC/NEE country.

Calculate the difference between the average Californian usage and restrictions in Cape Town on 1 February 2018.

Study Figure 13, a graph showing how the water restrictions in Cape Town have changed.

Use the data in Figure 12 to complete the graph in Figure 13.

Describe the trend shown in Figure 13.

Outline one or more likely impacts of water insecurity.

‘A large scale water transfer scheme can bring both advantages and disadvantages.’

Explain this statement using an example you have studied.

Study Figure 14, a graph showing the percentage of energy from renewable sources in the Balearic Islands, a region of Spain.

Complete Figure 14 using the following data.

Calculate the difference between the 2018 percentage from renewable energy and the 2035 target.

Study Figure 15, a newspaper article about energy in the Balearic Islands.

State two alternatives to large solar energy farms suggested in Figure 15.

Suggest how energy supply issues can lead to conflict.

‘Extraction of fossil fuels can bring both advantages and disadvantages.’

Explain this statement using an example you have studied.