AQA GCSE Geography Paper 3: Geographical applications June 2023 question paper 8035/3

Study Figure 1 in the resources booklet, ‘Tourism and development’.

In 2018, which world region had the largest number of international tourist arrivals?

Complete the graph below using the following data.

Complete the following table by calculating the total spending ($) for an average cruise ship visit.

Average spend per cruise ship visit ($)

To what extent can tourism create opportunities for economic development?

Study Figure 2 in the resources booklet, ‘A new cruise ship terminal and port for the Cayman Islands’.

Complete the pie chart below using the following data.

Source of cruise arrivals in the Caribbean

Suggest one reason why so many visitors to the Cayman Islands come from the USA.

‘The cruise industry is an example of a global industry.’

Do you agree? Yes
No

Tick (✓) the box to show your choice.

Outline one reason for your choice.

Explain how physical and cultural factors are important in attracting visitors to the Cayman Islands.

Explain why the proposed development in the Cayman Islands is called a ‘multi-use development’.

Suggest why the development of tourism is an example of an economic versus environmental issue.

Study Figure 3 in the resources booklet, ‘Different views about the proposed cruise ship and port facility in Grand Cayman’.

Do you think that the cruise ship terminal and port facility development proposed by the Cayman Island government in 2019 should go ahead?

Yes No

Tick (✓) the box to show your choice.

Use evidence from the resources booklet and your own understanding to explain your answer.

A student wanted to investigate the pattern of house prices in their local town.

To complete the enquiry, the student collected information from estate agents about the price of three-bedroom houses in seven different areas (A – G).

Study Figure 4, a map showing the results of the house price survey.

Complete Figure 4 using the following data.

Suggest what the map shows about the pattern of house prices in the town.

Suggest two ways that the house price survey could be adapted to make it more useful.

A group of students wanted to investigate variations in temperature in their local area.

To do this, each student measured the temperature in a different place at the same time on one day in the month of June.

Study Figure 5, an isoline map showing the results of the temperature survey.

Complete the isoline map for 16 °C on Figure 5.

Describe the pattern shown by the isoline map (Figure 5).

Which of the following would be an appropriate alternative way of presenting the data shown on Figure 5 ?

Shade one circle only.

A Desire line map

B Dot map

C Flow line map

D Proportional symbol map

A student wanted to investigate tourism in their local coastal town by testing the hypothesis that, ‘The further visitors travelled the longer they stayed.’

For one part of the enquiry, the student asked twenty visitors how far they had travelled and how long they were staying in the town.

Study Figure 6, a scattergraph showing the results from this part of the enquiry.

Complete Figure 6 by adding the following data.

To what extent does the data shown in Figure 6 prove the original hypothesis, ‘The further visitors travelled the longer they stayed’?

The student decided to write a questionnaire in order to collect additional information about visitors to the coastal town.

Suggest and justify one question that the student might use in their questionnaire.

Write the title of your human geography fieldwork enquiry.

Suggest one reason why the chosen location was suitable for data collection in your human geography enquiry.

Write the title of your physical geography fieldwork enquiry.

Justify one primary data collection method used in your physical geography enquiry.

Assess the effectiveness of your data presentation technique(s) in your physical geography enquiry.

For one of your fieldwork enquiries, to what extent did the data collected help you to obtain accurate results and reach a valid conclusion(s)?