Edexcel GCSE Geography B Paper 2: UK Geographical Issues June 2018 question paper 1GB0/02

Study Figure 1 which is a photograph of a landscape in southern England.

Identify which one of the following is the most likely rock type of this landscape.

Identify which one of the following is an igneous rock.

Explain one difference in the climates of uplands and lowlands in the UK.

Study Figure 2 which is a photograph of part of the coastline of Suffolk, looking northwards.

State the process that moves sediment along this coastline.

Identify which one of the following is the most likely direction of sediment movement along this coastline.

Explain one reason for your answer to (a)(ii).

Explain why there is an increasing risk of coastal flooding on many UK coastlines.

Study Figure 3 which is a hydrograph showing the changing discharge of the River Thames at Kingston during a major flood event.

Identify which one of the following is the best description of this flood event.

Explain one reason why high discharge is likely to increase erosion.

Explain two ways in which human activities can affect storm hydrographs.

Analyse Figure 4a and Figure 4b which show data about the climate and land use of Scotland.

• Figure 4a shows the annual average precipitation for Scotland.

• Figure 4b shows the land use of Scotland.

Assess the influence of precipitation on land use in Scotland.

Study Figure 5 which shows the employment status of men and women aged 16 and over in the UK for 2016.

Economically inactive men (2.24 million) aged 16 to 64 (3.33 million)

Unemployed women (756,000) Unemployed men (919,000) Women working full-time Women working (8.47 million) part-time (6.19 million)

Figure 5

Identify which one of the following is the total number of economically inactive men and women aged 65 and over.

Calculate the percentage of the population aged 16 and over who were in full-time employment in 2016.

Answer to one decimal place.

You must show your working in the space below.

State two possible reasons why employment of women has grown in recent years.

Explain one impact of globalisation on secondary sector employment in the UK.

Study Figure 6a which shows variations in GCSE scores in the London Boroughs and Figure 6b which shows both GCSE scores and variations in child poverty.

Identify which one of the following London boroughs has the highest GCSE scores.

State a relationship between child poverty and GCSE scores that could be investigated.

Explain one reason why child poverty varies between different parts of a city.

For a named UK city, explain two reasons why the functions of its inner-city areas have changed in recent years.

For a named UK city, explain why changes in the city have caused economic and social changes in the surrounding accessible rural areas.

Analyse the information in Figure 7 which shows the percentage of the population of England and Wales born outside the UK, based on the 2011 Census data.

Assess the causes of variations in the distribution shown in Figure 7.

(Spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology = 4 marks)

Study Figure 8, which is the data collected by a group of students studying beach profiles in two different locations with contrasting rock types.

Suggest a suitable enquiry question that the students could have investigated.

Suggest two factors which should have been considered when choosing the fieldwork locations.

Describe the results of the students’ fieldwork shown on Figure 8.

You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating the impact of coastal management on coastal processes and communities.

Name your coastal environment fieldwork location:

Assess the role of secondary data sources in your investigation.

Study Figure 9, which is the data collected by a group of students studying river gradient changes in two different upland locations with contrasting rock types.

Suggest a suitable enquiry question that the students could have investigated.

Suggest two factors which should have been considered when choosing the fieldwork locations.

Describe the results of the students’ fieldwork shown on Figure 9.

You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating how and why drainage basin characteristics influence flood risk for people and property.

Name your river environment fieldwork location:

Assess the role of secondary data sources in your investigation.

You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating environmental quality in an urban area.

Name your urban area:

Explain one reason why you chose that urban area.

Using an annotated sketch map, explain how you chose your sites or location for data collection.

Explain why the conclusions that you reached might be unreliable.

In 2017 a group of 20 students carried out questionnaires in an urban area on a Wednesday afternoon. They asked 40 randomly selected residents to select the three problems in the area that they rated as the most serious.

They compared these results with the results of a similar survey gathered by students in 2014 who also randomly selected 40 residents.

These two sets of results are shown below.

% of people interviewed who mentioned this problem

Figure 10

The students concluded that the social, economic and environmental conditions in the urban area had improved since 2014.

Assess the evidence for this conclusion.

You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating environmental quality in a rural area.

Name your rural area:

Explain one reason why you chose that rural area.

Using an annotated sketch map, explain how you chose your sites or location for data collection.

Explain why the conclusions that you reached might be unreliable.

In 2017 a group of 20 students carried out questionnaires in a rural area on a Wednesday afternoon. They asked 40 randomly selected residents to select the three problems in the area that they rated as the most serious.

They compared these results with the results of the same survey gathered by students in 2014 who also randomly selected 40 residents.

These two sets of results are shown below.

% of people interviewed who mentioned this problem

Figure 11

The students concluded that the social, economic and environmental conditions in the rural area had improved since 2014.

Assess the evidence for this conclusion.