Edexcel GCSE Geography A Paper 3: Geographical Investigations June 2019 question paper 1GA0/03

You have studied a river landscape as part of your fieldwork.

Explain one advantage of a qualitative fieldwork method you used.

Named qualitative fieldwork method_........

Explain one way the secondary data you collected supported your investigation.

Explain one advantage of the type of graph you used to present fieldwork data.

You developed at least one question or hypothesis to help you investigate a river you have studied.

Explain how this question or hypothesis helped your investigation.

Hypothesis or key question

Study Figure 1 in the Resource Booklet.

Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the fieldwork methods shown in Figure 1.

You have studied a coastal landscape as part of your fieldwork.

Explain one advantage of a qualitative fieldwork method you used.

Named qualitative fieldwork method_........

Explain one way the secondary data you collected supported your investigation.

Explain one advantage of a type of graph you used to present fieldwork data.

You developed at least one question or hypothesis to help you investigate a coast you have studied.

Explain how this question or hypothesis helped your investigation.

Hypothesis or key question

Study Figure 2 in the Resource Booklet.

Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the fieldwork methods shown in Figure 2.

Identify which one of the following is a quantitative fieldwork method.

Study Figure 3a in the Resource Booklet.

State the purpose of this fieldwork method.

Explain one limitation of using this fieldwork method.

Explain one advantage of using stratified sampling.

Study Figure 3b below. It shows a line graph for a pedestrian count in an urban

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6

Survey site

Figure 3b

Plot the data from the table below to complete Figure 3b.

You have studied an urban area as part of your fieldwork.

Assess the extent to which your conclusions answered the enquiry question(s).

Identify which one of the following is a quantitative fieldwork method.

Study Figure 4a in the Resource Booklet.

State the purpose of this fieldwork method.

Explain one limitation of using this fieldwork method.

Explain one advantage of using stratified sampling.

Study Figure 4b below. It shows a line graph for a pedestrian count in a rural area.

Site 1 Site 2 Site 3 Site 4 Site 5 Site 6

Survey site

Figure 4b

Plot the data from the table below to complete Figure 4b.

You have studied a rural area as part of your fieldwork.

Assess the extent to which your conclusions answered the enquiry question(s).

Study Figure 5a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the estimated population for the Peak District National Park.

State two disadvantages of developing greenfield sites.

Study Figure 5b in the Resource Booklet.

Calculate the mean number of visitors per year.

Answer to one decimal place.

You must show your working in the space below.

Explain one negative impact of the development of UK National Parks.

Explain two approaches to the conservation of UK National Parks.

In this question, up to four additional marks will be awarded for your spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology.

Use the information from the Resource Booklet (Figures 5c, 5d, 5e and 5f) as well as knowledge and understanding from the rest of your geography course.

Discuss this view.

(Total for spelling, punctuation, grammar and use of specialist terminology = 4 marks)