Edexcel GCSE Geography A Paper 3: Geographical Investigations November 2020 question paper 1GA0/03

A group of students collected data to investigate changes at five sites along a river channel.

Study Figure 1a below.

Describe one fieldwork method that could be used by the students to measure river width.

Explain one disadvantage of using this data collection method.

Study Figure 1b in the Resource Booklet.

Calculate the mean width of the river.

Give your answer to two decimal places.

You must show your working in the space below.

Explain one conclusion that could be drawn from the data in Figure 1b.

You have studied a river as part of your geographical investigation.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the different techniques used to present your fieldwork data.

Title of your geographical investigation

A group of students collected data to investigate coastal processes at five sites along a coast.

Study Figure 2a below.

Describe one fieldwork method that could be used by the students to measure beach gradient.

Explain one disadvantage of using this data collection method.

Study Figure 2b in the Resource Booklet.

Calculate the mean sediment size.

Give your answer to one decimal place.

You must show your working in the space below.

Explain one conclusion that could be drawn from the data in Figure 2b.

You have studied a coast as part of your geographical investigation.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the different techniques used to present your fieldwork data.

Title of your geographical investigation

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

Explain one reason why you used a qualitative fieldwork method.

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

Explain one disadvantage of this qualitative fieldwork method.

State one risk that you considered before collecting your urban fieldwork data.

Explain one advantage of a sampling strategy you used to collect your data.

Use evidence from your own fieldwork in your answer.

Named sampling strategy_........

Explain one way in which the secondary data that you collected helped your urban investigation.

Named secondary source_........

Study Figures 3a and 3b in the Resource Booklet.

Using both Figures 3a and 3b, assess the conclusions that might be drawn from this urban investigation.

You have studied a rural settlement as part of your own fieldwork.

Explain one reason why you used a qualitative fieldwork method.

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

Explain one disadvantage of this qualitative fieldwork method.

State one risk that you considered before collecting your rural fieldwork data.

Explain one advantage of a sampling strategy you used to collect your data.

Use evidence from your own fieldwork in your answer.

Named sampling strategy_........

Explain one way in which the secondary data that you collected helped your rural investigation.

Named secondary source_........

Study Figures 4a and 4b in the Resource Booklet.

Using both Figures 4a and 4b, assess the conclusions that might be drawn from this rural investigation.

Study Figure 5a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the offshore wind energy capacity in 2015.

State two impacts of climate change on landscapes in the UK.

The UK government has increased the use of renewable energy.

In 2011, UK energy use from renewables was equivalent to burning 1.9 million tonnes of oil whereas in 2017 it was 5.7 million tonnes.

Calculate the percentage (%) increase in energy use from renewables between 2011 and 2017.

Give your answer to the nearest whole number.

You must show your working in the space below.

Explain two impacts of climate change on people in the UK.

One response to climate change in the UK is the development of sustainable transport schemes.

Explain one example of a sustainable transport scheme in the UK.

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

Use the information from the Resource Booklet (Figures 5a to 5d) 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)