Edexcel GCSE Geography A Paper 2: The Human Environment November 2021 question paper 1GA0/02

Urbanisation is a process that has occurred at different rates around the world.

Define the term urbanisation.

Study Figure 1a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the increase in total urban population between 1975 and 2015.

Calculate Africa’s total population in 2015.

You must show your working in the space below.

Line graphs are often used to show population change over time.

Describe one other method that could be used to present the changing ‘percentage (%) of Africa’s total population’ data shown in Figure 1a.

Suggest two reasons for the growth in urbanisation shown in Figure 1a.

Explain one reason for the location of a named major UK city.

Named major UK city_........

Identify the part of the UK with the largest urban population.

Study Figure 1b in the Resource Booklet.

Identify two pieces of evidence to show that this factory is disused.

Explain one reason why deindustrialisation has taken place in UK cities.

The rapid urban population growth in developing and emerging countries has resulted in a number of challenges that need to be managed.

Study Figure 1c below.

Population (millions)

Population change in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia, an emerging country

Complete Figure 1c by plotting the data below.

Suggest one effect of this population change on people living in Phnom Penh, a city in an emerging country.

You have studied a major UK city.

Assess the importance of different reasons why people have migrated to a named UK city.

The level of development of a country can be measured in different ways.

Study Figure 2a in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the country with the highest life expectancy in 2016.

Identify the country with the lowest life expectancy in 1960.

Describe the change in Kuwait’s life expectancy shown in Figure 2a.

The life expectancy in India increased from 41 years in 1960 to 69 years in 2016.

Calculate the percentage increase in India’s life expectancy between 1960 and 2016.

You must show your working in the space below.

Write your answer to one decimal place.

Explain two reasons why life expectancy has increased in some emerging and developing countries.

Study Figure 2b in the Resource Booklet.

Identify which two statements are likely to be true.

HDI includes measures of life expectancy, gross national income per capita and mean years of schooling.

Describe one other way in which development could be measured.

You have studied development in a named developing country or emerging country.

State two features of this country’s location in the world.

Named developing or emerging country_........

Explain one negative impact of rapid development on the environment in a named developing country or emerging country.

Named developing or emerging country_........

Explain two ways in which private investment by transnational corporations (TNCs) and smaller businesses has improved the development in a named developing country or emerging country.

Named developing or emerging country_........

You have studied development in either a developing country or in an emerging country.

Evaluate how successful international aid has been in increasing the level of development in this country.

Named developing or emerging country_........

Patterns of energy usage and consumption are changing.

Study Figure 3 in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the amount of energy provided by coal in 1955.

Identify the amount of energy provided by natural gas in 2000.

Calculate the overall decrease in energy provided by fossil fuels between 2000 and 2009.

You must show your working in the space below.

Describe how the amount of electricity generated by crude oil changed between 1975 and 2016.

Use data in your answer.

Fossil fuels are non-renewable resources.

Identify one other non-renewable resource.

Explain one way in which the environment is damaged by exploitation for natural resources.

There are many different ways of developing energy resources.

Identify the correct definition of the term fracking.

State one reason why energy resources require sustainable management.

Study Figure 4a in the Resource Booklet.

State one possible reason why some people were against the development of wind power at this site.

Use evidence from Figure 4a in your answer.

Explain one advantage of using wind power to generate electricity.

Study Figure 4b in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the percentage of renewables in Germany’s energy mix.

Germany’s total energy consumption in 2018 was 324 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe).

Calculate the amount of energy consumption that was oil in 2018.

You must show your working in the space below.

Write your answer to one decimal place.

Suggest one reason why uranium has the lowest percentage in Figure 4b.

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

Assess the reasons why the global demand and supply for energy resources has changed over the past 100 years.

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

There are many different ways of developing water resources.

Identify one reason why some parts of the world have a water deficit.

State one reason why water resources require sustainable management.

Study Figure 5a in the Resource Booklet.

State one possible reason why a desalination plant was constructed at this location.

Use evidence from Figure 5a in your answer.

Explain one reason why there are different views about the development of desalination technology.

Study Figure 5b in the Resource Booklet.

Identify the percentage (%) of water used for agriculture.

A total volume of 1067 million cubic metres (m³) of water was used in the Netherlands in 2015.

Calculate the volume of water used by industry in 2015.

You must show your working in the space below.

Write your answer to one decimal place.

_........ million cubic metres (m³

Suggest one reason why water consumption for domestic purposes has the largest percentage (%) in Figure 5b.

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

Assess the reasons why the global demand and supply for water resources has changed over the past 50 years.

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