Pearson
Edexcel
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCSE
In Geography B (1 GBO)
Paper 2: UK Geography Issues
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,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
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wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for
employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel. com or
www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at
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are in the world. We've been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70
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standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can
help you and your students at www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P78723RA
Publications Code 1GB0_02_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
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,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must
mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the
last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may
lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme
should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate's response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide
the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate's response, the team leader must be
consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
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, Question I nd iciative content Ma rks
Identify which one of the following is an igneous rock.
l(a) B- granite (1)
All other answers clearly mistaken
Question I nd iciative content Ma rks
Explain one impact of g laciation on the UK's upland
la ndscapes.
l(b) Award one mark for identifying an appropriate impact of (2)
glaciation with one further mark for detail/development of the
process; ( 1+1 )
For example
Glaciation has created U-shaped valleys in upland areas ( 1) .
These were formed as glaciers eroded the landscape through
erosion ( 1)
Glaciation left behind ribbon lakes in some valleys ( 1), as
U shaped valleys filled with meltwater after the glacier retreated
( 1) .
Accept any other appropriate response
Question I nd iciative content Marks
Explain one reason why rocks a re eroded at different
rates.
l(c) Award one mark for explaining an appropriate reason and a (2)
f urther mark for explaining the reason.
(1+1)
Some rocks are softer than others ( 1), therefore they are less
resistant to weathering and erosion ( 1).
Rocks with more joints and cracks erode faster ( 1) because
water can enter and cause freeze-thaw weathering to break
them down more easily ( 1) .
Harder rocks like granite erode slowly ( 1), as they are more
resistant to processes like abrasion and hydraulic action ( 1).
Rock type affects erosion rate ( 1) because sedimentary rocks
like sandstone are usually less resistant than igneous rocks like
basalt ( 1).
Accept any other appropriate response
Question I ndiciative content Marks
Study Figure 1 which shows a coastal landscape in Devon.
2 (a) (i) A = do nothing (1)
There is no evidence of any intervention here
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Edexcel
Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCSE
In Geography B (1 GBO)
Paper 2: UK Geography Issues
for more: tyrionpapers.com
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and STEC qualifications are awarded by Pearson, the UK's largest awarding body. We provide a
wide range of qualifications including academic, vocational, occupational and specific programmes for
employers. For further information visit our qualifications websites at www.edexcel. com or
www.btec.co.uk. Alternatively, you can get in touch with us using the details on our contact us page at
www.edexcel.com/con tactus.
Pearson: helping people progress, everywhere
Pearson aspires to be the world's leading learning company. Our aim is to help everyone progress in
their lives through education. We believe in every kind of learning, for all kinds of people, wherever they
are in the world. We've been involved in education for over 150 years, and by working across 70
countries, in 100 languages, we have built an international reputation for our commitment to high
standards and raising achievement through innovation in education. Find out more about how we can
help you and your students at www.pearson.com/uk
Summer 2025
Question Paper Log Number P78723RA
Publications Code 1GB0_02_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
for more: tyrionpapers.com
,General Marking Guidance
• All candidates must receive the same treatment. Examiners must
mark the first candidate in exactly the same way as they mark the
last.
• Mark schemes should be applied positively. Candidates must be
rewarded for what they have shown they can do rather than
penalised for omissions.
• Examiners should mark according to the mark scheme not
according to their perception of where the grade boundaries may
lie.
• There is no ceiling on achievement. All marks on the mark scheme
should be used appropriately.
• All the marks on the mark scheme are designed to be awarded.
Examiners should always award full marks if deserved, i.e. if the
answer matches the mark scheme. Examiners should also be
prepared to award zero marks if the candidate's response is not
worthy of credit according to the mark scheme.
• Where some judgement is required, mark schemes will provide
the principles by which marks will be awarded and
exemplification may be limited.
• When examiners are in doubt regarding the application of the
mark scheme to a candidate's response, the team leader must be
consulted.
• Crossed out work should be marked UNLESS the candidate has
replaced it with an alternative response.
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, Question I nd iciative content Ma rks
Identify which one of the following is an igneous rock.
l(a) B- granite (1)
All other answers clearly mistaken
Question I nd iciative content Ma rks
Explain one impact of g laciation on the UK's upland
la ndscapes.
l(b) Award one mark for identifying an appropriate impact of (2)
glaciation with one further mark for detail/development of the
process; ( 1+1 )
For example
Glaciation has created U-shaped valleys in upland areas ( 1) .
These were formed as glaciers eroded the landscape through
erosion ( 1)
Glaciation left behind ribbon lakes in some valleys ( 1), as
U shaped valleys filled with meltwater after the glacier retreated
( 1) .
Accept any other appropriate response
Question I nd iciative content Marks
Explain one reason why rocks a re eroded at different
rates.
l(c) Award one mark for explaining an appropriate reason and a (2)
f urther mark for explaining the reason.
(1+1)
Some rocks are softer than others ( 1), therefore they are less
resistant to weathering and erosion ( 1).
Rocks with more joints and cracks erode faster ( 1) because
water can enter and cause freeze-thaw weathering to break
them down more easily ( 1) .
Harder rocks like granite erode slowly ( 1), as they are more
resistant to processes like abrasion and hydraulic action ( 1).
Rock type affects erosion rate ( 1) because sedimentary rocks
like sandstone are usually less resistant than igneous rocks like
basalt ( 1).
Accept any other appropriate response
Question I ndiciative content Marks
Study Figure 1 which shows a coastal landscape in Devon.
2 (a) (i) A = do nothing (1)
There is no evidence of any intervention here
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