AQA GEOGRAPHY PAPER ACTUAL EXAM
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● Factors affecting hazard risk.
Answer: Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change
●● Constructive plates.
Answer: Two plates move apart, magma forces way along gap and
causes earthquake, erupted lava cools and forms volcano
●● Ecotourism.
Answer: The practice of using an area's natural environment to attract
tourists which is sustainable and won't damage area
●● Destructive plate.
Answer: Two plates moving towards one another, oceanic plate subducts
under continental plate and friction causes melting of oceanic plate,
triggers earthquake
●● Conservative plate.
Answer: Two plates moving alongside, friction can send shockwaves
causing earthquakes
,●● Where are volcanoes distributed?.
Answer: Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
●● Where are earthquakes distributed?.
Answer: Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
●● Chile HIC earthquake.
Answer: 27th feb 2010, 8.8 Richter scale, caused on destructive plate
margin
PE- 5000 deaths, Santiago airport damaged
SE- 1500km road damaged by landslide
IR- Emergency service floating bridge, field hospitals
LTR- President said 4 years to recover
●● Nepal LIC earthquake.
Answer: 25th april 2015, 7.9 Richter scale, caused by collision of
eurasian and Australian plate
PE- 3 mil homeless
SE- Avalanche 250 missing
IR- Social media search, field hospitals
LTR- Homeless rehoused, tourist site reopened
, ●● Why would people live next to natural hazards?.
Answer: Rarity of volcano explosion, poverty, fertile flood plain soils
●● How to reduce risk from tectonic hazard.
Answer: Monitoring- using scientific equipment to detect warning
Prediction- historical events
Protection- designing buildings
Planning- identifying and avoiding places at risk
●● Coriolis effect.
Answer: The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and
currents.
●● Formation of a storm.
Answer: 26 degrees water, close to equator, warm ocean heats air
causing it to rise, water evaporates from hot surface, so rising air
contains water vapour, air starts to spin, eye is calm
●● Where do storms form?.
Answer: 5-15 degrees north and south of equator because there is not
enough spin from the rotation of the earth elsewhere
●● What 3 features can climate change effect in a storm?.
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
●● Factors affecting hazard risk.
Answer: Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change
●● Constructive plates.
Answer: Two plates move apart, magma forces way along gap and
causes earthquake, erupted lava cools and forms volcano
●● Ecotourism.
Answer: The practice of using an area's natural environment to attract
tourists which is sustainable and won't damage area
●● Destructive plate.
Answer: Two plates moving towards one another, oceanic plate subducts
under continental plate and friction causes melting of oceanic plate,
triggers earthquake
●● Conservative plate.
Answer: Two plates moving alongside, friction can send shockwaves
causing earthquakes
,●● Where are volcanoes distributed?.
Answer: Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
●● Where are earthquakes distributed?.
Answer: Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
●● Chile HIC earthquake.
Answer: 27th feb 2010, 8.8 Richter scale, caused on destructive plate
margin
PE- 5000 deaths, Santiago airport damaged
SE- 1500km road damaged by landslide
IR- Emergency service floating bridge, field hospitals
LTR- President said 4 years to recover
●● Nepal LIC earthquake.
Answer: 25th april 2015, 7.9 Richter scale, caused by collision of
eurasian and Australian plate
PE- 3 mil homeless
SE- Avalanche 250 missing
IR- Social media search, field hospitals
LTR- Homeless rehoused, tourist site reopened
, ●● Why would people live next to natural hazards?.
Answer: Rarity of volcano explosion, poverty, fertile flood plain soils
●● How to reduce risk from tectonic hazard.
Answer: Monitoring- using scientific equipment to detect warning
Prediction- historical events
Protection- designing buildings
Planning- identifying and avoiding places at risk
●● Coriolis effect.
Answer: The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and
currents.
●● Formation of a storm.
Answer: 26 degrees water, close to equator, warm ocean heats air
causing it to rise, water evaporates from hot surface, so rising air
contains water vapour, air starts to spin, eye is calm
●● Where do storms form?.
Answer: 5-15 degrees north and south of equator because there is not
enough spin from the rotation of the earth elsewhere
●● What 3 features can climate change effect in a storm?.
