AQA GCSE Geography Paper 3 8035/3 | Mark Scheme 2025

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GCSE
GEOGRAPHY
Paper 3 b Geographical applications b




Thursday 12 June 2025 b b b Morning Timeallowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Materials For Examiner’s Use
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For this paper you must have:
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 the Pre-release resources booklet (enclosed)
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 a pencil
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 a rubber
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 a ruler.
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You may use a calculator.
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Instructions 3
 Use black ink or black ball-point pen.
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 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
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 You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the b
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ox around each page or on blank pages.
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 If you need additional extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the e
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nd of this book. Write the question number against your answer(s).
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 Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be
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 The marks for questions are shown in brackets.
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 The total number of marks available for this paper is 76.
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 HIC is a higher income country.
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 LIC is a lower income country.
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 NEE is a newly emerging economy.
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 Spelling, punctuation, grammar and specialist terminology will be assessed in
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For the multiple-choice questions, shade the circle next to the correct answer.
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CORRECT METHOD b WRONG METHODS b




If you want to change your answer you must cross out your original answer as shown.
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Section A b Issue evaluation b




Answer all questions in this section.
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Study Figure 1 in the resources booklet, ‘Energy in the UK’.
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0 1 b . b 1 Describe the changes to total energy consumption in the UK (1990–2021).
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0 1 . b 3 In which year were energy exports from the UK highest?
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Question 1 continues on the next page
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Explain why energy security is important in helping to achieve social an
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