Mark Scheme (Results)
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCSE
In Geography A (1GA0) Paper 2
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC 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/contactus.
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 P78719A
Publications Code 1GA0_02_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,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.
, Question 1 – Changing Cities
Question Indicative Content Mark
number Identify the correct definition for the term de-centralisation.
1(a) B shift of economic activity away from the Central Business District (1)
Incorrect responses:
Options A, C and D are not correct as these statements do not define
‘decentralisation’.
Question Indicative Content Mark
number Complete Figure 1a by plotting the data in the table below.
1(b) (i) One mark for correctly plotting the data. (1)
Question Indicative Content Mark
number Identify the area with the largest decrease in percentage between
1950 and 2015.
1(b) (ii) C Europe (1)
Incorrect responses:
Option A had an increase, option C had a smaller decrease and option D
stayed the same.
Summer 2025
Pearson Edexcel GCSE
In Geography A (1GA0) Paper 2
,Edexcel and BTEC Qualifications
Edexcel and BTEC 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/contactus.
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 P78719A
Publications Code 1GA0_02_2506_MS
All the material in this publication is copyright
© Pearson Education Ltd 2025
,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.
, Question 1 – Changing Cities
Question Indicative Content Mark
number Identify the correct definition for the term de-centralisation.
1(a) B shift of economic activity away from the Central Business District (1)
Incorrect responses:
Options A, C and D are not correct as these statements do not define
‘decentralisation’.
Question Indicative Content Mark
number Complete Figure 1a by plotting the data in the table below.
1(b) (i) One mark for correctly plotting the data. (1)
Question Indicative Content Mark
number Identify the area with the largest decrease in percentage between
1950 and 2015.
1(b) (ii) C Europe (1)
Incorrect responses:
Option A had an increase, option C had a smaller decrease and option D
stayed the same.
