AQA AS GEOGRAPHY Paper 1 Physical geography and people and the environment (7036/1) Updated Test Bank 2026

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AQA AS GEOGRAPHY Paper 1 Physical geography and
people and the environment (7036/1) Updated Test Bank
2026

Materials For Examiner’s Use
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Instructions
 Use black ink or black ball-point pen. TOTAL
 Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.
 Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 or Question 3 in Section A.
 Answer either Question 4 or Question 5 in Section B.
 You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write outside the box around each
page or on blank pages.
 If you need additional extra space for your answer(s), use the lined pages at the end of this book.
Write the question number against your answer(s).
 Do all rough work in this book. Cross through any work you do not want to be marked.

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 The total number of marks available for this paper is 80.




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Section A

Answer one question in this section.

Answer either Question 1 or Question 2 or Question 3.



Question 1 Water and carbon cycles

0 1 . 1 Which of the following describes a cause of precipitation?
[1 mark]

A As air rises from the Earth’s surface due to convection, it warms as it
gets higher and changes state from liquid to ice.

B At a cold front, warmer, less dense air is forced to sink under denser,
colder air leading to cloud formation along the front.

C When air is forced to rise over hills it cools, water vapour condenses
forming clouds and water then falls to the surface of the Earth.

D When the humidity of the air decreases, it means more liquid water can
change state and become water vapour.




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0 1 . 2 In the carbon cycle, what is respiration?
[1 mark]

A A transfer of carbon from a solid state to a gaseous state, when
combined with oxygen during combustion of organic material.

B Animal and plant cells use oxygen to free energy from stored
carbohydrates, releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

C As organic material decomposes and is broken down, carbon is
returned to the atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

D Where plants use solar energy to combine carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere with water and release oxygen as a by-product.


0 1 . 3 Outline impacts of wildfires on major stores of carbon.
[3 marks]

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Figure 1 shows information about the ten countries with the largest number of lakes box

in the world.
Figure 1

Canada Norway Russia
879 800 20 000 201 200
856 500 km2 13 900 km2 667 400 km2
12 600 km3 300 km3 102 200 km3
Sweden
22 600
34 300 km2
500 km3
China
USA 23 800
102 500 81 000 km2
340 300 km2 1000 km3
23 500 km3
Kazakhstan
12 400
Brazil 61 900 km2
20 900 400 km3
31 400 km2
200 km3
Australia
Argentina 11 400
13 600 49 500 km2
27 900 km2 100 km3
600 km3


Key
Country name
Number of lakes
Total area of those lakes
Total volume of water in those lakes


0 1 . 4 Analyse the data shown in Figure 1.
[6 marks]

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