2024 Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Geography A (1GA0) Paper 03: Geographical Investigations: Fieldwork and UK Challenges QUESTION PAPER AND MARKING SCHEME (MERGED)

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Pearson Edexcel Level 1/Level 2 GCSE (9−1)
Friday 14 June 2024
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Geography A


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Pearson Edexcel GCSE In Geography A
(1GA0)
Paper 03: Geographical Investigations: Fieldwork and UK Challenges


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, SECTION A

Geographical Investigations – Physical Environments

Answer EITHER Question 1 OR Question 2 in this section.
Some questions must be answered with a cross in a box . If you change your mind about an
answer, put a line through the box and then mark your new answer with a cross .
Write your answers in the spaces provided.

Question 1: Investigating Physical Environments (River Landscapes)
If you answer Question 1, put a cross in the box .
1 A group of students collected data to investigate changes at six sites along a river
channel.
(a) (i) Describe one fieldwork method that could have been used by the students to
measure river depth.
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(ii) Explain one disadvantage of using this fieldwork method.
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, (b) The students measured the river depth at each site and presented this data on a
scatter graph.

Study Figure 1a below.

0.80 ×
0.70 ×
×
0.60

Depth 0.50
(m)
0.40

0.30

0.20
×
0.10

0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

Distance from source (m)

Figure 1a

A scatter graph to show the relationship between river depth
and distance from source
(ii) Complete Figure 1a by plotting the data below.
(2)

Distance from source (m) Depth (m)

100 0.60

200 0.50




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