aqa unit 4a geographical fieldwork investigation january 2011
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AQA Geogrpahy Unit 4A Geographical Fieldwork Investigation January 2011TRANSCRIPT
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Geography GEO4AUnit 4A Geography Fieldwork Investigation
Tuesday 1 February 2011 1.30 pm to 3.00 pm
General Certificate of EducationAdvanced Level ExaminationJanuary 2011
Time allowed� 1 hour 30 minutes
Instructions
� Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Use pencil only for drawing.� Fill in the boxes at the top of this page.� Answer all questions.� You must answer the questions in the spaces provided. Do not write
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Information
� The marks for questions are shown in brackets.� The maximum mark for this paper is 60.� You will be marked on your ability to:
– use good English– organise information clearly– use specialist vocabulary where appropriate.
Advice
� You are advised to spend about 60 minutes on Section A and about 30 minutes on Section B.
You will need no other materials.You may use a calculator.
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Section A
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
All your answers should relate to the geography fieldwork investigation that you undertook inpreparation for this examination.
State the aim(s) of your investigation.
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1 (a) Select one method of primary data collection that you used in your investigation.Explain the relevance of this method to the aim(s) of your investigation.
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1 (b) Evaluate the effectiveness of this method in the light of your experiences in the field.
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2 Describe one technique of data analysis that you used and justify its inclusion in yourinvestigation.
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3 Assess how useful you found your investigation to your understanding of geography.
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Section B
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
4 Study Figure 1a, the Hjulström curve, and Figure 1b, world population growth andprojected population growth in different continental regions, 1950–2050.
Figure 1a
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Clay Silt Sand Coarse materialParticle grain size (mm)
0.01 0.1 1.0 10 100
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510Velocity
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Erosion
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locity
Erosion velocity50100
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Transport Deposition
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1960 1970 1980 1990 2000Year
Asia
Population(millions)
2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
Northern America
Oceania
World
Europe
AfricaLatin America
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4 (a) With reference to Figure 1a and/or Figure 1b, explain the usefulness of a logarithmicscale in presenting such data.
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4 (b) Explain why it is important to use different graphical techniques to help geographicalunderstanding.
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