plumiClimate change: AQA GCSE Geography questions
Every AQA GCSE Geography exam question on 3.1.1.4 Climate change, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 17 questions on Climate change, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q01.5 (2 marks): Using Figure 3a, describe changes in the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2020. [2 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q01.6 (1 mark): Using Figure 3b, compare emissions of carbon dioxide with emissions of methane in 2020. [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q01.7 (1 mark): Suggest how an increase in greenhouse gases helps to cause climate change. Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q01.8 (2 marks): Explain how carbon capture may help to reduce the causes of climate change. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.1 (2 marks): Using Figure 1, compare the extent of Arctic sea ice in September 2020 with the average extent of Arctic sea ice in September from 1981 to 2010. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.2 (1 mark): Using Figure 2, calculate the mean volume of Arctic sea ice in April from 1980 to 2020. Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.3 (1 mark): Using Figure 2, calculate the difference in the volume of Arctic sea ice from September 1980 to September 2020. [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.4 (2 marks): Suggest how changes in the extent of Arctic sea ice are evidence of climate change. [2 marks]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q01.5 (4 marks): ‘International agreements are essential for managing climate change.’ Do you agree? Explain your answer. Use Figure 3 and your own understanding. [4 marks]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q01.1 (1 mark): Which one of the following is a natural factor affecting climate change? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q01.2 (1 mark): Using Figure 1, which one of the following statements is true? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q01.3 (1 mark): Using Figure 1, by how much did the extent of sea ice change between 1980 and 2016? [1 mark]
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q01.4 (4 marks): Suggest how climate change may have effects on people. Use Figure 2 and your own understanding. [4 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q01.11 (9 marks): To what extent is climate change the result of human actions? Use Figure 4 and your own understanding. [9 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q01.10 (1 mark): State one source of evidence for long-term climate change during the Quaternary period. [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q01.11 (1 mark): Using Figure 5, which one of the following statements is true? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q01.12 (9 marks): ‘Managing climate change involves both reducing causes (mitigation) and responding to change (adaptation).’ Do you agree? Explain your answer. Use Figure 6 and
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