plumiHot deserts: AQA GCSE Geography questions
Every AQA GCSE Geography exam question on 3.1.2.3 Hot deserts, 2020–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 12 questions on Hot deserts, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q02.8 (1 mark): Using Figures 8a and 8b, which one of the following statements is correct? Shade one circle only. [1 mark]
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q02.9 (2 marks): Suggest one reason for the difference in temperature between Cairo and Aklavik. [2 marks]
- June 2025, Paper 1, Q02.10 (9 marks): 9a 9b 9c Either (hot deserts) To what extent does human activity contribute to desertification in areas on the fringes of hot deserts? Use Figure 9 and your own
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q02.8 (1 mark): Using either Figure 10 or Figure 11, suggest one way the soil can be affected by the climate in either a hot desert or a cold environment. [1 mark]
- June 2024, Paper 1, Q02.9 (9 marks): ‘Plants and animals need to have special adaptations to cope with extreme environments.’ Discuss this statement. Use either Figure 12 or Figure 13 and your own
- June 2023, Paper 1, Q02.10 (9 marks): Extreme environments provide opportunities for economic development. These opportunities include energy, farming, fishing, mining and tourism. Choose either a h
- June 2022, Paper 1, Q02.9 (9 marks): Discuss the challenges and opportunities for development in either a hot desert environment or a cold environment. Use either Figure 9 or Figure 10 and a case s
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q02.4 (2 marks): Outline one way that plants are adapted to the climate in either hot deserts or cold environments. [2 marks]
- November 2021, Paper 1, Q02.5 (6 marks): Assess the importance of inaccessibility and extreme temperatures as challenges to development in one of the following environments. Hot desert environment Cold
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q02.3 (1 mark): Using Figure 7, calculate the temperature range in Place A. [1 mark]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q02.4 (2 marks): Using Figure 7, state two differences between the climate in Place A and Place B. [2 marks]
- November 2020, Paper 1, Q02.6 (6 marks): Suggest how different strategies are used to reduce environmental damage in either: an area on the fringe of a hot desert or a cold environment. Use Figure
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