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Investigating dynamic urban areas: Edexcel GCSE Geography B questions

Every Edexcel GCSE Geography B exam question on Investigating dynamic urban areas, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.

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  1. Q10(a)(i)

    June 2025 · Paper 2

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  2. Q10(a)(ii)

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  3. Q10(a)(iii)

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  4. Q10(a)(iv)

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  5. Q10(b)

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  6. Q10(a)(i)

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  7. Q10(a)(ii)

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  8. Q10(a)(iii)

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  9. Q10(a)(iv)

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  10. Q10(b)

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  11. Q10(a)

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  12. Q10(b)

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  13. Q10(c)

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  14. Q10(d)

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  15. Q10(a)(i)

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  16. Q10(a)(ii)

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  17. Q10(a)

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  18. Q10(b)

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  19. Q10(a)

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All 31 questions on Investigating dynamic urban areas, as a list
  1. June 2025, Paper 2, Q10(a)(i) (2 marks): Suggest a suitable enquiry question that the students could have investigated. (2) 10 As part of their urban fieldwork a group of students carried out a retail
  2. June 2025, Paper 2, Q10(a)(ii) (2 marks): Explain one reason why the classification of shops might not be reliable. (2) 10 As part of their urban fieldwork a group of students carried out a retail land-
  3. June 2025, Paper 2, Q10(a)(iii) (2 marks): Explain one method the students might have used to record the retail land-use in the two towns. (2) 10 As part of their urban fieldwork a group of students carr
  4. June 2025, Paper 2, Q10(a)(iv) (4 marks): Explain two ways in which the students could have improved their data collection methods. (4) 10 As part of their urban fieldwork a group of students carried ou
  5. June 2025, Paper 2, Q10(b) (8 marks): You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating how and why the quality of life varies in urban areas. Assess the accuracy and reliability of the results
  6. June 2024, Paper 2, Q10(a)(i) (2 marks): Explain one method the students could have used to select the residential areas to carry out their fieldwork. (2) 10 As part of their urban fieldwork a group of
  7. June 2024, Paper 2, Q10(a)(ii) (4 marks): Explain two reasons why the results of their environmental quality survey might be unreliable. (4) 10 As part of their urban fieldwork a group of students carri
  8. June 2024, Paper 2, Q10(a)(iii) (2 marks): Explain how one other method of primary data collection might have helped their investigation. (2) 10 As part of their urban fieldwork a group of students carri
  9. June 2024, Paper 2, Q10(a)(iv) (2 marks): The students concluded that the residential area in the rural-urban fringe had the best environment. Explain one piece of evidence to support that conclusion. (
  10. June 2024, Paper 2, Q10(b) (8 marks): You have carried out your own fieldwork, investigating how and why the quality of life varies within urban areas in the UK. Assess the importance of your own (p
  11. June 2023, Paper 2, Q10(a) (2 marks): Explain one reason for the choice of question or hypothesis that you selected to investigate. (2) 10 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating envir
  12. June 2023, Paper 2, Q10(b) (4 marks): Explain two ways that you used to collect data to investigate the quality of the urban environment. (4) 10 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating
  13. June 2023, Paper 2, Q10(c) (4 marks): At the end of your geographical investigation you drew conclusions that either supported or did not support your enquiry question or hypothesis. Explain how str
  14. June 2023, Paper 2, Q10(d) (8 marks): A group of 20 students, divided into two groups of 10, carried out questionnaires in the main street of their local town centre. They chose to do this on a Satu
  15. June 2022, Paper 2, Q10(a)(i) (2 marks): Identify which two words were used most frequently by the residents when describing the town centre. (2) A quiet B cool C convenient D noisy E friendly
  16. June 2022, Paper 2, Q10(a)(ii) (8 marks): Assess the possible reasons for the variations in the views of this town centre. (8)
  17. November 2021, Paper 2, Q10(a) (2 marks): Explain one method the students might have used to measure the environmental quality in these two areas. (2) 10 A group of students carried out an environmental
  18. November 2021, Paper 2, Q10(b) (8 marks): The students concluded the following; Environmental quality will always be better in those urban areas that are occupied by higher income people who can afford
  19. November 2020, Paper 2, Q10(a) (2 marks): Calculate the ‘Total score’ for Lower Walton. (2) 10 A group of 20 students carried out fieldwork investigating environmental quality in two contrasting urban a
  20. November 2020, Paper 2, Q10(b) (2 marks): Explain one method that the students might have used to select the streets that they surveyed. (2) 10 A group of 20 students carried out fieldwork investigating
  21. November 2020, Paper 2, Q10(c) (2 marks): Suggest one way in which secondary data might have been used in this investigation. (2) 10 A group of 20 students carried out fieldwork investigating environmen
  22. November 2020, Paper 2, Q10(d) (4 marks): Suggest two reasons why the students concluded that Westgate and Lower Walton had more differences than similarities. (4) 10 A group of 20 students carried out
  23. November 2020, Paper 2, Q10(e) (8 marks): You have conducted your own fieldwork into the reasons why the quality of life varies within an urban area. Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the methods t
  24. June 2019, Paper 2, Q10(a) (2 marks): Explain one way in which you used quantitative data to measure differences in the environmental quality of your chosen area. (2) 10 You have carried out your ow
  25. June 2019, Paper 2, Q10(b) (4 marks): Using an annotated diagram that shows one way in which you presented the results of your data collection, explain your results. (4) 10 You have carried out your
  26. June 2019, Paper 2, Q10(c) (4 marks): Explain how you would improve your data collection methods to increase their accuracy. (4) 10 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating environmenta
  27. June 2019, Paper 2, Q10(d) (8 marks): In 2017 a group of students carried out a questionnaire in three different urban areas, one in the city centre, one in the suburbs and one in a rural settlement
  28. June 2018, Paper 2, Q10(a) (2 marks): Explain one reason why you chose that urban area. (2) 10 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating environmental quality in an urban area. Name your
  29. June 2018, Paper 2, Q10(b) (4 marks): Using an annotated sketch map, explain how you chose your sites or location for data collection. (4) 10 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating en
  30. June 2018, Paper 2, Q10(c) (4 marks): Explain why the conclusions that you reached might be unreliable. (4) 10 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating environmental quality in an urban
  31. June 2018, Paper 2, Q10(d) (8 marks): In 2017 a group of 20 students carried out questionnaires in an urban area on a Wednesday afternoon. They asked 40 randomly selected residents to select the thr

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