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Every Edexcel GCSE Geography B exam question on Investigating river processes and pressures, 2018–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 35 questions on Investigating river processes and pressures, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q9(a) (2 marks): Explain one way that you collected your own fieldwork data on the influence of channel characteristics on flood risk. (2) 9 You have carried out your own fieldw
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q9(b) (2 marks): Explain how one qualitative fieldwork method helped your investigation. (2) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating how drainage basin and chann
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q9(c) (2 marks): Explain one way geographical case studies and theories helped you to understand your data. (2) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating how drain
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q9(d) (4 marks): Explain two reasons why secondary data was important for your investigation. (4) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating how drainage basin and
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q9(e) (8 marks): As part of their river fieldwork a group of students designed a questionnaire to help them. Their enquiry question was ‘Does the public support the use of hard
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9(a) (2 marks): Explain one way that you collected quantitative data to investigate the influence of drainage basin and channel characteristics on flood risk. (2) 9 You have ca
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9(b) (2 marks): Explain one reason why the quantitative data that you collected might not all be accurate. (2) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating the influ
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9(c) (2 marks): Explain one way in which the qualitative data that you collected helped your investigation. (2) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating the infl
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9(d) (4 marks): Explain two ways in which you could have improved your investigation. (4) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating the influence of drainage basi
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q9(e) (8 marks): A group of students were asked to suggest a possible enquiry question and an outline plan to investigate the influence of drainage basin and channel characteris
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q9(a)(i) (2 marks): Explain one reason why the students selected this river to carry out their investigation. (2)
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q9(a)(ii) (2 marks): Explain one reason why they chose to measure river discharge at two different times of year. (2)
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q9(a)(iii) (2 marks): Explain one conclusion that they may have made after analysing their results. (2)
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q9(a)(iv) (4 marks): Explain how two secondary sources of data that would have been useful when carrying out this investigation. (4)
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q9(b) (8 marks): You have conducted your own fieldwork into flood risk for people and property. Name your fieldwork location Assess the strengths and weaknesses of your fieldwor
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q9(a)(i) (2 marks): Explain one reason why the students selected these three people to interview. (2)
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q9(a)(ii) (2 marks): Suggest one reason why another group of people might have views about flood defences that would have been useful to this enquiry. (2)
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q9(a)(iii) (2 marks): Explain one way secondary data might have helped the students plan this enquiry. (2)
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q9(a)(iv) (4 marks): Suggest two reasons why the people interviewed did not agree about the benefits of spending money on flood defences. (4)
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q9(a) (2 marks): Suggest one reason why the students selected this river to carry out their fieldwork. (2) 9 A group of students decided to measure river channel characteristics
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q9(b) (2 marks): Suggest one reason they selected the six sites shown on Figure 9 to carry out their channel measurements. (2) 9 A group of students decided to measure river cha
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q9(c) (2 marks): Explain one reason why the chosen location of site 5 might not be a good choice. (2) 9 A group of students decided to measure river channel characteristics at E
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q9(d) (4 marks): Suggest two reasons why river flooding may not be a serious risk in this valley. (4) 9 A group of students decided to measure river channel characteristics at E
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q9(a) (2 marks): Explain one method that you used to collect your primary data. (2) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating the influence of drainage basin and c
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q9(b) (4 marks): Using an annotated diagram, explain how you used a graph to present your fieldwork data. (4) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating the influen
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q9(c) (4 marks): Explain how geographical case studies and theories helped in the analysis of your data. (4) 9 You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating the influenc
- November 2020, Paper 2, Q9(d) (8 marks): In 2018 a group of 20 students stayed in a hostel in Gunnerside, North Yorkshire, for two days to carry out their fieldwork into the impact of drainage basin an
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q9(a)(i) (2 marks): Suggest an enquiry question or hypothesis that the students might have proposed for their investigation. (2)
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q9(a)(ii) (4 marks): Suggest two problems that the students’ choice of locations may have caused for data collection. (4)
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q9(a)(iii) (4 marks): Explain how the use of Ordnance Survey (OS) maps might have helped the students choose their two river locations and the three sites on each of those rivers to
- June 2019, Paper 2, Q9(b) (8 marks): You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating how and why drainage basin characteristics influence flood risk for people and property. Name your river f
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q9(a)(i) (2 marks): Suggest a suitable enquiry question that the students could have investigated. (2)
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q9(a)(ii) (4 marks): Suggest two factors which should have been considered when choosing the fieldwork locations. (4)
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q9(a)(iii) (4 marks): Describe the results of the students’ fieldwork shown on Figure 9. (4)
- June 2018, Paper 2, Q9(b) (8 marks): You have carried out your own fieldwork investigating how and why drainage basin characteristics influence flood risk for people and property. Name your river e
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