Cambridge & Pearson Edexcel Past Paper Questions

Study Fig. 5.1, a sketch of the site for a new weather station, at a location in the southern hemisphere.

What is the meaning of the following terms: • secondary industry; • assembly industry?

Students in Bangkok, Thailand investigated differences between two shopping centres in the north of the city. Central Ladprao Plaza is a larger sho...

Students at a school in England did fieldwork on a local river. They wanted to investigate how the river changed downstream.

Study the map extract of Bad Gandersheim, Germany. The scale is 1:50000. (a) Fig. 1.1 shows some of the features in the north east part of the map ...

Study Fig. 2.1, which shows net migration in southern Europe between 1960 and 2011. [Figure 2.1]

Study Fig. 3.1 which shows population and number of services for some settlements in an area. [Figure 3.1]

Study Fig. 4.1, which shows the global distribution of coral reefs. [Figure 4.1]

Study Fig. 5.1, which shows a volcano. [Figure 5.1]

Study Fig. 6.1 (Insert), a photograph which shows a factory. The factory is located near a river mouth.

Students at a college in southern England were studying how to collect weather data and if there might be relationships between weather data measur...

Students in Thailand did fieldwork to investigate the effects of urban sprawl taking place around their school. One group of students measured vari...

Study Fig. 1.1, which shows information about population growth in the UK.

Study Fig. 2.1, which shows information about a settlement hierarchy.

Section B Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 3.1 (Insert), which is a photograph of a river feature.

Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 4.1 (Insert), which is a map which shows the Pacific Ring of Fire.

Section C Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 5.1, which shows two traditional methods of irrigation used by subsistence farmers.

Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 6.1 (Insert), which shows information about sources of electricity in Mexico (an LEDC).

Study the map extract of Clavier, Belgium. The scale is 1:50000. (a) Fig. 1.1 shows some features in the north of the map. [Figure 1.1]

Study Fig. 2.1, which shows the sparsely populated areas of the world. [Figure 2.1]

Study Fig. 3.1, which shows urban growth in a city in Asia. [Figure 3.1]

Study Fig. 4.1 (Insert), a photograph of a coastal area.

Study Fig. 5.1, which shows two different plants in an area of desert. [Figure 5.1]

Study Fig. 6.1, which shows data for six states in India. [Figure 6.1]

Students in South Korea investigated differences in temperatures around their school. They chose 10 sites at which to measure temperature, 5 in a b...

Students from a popular tourist town in England wanted to find out how tourism affected traffic in the town. They decided to do a traffic survey to...

Study Fig. 1.1, information about population growth in China. China introduced a one-child policy in 1979 to stop over-population. Now China is wor...

Study Fig. 2.1 (Insert), a graph showing information about the number of people living in urban areas between 1950 and 2050 (estimated).

Study Fig. 3.1 (Insert), a map showing coral reefs and mangroves on the island of Pohnpei (in the Pacific Ocean).

Study Fig. 4.1 (Insert), a diagram of the hydrological cycle.

Study Figs. 5.1 and 5.2 (Insert), maps of South Africa, in southern Africa. Fig. 5.1 shows the main agricultural land uses. Fig. 5.2 shows the annu...

Study Figs. 6.1 and 6.2, graphs showing information about air pollution in the USA (an MEDC in North America).

Study the map extract for Toblach Dobbiaco, Italy. The scale is 1:25000.

Fig. 2.1 shows the population density of provinces in The Netherlands, a country in Europe.

Study Figs. 3.1 and 3.2 (Insert), which show settlements in two rural areas.

Fig. 4.1 shows two different volcanoes, A and B.

Fig. 5.1 shows three instruments, A, B and C, kept at a weather station.

Fig. 6.1 shows information about four drainage basins which provide most of the water supply for the state of California, USA.

Section A Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 1.1 (Insert), information about population growth rates in 2021.

Section A Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 2.1 (Insert), a photograph showing a rural settlement in Norway (an MEDC in Europe).

Section B Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 3.1 and Fig. 3.2. Fig. 3.1 is a climate graph for Iquitos in the Amazon rainforest....

Section B Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 4.1, cross-sections of two different types of volcano.

Section C Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 5.1, graphs showing the use of water for different purposes in Malawi, the USA and ...

Section C Answer one question from this section. (a) Study Fig. 6.1, a graph showing information about the employment structure of selected countries.

Study the map extract for the Île d'Oléron, France. The scale is 1:50000.

Fig. 2.1 shows the development of a tourist resort in the UK between 1800 and 2000. [Figure 2.1]

Figs. 3.1 and 3.2 (Insert) show agricultural areas in a tropical country.

Fig. 4.1 is a climate graph for Phoenix, in the USA. [Figure 4.1]

Fig. 5.1 (Insert) shows the location of the largest magnitude earthquakes in 2022 together with their depth of focus.

Fig. 6.1 shows a mind map drawn by a student studying squatter settlements in a large LEDC city. [Figure 6.1]