AQA A2 Geography unit 4B 2013 June

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ADVANTAGES:-
1. Beautiful and neatly constructed diagrams/charts are more attractive then simple figures
2. Comparison is made easy and it will save time of the user to make quick comparison of large data.
3. You can record comparison between two things or objects.

DISADVANTAGES:-
1. Graph categories can be reordered to emphasize certain effects
2. Use only with discrete data
3. Limited space for labeling with vertical bar graphs

Reply 201

emah123

what could they ask about p6?

Reply 202

Kent12

Good luck everyone!! Just having a last read through the booklet hoping something will pop out at me! Not looking forward to this!!

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Reply 203

emah123

How did everyone find it?! I thought it was a really nice paper!

Reply 204

Croydon'Stepper

Original post by emah123

How did everyone find it?! I thought it was a really nice paper!

Yeah, I thought that too, the only dodgyish question was Q4. I don't trust it tbh.

Reply 205

emah123

Original post by Croydon'Stepper

Yeah, I thought that too, the only dodgyish question was Q4. I don't trust it tbh.

Which q was that? The one on the causes of the earthquake?

Reply 206

Croydon'Stepper

Original post by emah123

Which q was that? The one on the causes of the earthquake?

Nah, it was about the woman and her family, and whether you advise her to stay or leave or something like that. It was an 8 marker I think.

Reply 207

Ellie_May :)

I am very happy with how that went today :smile:

Reply 208

t1gger123

considering i didnt know what to expect thought it went really well

Reply 209

Gary

Grade boundaries gonna be high I recon

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Reply 210

flower124

That went absolutely Cr*p. Expecting a U tbh. What did people write for Qs 2 and 3, the one on causes of the earthquake and how p1 can be used with p2?? So nervous for results :frown:

Reply 211

rosiejohnston

I loved all the questions except the last two - about the women and advice to her mum about why it's ok to stay and the one about why people live in earthquake zones. Overall thought it was a nice paper :biggrin:

Reply 212

noahharley

That was a very nice paper - esp. nice as it was my last exam :smile:

Some of those questions were GCSE level (i.e. especially the 1st)/not far beyond basic comprehension - and I believe my Edexcel GCSE skills paper was perhaps harder 2 years ago. Grade boundaries will have to be significantly higher i.e. at least 50/60 for an a* rather than 45 like last June.

The early questions i.e. trends in figure p1, causes of earthquake, reason for death toll were self-explanatory. The questions that probably will differentiate between students, and were slightly more challenging, were the last 2 questions: i.e. on why there will not be "further, bigger" quakes and why people live in quake prone areas - although those were relatively nice too. These were more synoptic questions based partly on wider knowledge.

Reply 213

birdstheword5

I thought that went quite well, made a stupid mistake on the last one though. I basically rattled off a bunch of benefits of living in an earthquake prone area and explained them, and said that sometimes the benefits out weigh the hazards, but i then forgot to say why that meant more people lived in the area, i only mentioned it in my intro :frown:

Would that affect the mark for that question much?

Reply 214

birdstheword5

Original post by flower124

That went absolutely Cr*p. Expecting a U tbh. What did people write for Qs 2 and 3, the one on causes of the earthquake and how p1 can be used with p2?? So nervous for results :frown:

I wrote about how it was a triggered earthquake and so was caused by the Darfield quake, and mentioned the type of fault movement (reverse) and its stress release etc causing the earthquake, I think that was what it was looking for. What did you put, out of interest? You probably didn't do as bad as you think :smile:

Reply 215

flower124

I can't even remember what I wrote to be honest! Blanked the whole thing out of my memory!! I think I wrote something about the fault line and how it released a large amount of stress that had been building up over a long time.. for question 2 I wrote absolutely loads but I said over all there's not that much to show that global warming is linked to natural hazards and for question 1 I talked about whether the natural hazards showed an increase or not... I'm worried, thank you though :smile:

Nervous wait til August as I really don't think the other paper went at all well either!

Reply 216

t1gger123

Original post by flower124

Nervous wait til August as I really don't think the other paper went at all well either!

I'm sure you've done fine, it's probably just post exam stress :smile:

Reply 217

lucyt123

What did everyone write for the last question on reasons for living in an earthquake prone area? Was it to do with population growth and marginal land?

Reply 218

ihatepineapple

^^^ I put that as the population is increasing, people are being forced to live in seismically active areas. I also put that on the other hand, people actually choose to live in these areas, such as in California, as they have enough preparadness and such a strict building code that should any seismic activity occur, the effects should be greatly minimised, so it is not really a problem.

Reply 219

Ellie_May :)

Original post by lucyt123

What did everyone write for the last question on reasons for living in an earthquake prone area? Was it to do with population growth and marginal land?