AQA GCSE Geography A Unit 1: 4 June

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Reply 40

Dannyboy1236

Original post by aimeeeeeeeeee*

Does any one know what the grade boundaries normally are??

Around 50 something for 100%

Reply 41

aimeeeeeeeeee*

Original post by Dannyboy1236

Around 50 something for 100%

Sorry, do you mean for an A*??

Reply 42

Dannyboy1236

Original post by aimeeeeeeeeee*

Sorry, do you mean for an A*??

I think the A* boundary is around 50,
And then 100% ums is about the high fifties... Our scorees are converted to ums which then works out our grade..so you can get less than75/75 and still get 100%

Is that still confusing?

Reply 43

aimeeeeeeeeee*

Original post by Dannyboy1236

No, that's great thanks! :smile:

Reply 44

elliec_

I'm also doing, Coasts, Water on the land, Restless Earth, i'm resitting last years as well as doing the human exam next week.
Does anyone have any idea what might come up questions/case studies wise for unit 1?
Any help will be appreciated

Reply 45

squeezyballs

I don't see whats wrong with the CGP revision guide if you look past all the colours , its on point with the spec..

Reply 46

Achroite

Anyone got any ideas of likely case studies/topics for Restless Earth, Water on Land, and Coasts?

Thanks!

EDIT:
The specification says for rivers we need 'A case study of a dam/reservoir to consider...'
Does this mean we need both a dam AND a reservoir, or just one of the two?

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Reply 47

alibland

Original post by Dannyboy1236

I swear 80% is A* so that's 60/75?

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Reply 48

merlynct

Original post by JustaDreamer

I don't like the managing water one, probably my least favourite. :frown:

What's your case study for managing water??

Reply 49

ThePhoenixLament

Original post by merlynct

What's your case study for managing water??

Kielder is mine.

I'm doing Water on the Land, Coastal Zone (only 2/80 of us in are year are doing it... :s-smilie:

) and Restless Earth.
I have 19 case studies... Oh dear...
Oh and the English Language tomorrow! Fun fun fun! :redface:

Reply 50

ThePhoenixLament

Original post by Achroite

Well you could do a dam (like Three Gorges, China) for your hard engineering and a reservoir for your water management in the UK. However, if you look at a dam in the UK you could just learn one case study for two potential questions.

Reply 51

aprocrastinator

Original post by Achroite

The specification says for rivers we need 'A case study of a dam/reservoir to consider...'
Does this mean we need both a dam AND a reservoir, or just one of the two?

No you only need one! I'm doing the one in the CGP revision guide which is the Rutland Reservoir one. Dam and reservoir go hand in hand because you need a dam to make a reservoir.

Reply 52

saffire

Does anyone know what case studies we need for 'Ice on the Land'?

Slightly worried about this topic, we rushed through it a bit!

Reply 53

Achroite

Thanks for the replies guys, got a new quarrel now.

For The Coastal Zone, we need: "A case study of coastal management to assess the costs and benefits of strategies adopted"
I'm fairly clueless what to use, in class we've done both minehead which is a bunch of hard+soft schemes on a tourist resort.
We've also done one on Slapton Sands, which involves alot of Cost Benefit Analysis.

Which one should I use! Slapton only has the 'CBA Score' where Minehead tells me the cost of defences vs. the potential damage inflicted.

Thanks a bunch... THIS IS URGENT!!!

Reply 54

jubjubbird01

Original post by saffire

Does anyone know what case studies we need for 'Ice on the Land'?

Slightly worried about this topic, we rushed through it a bit!

You need:
Case study of a glacier – recent retreat since nineteenth century: causes and evidence.
Case study of an Alpine area for winter sports and an area for sightseeing of glaciers – the attractions for tourists; economic, social and environmental impact. The need for management and the management strategies used and their level of success. Avalanche hazards.