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AQA GCSE Geography Paper 1 (8035/1) - 22nd May 2023 [Exam Chat]

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Reply 80

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by 18Naree-W
You know to be honest it was really easy but i'm kinda annoyed about the question where it told us to describe the tectonic plate because we couldn't even fit a cast study to get the top marks

was i supposed to use case study for the tropical storm question?🥲i dont think i did

Reply 81

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by sara572729
omg why were u stopped


people were doing the wrong sections on the paper, on the topic they hadn't studied in class for the exam but they should have known they had like what 2 years to prep for it. completely lost my track of thought
(edited 2 years ago)

Reply 82

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by R019x
was i supposed to use case study for the tropical storm question?🥲i dont think i did

Nah. Kinda disappointed tho cuz I was ready to talk about the 33 million coconut trees dying in typhoon haiyan

Reply 83

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by Caotica
Nah. Kinda disappointed tho cuz I was ready to talk about the 33 million coconut trees dying in typhoon haiyan


fr but paper 2 could be case study heavy because different people write the papers

Reply 84

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by Satella
Yeah that was a tricky question I had 2 minutes left when I got onto it and was confused so put down some guesses.

Btw, do you remember what you got the the median deaths by the tropical storm? I got 8000 something not sure if that's right

i got 8800

Reply 85

Oooo

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by rysua
fr but paper 2 could be case study heavy because different people write the papers

Ooo maybe. I did better in my paper 2 mock than paper 1 so fingers crossed those case studies are still lurking somewhere in my mind. Interesting you say that, is paper 3 designed by different people too? For paper 2 my case studies are lagos, Liverpool, Nigeria in general and a mini one on tourism in Jamaica

Reply 86

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by R019x
was i supposed to use case study for the tropical storm question?🥲i dont think i did


Well they say that you should include a case study because it will elevate your answer but if you didn't you might be capped below at 6 marks out of 9

Reply 87

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by 18Naree-W
Well they say that you should include a case study because it will elevate your answer but if you didn't you might be capped below at 6 marks out of 9

wait even if it doesn't say use an example or case study

Reply 88

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by gs324
yeah i only used case studies for the ecosystems 6 and 9 marker, and just namedroped river tees and lyme regis in rivers and coasts


guys can you still get 6 marks if you didnt mention case studies? i didnt use them for the plate margins, prediction and planning but i didnt think we needed to right?

Reply 89

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by anonymous.2003
wait even if it doesn't say use an example or case study

Thats what all my teachers recommend even though it doesn't exactly highlight mentioning a cast study

Reply 90

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by BoshBoy26
What was the producer and consumer relationship in a ecosystem answer? I waffled about Epping Forest but don't know if that's right

i also did that lol

Reply 91

which questions did you NEED case studies for (apart from the desert one) to get full marks??? also i was writing off the lines on almost all the questions instead of asking for extra paper like i was writing in the white space below but i didnt go outside the box does that matter becasue everyone was asking for extra paper... it will still scan and be marker right?

Reply 92

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by user99899989
which questions did you NEED case studies for (apart from the desert one) to get full marks??? also i was writing off the lines on almost all the questions instead of asking for extra paper like i was writing in the white space below but i didnt go outside the box does that matter becasue everyone was asking for extra paper... it will still scan and be marker right?

i did the same too omd
it ebtter get scanned or im losing sm marks

Reply 93

Guys dont worry u dont need case studies for the 6 markers. It’s only necessary for the the one on the hot desert and cold environments. The rest its useful but u do not need it for full marks

Reply 94

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by sara572729
omg why were u stopped


why were you stopped?

Reply 95

for the estuary question i wrote that 1.river meets sea 2.deposition occurs at the estuary to form salth marshes (this was also evident on the figure on the previous page)
spits are long fingers of sand/shingle that jut out into sea. you had to explain the formation through longshore drift and wind direction/angle
bars form when longshore drift causes spits to grow across bays
flood management scheme: figure mentioned flood relief channel +floodplain zoning. i also did channel straightening +dams and reservoirs
the ecosystem 4 marker with the case study was the uk freshwater pond system
food chain is the connection between different species( that rely on eachother as a source of food-i didnt write this part) and food web is the complex hierarchy of plants and animals that rely on eachother for food.

Reply 96

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by anonymous.2003
i did the same too omd
it ebtter get scanned or im losing sm marks


nahhh im acc so scared because that was like my main part of my answer what if they just ignore it anyway because it isnt on the lines... they cant do that surely

Reply 97

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by user99899989
nahhh im acc so scared because that was like my main part of my answer what if they just ignore it anyway because it isnt on the lines... they cant do that surely


they have to cos otherwise its doesnt make sense cos then theyll have to adjust the scanning dimensions for every questiona nd thats just stupid so i think as long as its not outside the box itll be fine

Reply 98

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by user99899989
nahhh im acc so scared because that was like my main part of my answer what if they just ignore it anyway because it isnt on the lines... they cant do that surely



don't worry its fine as long as you didnt write outside the border. . ,

Reply 99

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by user99899989
which questions did you NEED case studies for (apart from the desert one) to get full marks??? also i was writing off the lines on almost all the questions instead of asking for extra paper like i was writing in the white space below but i didnt go outside the box does that matter becasue everyone was asking for extra paper... it will still scan and be marker right?


yeah I also wrote way below the lines, since there’s literally never enough lines! As long as it’s in the box you should be fine is what I was told

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