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

(Original post by aminah_001)

everyone was saying it was cool, and I know how the plate margins work but what am I supposed to write to get nine marks lol. so shocked when it wasn't a case study ugh

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

Bro my dumb self forgot to talk about haiti in the 9 mark question about tectonics 😭 i was confused, im capped at 6 marks now

You had to name a real place? I just said a small pond with algae and fish.

I did the glacier 6marker right at the beginning cos the night before I was too busy revising chemistry so I had to revise the glaciers topic right before the exam and I didn’t want to forget the info lol. I mentioned quarrying: hard resistant rock for stone in construction industry and roads, limestone for conditioning soils and cement, gravel for concrete, sand for cement, meaning less money has to be spent importing materials from external sources, saving money. However, quarrying polluted the land and rivers, and can ruin the scenery, deteriorating the preservation of the glaciated area. Tourism: largest economic activity in glaciated areas, provides jobs and many profits from visitors, boosting local economy. However, tourism could cause traffic congestion, causing air pollution. Increased house prices too and also soil erosion from vehicles and walking, ruining the conservation of glaciated areas. What did u put?

i talked about the conflict with Toursim and that's about it really (I'm so screwed with this question but I'm relying on everything else to get me through to an 8 for the first paper. I don’t know I'm really annoyed at myself for not leaving enough time but things happen. i probably wouldn't be so upset about ti if i hadn't picked geography for a level lol

What was the question but alos yes bc it said use ur own understanding

i think i got like 8800 ish too idk if im right tho

also did we actually need to reference any like earthquake/volcano events for that one 9 marker???

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

Guys i went for revision over holidays in school and my geography teacher is marking
he said aqa told him not to be generous and hes seen the mark scheme
hes told us whilst paper was easy the mark scheme is SUPER harsh
so grade boundaries gonna be up up up

Guys i went for revision over holidays in school and my geography teacher is marking
he said aqa told him not to be generous and hes seen the mark scheme
hes told us whilst paper was easy the mark scheme is SUPER harsh
so grade boundaries gonna be up up up

Guys, I had a question, if you don't write a conclusion for your 9 marker, how many marks do you lose. I think I did one just can't remember.

I said:

It's expensive. We could use that money to build hospitals (irrelevant but whatever)

While it will protect some areas it might cause more erosion in other areas

Even tho it creates new habitats it still destroys the original habitats

Idk tbh

My hand was aching
in a grade 9 students and had a lot of detailed point but these was no time
there was no chile Nepal case study not typhoon haiya n case study except for 1-4 marks
no Somerset levels flood
no formation of tropical storm
the only question I really enjoyed was the plate margins
The questions threw me off and I didn t talk about the Malaysia case study or lyme Regis or Banbury

I GOT THAT YAY. It was in-between the two and I was like hmm I'm just gonna do the middle value. So glad I did