Issue Evaluation (AQA GCSE Geography)

‘The Peruvian government has decided to allow the development of new roads in the Amazon.’

Do you think that this was the right decision?

Yes  --------  No  ---------

Tick (✓) the box to show your choice.

Use evidence from the resources booklet and your own understanding to explain your choice.

Study Figure 3 in the resource booklet, 'Slums of hope or slums of despair?'

‘Slums of hope or slums of despair?’

Which do you think best describes urban slums in LIC/NEE cities?

Use evidence from the resources booklet and your own understanding to support your answer.

‘Large scale wind energy projects are a suitable option for the Isle of Lewis.’

Do you agree with this statement?
Yes  No 
Tick (✓) the box to show your choice.

Use evidence from the resources booklet and your own understanding to explain your answer.

Study Figure 3 in the resources booklet, ‘A waste incinerator for Cambridge – box a burning issue!’.

The proposal to build the waste incinerator was rejected in June 2020. Do you think that this was the correct decision?

Yes                 No       

Tick () the box to show your choice.

Use evidence from the resources booklet and your own understanding to explain your answer.

Study Figure 2, ‘Managing water demand in Oxfordshire’ and Figure 3, ‘A new reservoir for Oxfordshire?’ in the resources booklet.

‘Some activities in areas of tropical rainforests are more damaging than others.’ 
To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Study Figure 3, 'Road development in the Peruvian Amazon'

What does the information in the ‘Peru: development fact file’ suggest about levels of development in Peru?

Explain the link between economic development and urbanisation.

Study Figure 2 in the resources booklet, ‘The growth of slums in LICs and NEEs’.

Suggest why the government’s aim to recycle 65% of waste by 2035 may not be met.

‘Managing waste is both an economic and an environmental issue.’

Discuss this statement.

As part of a physical geography enquiry a group of students wanted to test the hypothesis that ‘a local beach gets wider from west to east’.

The students measured the width of the beach to the nearest metre at equal points between two groynes (wooden barriers).

Study Figure 5, a diagram showing the results of the students’ beach survey.

Figure 5

Use Figure 5 to complete the following table, which was used to analyse the students’ data.

A group of students wanted to compare the residential quality of different areas within a town.

Each area was visited and judged in five categories using a scale of 1–10.

The results are shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6

Which area shown in Figure 6 has the highest residential quality?

Use the data in Figure 6 to justify your decision.