A Level Geography Past Papers
Paper 1
Exam sittings
| Session | Questions | Syllabus code |
|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | 37 | 9156/1 |
| June 2004 | 40 | 9156/1 |
| November 2003 | 23 | 9156/1 |
Topics covered
coastal geomorphologyarid geomorphologyclimatologyslope processessoilsweatheringfluvial geomorphologyglaciationnatural hazardsprecipitation
Sample questions
- A geographer carries out a field survey to compare slope profiles in two valleys,…
- When surveying the vegetation of a small area (about 10 km²) to detect change over time,…
- A geographer wants to show the seasonal occurrence of rainfall at one weather station…
- A field survey compared slope profiles in two valleys: a limestone valley where maximum…
- In a vegetation survey, what is the name for the diagram used to display the distribution…
- A geographer has annual rainfall totals for 20 weather stations scattered across a 1 000…
- Which of the following correctly explains why water vapour condenses in the atmosphere?
- Which sampling method involves marking out a grid of sample plots spread across a study…
- A rainfall dispersion graph plots each year's total rainfall as a point against time for…
- In geomorphology, drainage pattern and drainage density describe different aspects of a…
- The 'day model' of the atmosphere's energy budget includes incoming solar radiation,…
- Which statement correctly distinguishes the greenhouse effect from global warming?
- A drainage density study recorded that a sandstone area receiving 900 mm of annual…
- In the six-factor energy-budget model of the atmosphere, what term describes the…
- Urban areas are typically warmer than the surrounding rural areas, an effect known as the…
- A river that flows all year round, even during the dry season, because it is fed by…
- Continental interiors such as parts of Asia show strong negative temperature anomalies in…
- The Northeast and Southeast Trade wind air masses converge near the equator, producing…
Paper 2
Exam sittings
| Session | Questions | Syllabus code |
|---|---|---|
| November 2004 | 25 | N/A |
| June 2004 | 32 | N/A |
| November 2003 | 23 | N/A |
Topics covered
transport geographydevelopment indicatorspopulation changepopulation geographyenergy resourcesindustrial development stagesindustrial locationinformal sector economicspopulation and societypopulation mapping techniques
Sample questions
- In geography, what general term describes the area or extent over which a settlement,…
- During fieldwork on a factory's industrial system, the linkages between raw material…
- A researcher wants to show, on a single sketch map, the total volume and direction of…
- When constructing a proportional circle map to represent town or city populations, which…
- In presenting migration survey results, a map that uses arrows to show the origins and…
- A study area is sampled using two different point-sampling techniques. In Technique A,…
- In the dot method of representing rural population, where each dot represents a fixed…
- In the Demographic Transition Model, the stage characterised by high birth and death…
- A survey area with two contrasting land-use zones is sampled by first dividing it into…
- Which population-mapping technique shades administrative units (such as districts or…
- In the Demographic Transition Model, which stage is characterised by a still-high birth…
- Malthusian theory contrasts how population and food supply grow over time. If food supply…
- What demographic term describes the difference between a population's birth rate and…
- In the Demographic Transition Model, which stage is characterised by both birth and death…
- In Malthusian theory, food supply is said to increase only at what type of rate, in…
- Which of the following best defines mortality in population geography?
- In the Demographic Transition Model, the stage in which the birth rate falls below the…
- In cities in developing countries, in-migration is heavily concentrated in the 20 to 34…
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