River Practical Skills (Edexcel IGCSE Geography)

A group of students have undertaken a study exploring changes in a river channel every 100 metres. 

Identify the type of sampling method used.

State one disadvantage of using one of the sampling methods in the question above, (a). 

Sampling Method.

A group of students have undertaken a study exploring changes in a river channel. 

(i)

Identify one risk that the students may identify when undertaking a risk assessment for this investigation

(1)

(ii)

State one way that this risk could be managed.

(1)

Identify a suitable piece of equipment to measure river velocity

Name one type of sampling method

Describe one way GIS might be used for fieldwork in a river environment

Name one piece of equipment the students could have used in their enquiry

State one type of sampling students could have used to choose their data collection sites

Study Figure 4a

Identify one type of quantitative data used by students

State one way maps could be used to support the enquiry

State one piece of equipment that could be used to measure river velocity