River Enquiry Skills (Edexcel IGCSE Geography)

Describe two sources of secondary information that might be useful in planning a river channel investigation. 

Suggest why one of the sampling methods named in (b)(i) would be appropriate to use in a river channel investigation. Sampling method

To extend the river study, students were asked to use one additional quantitative and one qualitative technique. Describe two additional fieldwork techniques the students may have selected. 

Quantitative     

Qualitative     

(i)

Suggest one possible aim of a river channel investigation

(2)

(ii)

Identify three reasons why a river channel investigation might not achieve the aim given in (c)(i). 

(3)

Explain one advantage of using a line graph to present results

You have studied river environments for your geographical enquiry. 

Evaluate how successful your chosen data analysis methods were in answering your geographical enquiry question.

Enquiry question.

You have studied river processes as part of your own geographical enquiry.  

Evaluate the effectiveness of the data collection methods in relation to the purpose of the study. 

Enquiry question .    

Study Figure 4 below. It shows some information about methods used, data collected and a conclusion.

The aim of the student’s enquiry was to examine change in river channel shape along the course of a river.

Evaluate how far the student’s data presentation methods and analysis helped the student to make their conclusions.