Hazardous Practical Skills (Edexcel IGCSE Geography)

Exam Questions

41 mins11 questions
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Study Figure 8a which is a sketch map showing the locations of three sampling sites used in an investigation of the microclimate of a village. 

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Why is group work often better suited to microclimate investigations than an individual working alone? 

  • Some villages are polluted. 

  • One person can carry the refreshments

  • One person can record while others use equipment. 

  • The measuring equipment is heavy. 

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Study Figure 8a which shows a geographer collecting weather data. 

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Name the piece of equipment X. 

  • Beaufort scale 

  • whirling hygrometer

  • Stevenson screen

  • rain gauge

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Study Figure 8b which is a table and graph. The table shows data collected up the hill slope shown in Figure 8c. The wind speed data has been plotted on the graph.

(i) Plot the data for temperature on the graph (Figure 8b). 

(4)

SITE 

1

2

3

4

5

Air temperature (°C) 

20.5

19.5

19.0

18.0

17.5

18.0

Wind speed (miles per hour) 

0

1

4

10

10

8

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(ii) Identify two sets of data needed to draw the hill slope profile shown in Figure 8c.

(2)

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A group of students have investigated the physical processes involved in an extreme weather event, by recording a weather diary. The students used an anemometer to record wind speed every hour. 

Identify the type of sampling method used.

  • systematic 

  • random 

  • stratified 

  • opportunistic 

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

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A group of students have investigated the physical processes involved in an extreme weather event, by recording a weather diary. 

(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)

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5a1 mark

Identify a suitable piece of equipment to measure wind speed

  • Anemometer

  • Quadrat

  • Clinometer

  • Stopwatch

5b1 mark

Name one type of sampling method

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

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Study Figure 6a

Identify one type of quantitative data used by the students

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  • Annotated photographs

  • Newspaper articles

  • Amount of rainfall

  • Interviews with local people

7b1 mark

State one way maps could be used to support the enquiry

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81 mark

State one piece of equipment that could be used to measure rainfall

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Outline three factors that should be considered when choosing a suitable sampling site for a microclimate investigation.

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Outline each of the three following sampling methods used in geographical investigations. 

  • random sampling    

  • stratified sampling    

  • systematic sampling

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Describe how the piece of equipment X is used in collecting weather data. 

2b4 marks

Suggest two factors that should be considered when choosing a suitable site at which to locate weather recording equipment such as that shown in figure 1

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33 marks

Explain one fieldwork technique the students could have used to explore weather characteristics

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