Ace your AQA A Level Geography 7037 exams with this official examiner-aligned study guide. Learn to master the delicate AO1/AO2 mark distributions, secure top bands on 20-mark synoptic essays, avoid high-frequency statistical slip-ups in standard deviation questions, and manipulate stimulus materials like a high-scoring geographer.
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试卷概览
卷数
2
总分
240
考试时间
5小时
题型
4
试卷
时间
分数
题数
比重
题型
Paper 1: Physical Geography
2小时 30分钟
120
—
50%
Short outline, Data analysis and stimulus assessment, Medium evaluative response, Extended essay
Paper 2: Human Geography
2小时 30分钟
120
—
50%
Short outline, Data analysis and stimulus assessment, Medium evaluative response, Extended essay
评级
A*ABCDEU
计算器规定
A scientific or graphical calculator that meets JCQ regulations may be used (some GCSE Mathematics and Science papers are non-calculator). Graphical calculators must be set to exam mode; you must clear any stored programs, notes or data before the exam, and the calculator must not be able to retrieve stored text or formulae.
AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of places, environments, concepts, processes, interactions and change. (35%)
AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding in context to analyse, interpret and evaluate geographical information and issues. (35%)
AO3: Use a variety of relevant quantitative, qualitative and fieldwork skills to investigate, analyse, interpret and evaluate. (30%)
根据历届试题与评分标准整理（2022–2024）。
计算器程序
Graph: zeros, intersections & turning points
Graphical calculator / GDC (exam mode)
用途: Plot a function to read its roots (zeros), points of intersection, and maxima/minima.
使用时机: Checking solutions, sketching, or solving where an analytic method is hard.
步骤
Graph the function(s) and use the built-in zero, intersect and maximum/minimum tools.
考试提示: Allowed under JCQ rules, but you must still show your method — an unsupported calculator answer earns no method marks. Clear all stored programs, notes and data (graphical calculators in exam mode) before the exam.
Numerical equation solver
Graphical calculator / GDC (exam mode)
用途: Solve an equation or find a variable numerically when an algebraic route is long or implicit.
使用时机: Iterative or implicit equations, or to confirm an algebraic solution.
步骤
Use the equation/zero solver, entering the equation and a sensible starting estimate.
考试提示: Allowed under JCQ rules, but you must still show your method — an unsupported calculator answer earns no method marks. Clear all stored programs, notes and data (graphical calculators in exam mode) before the exam.
Numerical integration & differentiation
Graphical calculator / GDC (exam mode)
用途: Evaluate a definite integral \(\int_a^b f(x)\,dx\) or a gradient \(f'(x)\) at a point.
使用时机: Checking calculus answers, or where only a numerical value is needed.
步骤
Use the GDC's numeric integral / derivative function with the limits or the point.
考试提示: Allowed under JCQ rules, but you must still show your method — an unsupported calculator answer earns no method marks. Clear all stored programs, notes and data (graphical calculators in exam mode) before the exam.
Statistics & probability distributions
Graphical calculator / GDC (exam mode)
用途: 1-var/2-var statistics, linear regression, and cumulative binomial / normal / Poisson probabilities without tables.
使用时机: Statistics questions and hypothesis tests.
步骤
Enter data in the statistics editor, or use the distribution menu (binomial cdf, normal cdf, …).
考试提示: Allowed under JCQ rules, but you must still show your method — an unsupported calculator answer earns no method marks. Clear all stored programs, notes and data (graphical calculators in exam mode) before the exam.
常见错误
1high涉及分数: 3Systems and processes
Lifting figures from raw data (e.g. from inserts) without performing mathematical manipulation.
如何避免: Perform mathematical manipulation, such as calculating percentage differences, rates of change over time, ratios, or grouping anomalies together.
2high涉及分数: 3Systems and processes
In Paper 1 Section B/C standard deviation questions, candidates made rounding errors or used the wrong formula divisor.
如何避免: Always calculate standard deviation using the formula provided on the exam paper, pay close attention to decimals (usually keeping at least 2 decimal places), and double-check your arithmetic.
3high涉及分数: 12Changing places – relationships, connections, meaning and representation
Failing to trace the specific, localized socio-economic characteristics of 'distant place' studies on Paper 2, Section B.
如何避免: Ground the response in specific, place-specific details of studied case studies (including dates, names, and exact statistics) to avoid having marks capped.
4medium涉及分数: 4International trade and access to markets
Failing to make direct, explicit references to the figures provided in Paper 2 data analysis questions.
如何避免: Always integrate explicit citations of the resource figures (e.g., 'As shown in Figure 2...') to avoid having your AO2 marks capped by examiners.
5medium涉及分数: 8The nature and importance of places
Confusing endogenous factors (internal assets) with exogenous flows (external inputs) in Changing Places essays.
如何避免: Classify endogenous factors clearly as physical site assets (topography, geology, location) and internal human assets, while defining exogenous flows strictly as external inputs of ideas, money, capital, resources, and people.