Complete audit and overhaul of the AQA AS Level Geography (7036) exam structure, including time-management strategy, high-yield essay formulas, quantitative data analysis tricks, and a comprehensive breakdown of the fieldwork and statistical mark schemes.
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试卷概览
卷数
2
总分
160
考试时间
3小时
题型
6
试卷
时间
分数
题数
比重
题型
Paper 1: Physical geography and people and the environment
Paper 2: Human geography and geography fieldwork investigation
1小时 30分钟
80
—
50%
選擇題, Short Written (Suggest/Outline), Analyse/Assess (Data/Skills), Statistical/Calculations, Medium-Tariff Evaluative Questions (9-mark), Extended-Tariff Synoptic Essays (20-mark)
评级
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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: AO1: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of places, environments, concepts, processes, interactions and change. (35%)
AO2: AO2: Apply knowledge and understanding to find connections, interpret, analyse and evaluate geographical information and issues. (40%)
AO3: AO3: Use a variety of relevant quantitative, qualitative and fieldwork skills and techniques. (25%)
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: 9Coastal management
Confusing adaptation with mitigation in physical risk scenarios, focusing heavily on hard engineered blocks instead of zoning or lifestyle changes.
如何避免: Strictly classify mitigation as tackling root causes (e.g. reduction of greenhouse gases, afforestation) and adaptation as adjusting infrastructure/actions to coexist with the risk (e.g. hazard-resistant designs, coastal zoning).
2high涉及分数: 6Water and carbon cycles as natural systems
Qualitatively describing data patterns in 6-mark graphical/map stimulus questions without executing explicit calculations or manipulations.
如何避免: Execute calculations like percentage changes, absolute differences, or ratios (e.g. stating 'The USA's volume of lake water is 8 times that of China' rather than 'The USA is much higher').
3medium涉及分数: 20The concept of hazard in a geographical context
Reciting case study details passively in Hazard and Urban essays without linking them to endogenous/exogenous place perspectives.
如何避免: Frame your essay arguments using Changing Places concepts: evaluate how endogenous factors (such as topography and poverty) and exogenous factors (such as international aid or global climate agreements) interact to alter local risks.
4medium涉及分数: 6The carbon cycle
Failing to read logarithmic axes correctly in cumulative emissions graphs (Figure 1), resulting in false magnitude comparisons.
如何避免: Carefully check the axis scale: identical vertical distances represent orders of magnitude increases on log scales, not equal additions.
5medium涉及分数: 4Fieldwork and Geographical Skills
Rounding numbers too early in standard deviation calculations, which leads to cumulative arithmetic errors in the final SD value.
如何避免: Keep intermediate calculations (such as (x - mean) squared) to a minimum of 4 decimal places, and only round the final square root calculation to 2 decimal places as specified.
6high涉及分数: 3Water and carbon cycles as natural systems
Believing that positive feedback loop means a beneficial or positive ecological outcome.
如何避免: Define positive feedback loops as processes that amplify or exacerbate the initial disruption, driving the system further away from equilibrium.