Comprehensive study and exam preparation package for Cambridge IGCSE Geography (0460), incorporating exam structure profile, high-yield tactical tips, and common examiner-reported pitfalls.
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试卷概览
卷数
3
总分
195
考试时间
4小时 45分钟
题型
4
试卷
时间
分数
题数
比重
题型
Paper 1
1小时 45分钟
75
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Paper 2
1小时 30分钟
60
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Paper 4
1小时 30分钟
60
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评级
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计算器规定
A silent scientific calculator may be used on papers where calculators are permitted (some papers are non-calculator). It must not be graphical or programmable and must hold no stored information.
AO1: Knowledge with understanding (30%)
AO2: Skills and analysis (52%)
AO3: Judgement and decision-making (18%)
根据历届试题与评分标准整理（2023–2025）。
计算器程序
Table mode for roots & turning points
Scientific calculator (e.g. Casio fx-991 series)
用途: Tabulate \(y\) across a range of \(x\) to locate sign changes (roots) and approximate maxima/minima.
使用时机: Solving or sketching a function when you want to find where its graph crosses or turns.
步骤
Enter the function in TABLE mode, set the start, end and step, then read where the sign of \(y\) changes or where it peaks.
考试提示: Allowed on papers where a calculator is permitted; use a silent scientific calculator with no stored content and show your method.
Statistics mode (mean, SD & regression)
Scientific calculator (e.g. Casio fx-991 series)
用途: Read the mean \(\bar{x}\) and standard deviation directly, and the gradient/intercept (and \(r\)) of a linear regression for bivariate data.
使用时机: Any data-handling, statistics, or required-practical analysis question.
步骤
Enter the data in STAT mode (1-VAR or A+BX), then recall \(\bar{x}\), \(\sigma\) or the regression coefficients.
考试提示: Allowed on papers where a calculator is permitted; use a silent scientific calculator with no stored content and show your method.
Carry exact values with Ans & memory
Scientific calculator (e.g. Casio fx-991 series)
用途: Keep full-precision intermediate values to avoid rounding errors.
使用时机: Multi-step calculations where premature rounding loses the final accuracy mark.
步骤
Use Ans, STO/RCL or the M+ memory to reuse the unrounded result of each step; round only the final answer.
考试提示: Allowed on papers where a calculator is permitted; use a silent scientific calculator with no stored content and show your method.
Equation solver — to CHECK your working
Scientific calculator (e.g. Casio fx-991 series)
用途: Use the built-in EQN/SOLVE mode to verify roots of quadratics or simultaneous equations you have already solved by algebra.
使用时机: As a check only, after solving by hand.
步骤
Enter the coefficients in EQN mode (or use SOLVE) and confirm they match your worked solution.
考试提示: Allowed on papers where a calculator is permitted; use a silent scientific calculator with no stored content and show your method.
常见错误
1high涉及分数: 2Migration
Using circular definitions when explaining processes, such as defining forced migration as 'when people are forced to migrate'.
如何避免: Use distinct, precise terminology that avoids repeating the command words (e.g., define forced migration as 'the involuntary movement of people fleeing conflict, political instability, or environmental disasters').
2high涉及分数: 3Climate and natural vegetation
Reversing climate graph scales, plotting temperature on the rainfall axis or vice-versa.
如何避免: Always verify that temperature is represented by a line graph matching the left vertical axis (°C) and rainfall is represented by bar charts matching the right vertical axis (mm).
3high涉及分数: 4Geographical skills
Omitting graph axes completions and data plotting requirements on skills and fieldwork tasks.
如何避免: Perform a rigorous visual check on every page of Papers 2 and 4 to locate plotting tasks, incomplete bars, or missing key symbols.
4high涉及分数: 2Geographical skills
Presenting standalone raw statistics in comparison questions without utilizing comparative adjectives or connectives.
如何避免: Always pair statistics using comparative vocabulary (e.g., write 'the birth rate in Country A is 35 per 1000, whereas in Country B it is significantly lower at 12 per 1000').
5high涉及分数: 3Urban settlements
Drafting broad country-level case studies (e.g., citing only 'India' or 'Brazil') without place-specific regional, urban, or community scale facts.
如何避免: Ground your Level 3 case studies in local sub-districts, street-level initiatives, or exact project schemes (e.g., Dharavi slum in Mumbai, or the Curitiba urban transit plan).
6medium涉及分数: 2Environmental risks of economic development
Conflating global warming and the greenhouse effect with the chemical depletion of the ozone layer.
如何避免: Differentiate these completely: explain global warming as infrared radiation absorption by greenhouse gases, and ozone depletion as CFCs breaking down stratospheric O3 layers.
7medium涉及分数: 3Geographical skills
Confusing a bipolar environmental survey with a standard community questionnaire during fieldwork design.
如何避免: Recall that a bipolar survey scores physical parameters on a qualitative negative-to-positive numerical scale (-3 to +3), while a questionnaire records personal answers from respondents.
8high涉及分数: 2Geographical skills
Drawing segmented/divided bar graphs or pie charts starting each category's plot line from zero.
如何避免: Plot values cumulatively by adding each segment sequentially to the previous segment's end value (e.g., if segment A is 40% and B is 30%, B's dividing line must be drawn at 70%).