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All rights reserved. Follow us on Twitter @AQACPD  \nGeography 8035  \n8035/1 Paper 1 : Living with the physical environment 1h 30m  \n23 May 2022 am  \n8035/2 Paper 2: Challenges in the human environment 1h 15m  \n07 June 2022 pm  \n8035/3 Paper 3: Geographical applications 1h  \n14 June 2022 am  \nPresentation Overview  \n• Structure of the three examination papers  \n• Changes to the 2022 papers – in summary  \n• Grade boundaries (2019) as a general idea.  \n• Main case studies.  \n• Themes where students performed well/ areas where students struggled.  \n• Focus on key terms and understanding questions.  \nPAPER 1 – LIVING WITH THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT  \n88 marks (including 3 marks for SPAG)  \n35% of GCSE Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes  \nSection A: answer all questions (33 marks) Page 2-26 (RG) The Challenge of Natural Hazards  \nSection B: answer all questions (25 marks) Page 27-46 (RG) The living World – Only answer the ‘Hot’ Desert question  \nSection C: answer any two questions from questions 3, 4 and 5 (30 marks) Page 54-82 (RG) Do not answer Q5 (Glacial) Coastal Landscapes (Q3) and River Landscapes (Q4)  \nQuestion types: multiple-choice, short answer and extended prose .  \n4  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \nPAPER 2 – CHALLENGES IN THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT  \n63 marks (including 3 marks for SPAG)  \n35% of GCSE Time: 1 hour and 15 minutes  \nSection A: answer all questions (33 marks) Page 94-110 (RG) Urban Issues and Challenges  \nSection B: answer all questions (30 marks) Page 111-131 (RG)  \nThe Changing Economic World  \nSection C: Do not answer this section .  \nQuestion types: multiple-choice, short answer and extended prose .  \n5  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \nPAPER 3 – GEOGRAPHICAL APPLICATIONS  \n56 marks 30% of GCSE  \n6 marks awarded for SPAG in Section A  \nTime: 1 hour  \nSection A: answer all questions (40 marks) Booklet given in class and time given to prepare. Booklet can be taken home and notes can be made on the booklet. Clean booklet given in the exam.  \nSection B: answer all questions (16 marks) Unseen fieldwork questions practiced in class using past paper questions.  \n6  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \nSummary of changes for the 2022 papers  \nPAPER 1 – No changes to the paper. Do not answer Cold Environments (Section B) or Glacial Landscapes (Section C) .  \nPAPER 2 – Optionality introduced. Economic World taught and Resource Management not completed. Only answer Section A and B in the exam and not Section C.  \nPAPER 3 – Section A is normal. Only unseen fieldwork included in the exam as no fieldwork has taken place due to the pandemic (Section B) .  \n7  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \nGrade boundaries 2019 (last examination)  \n| Grade | % |\n| --- | --- |\n| 9 | 73 |\n| 8 | 65 |\n| 7 | 58 |\n| 6 | 51 |\n| 5 | 44 |\n| 4 | 38 |\n| 3 | 27 |\n| 2 | 17 |\n| 1 | 8 |\n\n8  \nCopyright © AQA and its licensors. All rights reserved.  \nWhat do we do well and what areas are less successful.  \n| Most successful themes | Least successful themes |\n| --- | --- |\n| • 9 mark questions • | Understanding of key |\n| • Student performance on questions | geographical terms . |\n| requiring use of photographs. • | Questions that require students to |\n| • Mathematical calculations were | bring their own understanding to a |\n| largely accurately carried out | stimulus – students often didn’t |\n| • Students clearly engaged well with | extend their responses away |\n| case studies and examples that | from the resource |\n| were local/familiar to them • | Engagement with text-based |\n| • Engagement with the resources in | stimulus |\n| the pre-release materials • | Using examples or case study |\n| • Making judgements in the issue | knowledge that supports the |\n| evaluation questions | students r","cbCaiiBc6kbaNeMv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiBc6kbaNeMv","pdf",2755969,"English","# Presentation Overview\n## Structure of the three examination papers\n## Changes to the 2022 papers\n## Grade boundaries (2019) and themes\n# Paper 1 – Living with the physical environment\n## Marks, sections, and question types\n## Key case studies and choices\n# Paper 2 – Challenges in the human environment\n## Marks, sections, and question types\n## 2022 optionality changes\n# Paper 3 – Geographical applications\n## Marks, sections, and fieldwork focus\n## 2022 unseen fieldwork change\n# Summary of changes for the 2022 papers\n# Grade boundaries 2019\n# What do we do well and areas less successful\n# Examiner’s report key advice","[{\"question\":\"What are the main differences in structure and choices across Papers 1, 2, and 3?\",\"answer\":\"Paper 1 uses Sections A, B, and C with specific do/don’t answer requirements and a section where students answer any two questions from a given set. 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