AQA_GCSE Geography Paper 1_Mark Scheme 2022 | Practice Paper 1 Living with the Physical Environment

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AQA GCSE Geography Paper 1_Mark Scheme 2022 Practice Paper 1 Living with the Physical Environment - - - - Question 1 The challenge of natural hazards 1.1 What is a plate margin? A plate marg... in is the boundary / location where two or more plates meet. This may be the meeting of crust of the same type or different types – such as oceanic and continental. 2 × 1 per simple point, 1 + 1 for an elaborated point (2 marks) AO1 = 2 marks 2 marks 1.2 Use Figure 2, the atlas map, to complete the Fact File. Name of plates at X on the plate margin African 1 mark and IndoAustralian 1 mark Name of volcano at 43°N 122°W Mt St Helens 1 mark AO3 – 2 marks AO4 – 1 mark 3 marks 1.3 Outline the relationship between the largest and deadliest earthquakes shown in the table. Only on two occasions out of five does the highest magnitude of the year cause the most deaths i.e. in 2011 in Japan and in 2008 in China. Sometimes the magnitude is relatively low but causes a lot of deaths as in Haiti in 2010. There is a limited relationship between the largest and the deadliest earthquakes. 3 × 1 per valid point or 1 + (1 + 1) 3 × 1 for basic statements; 1 + 1 for a statement that is elaborated. - - - - [Show More]

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