Geography

Assessment

Component 1: Physical Geography (40% of A Level): Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes (96 marks) – multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response and extended prose. Section A: Water and carbon cycles (27 marks) Section B: either Hot desert environments and their margins or Coastal systems and landscapes (27 marks) Section C: either Hazards or Ecosystems under stress or Cold environments (42 marks) Component 2: Human geography (40% of A-level). Written exam: 2 hours 30 minutes (96 marks) – multiple-choice, short answer, levels of response, extended prose. Section A: Global systems and global governance (27 marks). Section B: Changing places (27 marks). Section C: either Contemporary Urban Environments or Population and the Environment or Resource Security (42 marks). Component 3: Geographical investigation (20% of A-level) 3,000–4,000 words (35 marks). Marked by teachers and moderated by AQA.