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Your exam board is AQA and the specification is called Geography 8035.

You will have 3 exams.

Exam 1  is 1 hour 30 minutes and is 35% of your GCSE.

Living with the Physical Environment

  • Natural Hazards (Tectonic Hazards, Tropical Storms, UK extreme weather and Climate Change)
  • Physical Landscapes in the UK (River Landscapes and Coastal Landscapes)
  • The Living World (Ecosystems, Tropical Rainforest and Hot Deserts)

Exam 2 is 1 hour 30 minutes and is 35% of your GCSE.

Challenges in the Human Environment

  • Urban Issues and Challenges (Urban Change in the UK and Urban Growth in a LIC/NEE)
  • The Changing Economic World (Economic Development in a LIC/NEE and Economic Futures in the UK)
  • The Challenge of Resource Management (Water and Energy)

Exam 3 is 1 hour 15 minutes and is 30% of your GCSE.

Geographical Applications

  • Issue Evaluation
  • Fieldwork

The table below identifies all the command words that start questions in a GCSE geography exam. It also tells you how to answer each type of question and gives you an example.