Climate Change | AQA GCSE Geography (8035)
Climate Change
- 26 questions
- 2 subtopics
- Paper 1
- Paper 1
Climate Change is examined in Paper 1, Living with the physical environment.
It covers the evidence, causes and effects of climate change and managing climate change: mitigation and adaptation.
Sample questions from Climate Change
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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The evidence, causes and effects of climate change
What present-day physical changes are taken as evidence that the world is warming?
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Glaciers are retreating and leaving fresh moraine, Arctic sea ice is shrinking in extent and thickness, and mean sea level is rising as oceans warm and expand. -
The evidence, causes and effects of climate change
In what ways does agriculture add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere?
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Cattle and other livestock give off methane as they digest their food, and flooded rice paddies release methane while nitrogen fertiliser releases nitrous oxide. -
Managing climate change: mitigation and adaptation
Why is carbon capture and storage not on its own an answer to the problem?
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It is expensive and still largely experimental, it uses extra energy to run, and it can only treat large fixed sources rather than emissions from transport. -
Managing climate change: mitigation and adaptation
What do countries usually commit themselves to when they sign an international climate agreement?
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To set, report and review national targets for cutting their emissions, and for wealthier nations to help pay for low-carbon development in poorer ones.
The 2 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| The evidence, causes and effects of climate change | The Quaternary swings, ice cores, tree rings, pollen and historical records as evidence, orbital changes, eruptions, sunspots and human causes, and the effects on food, water, coasts and wildlife. | 15 |
| Managing climate change: mitigation and adaptation | Mitigation against adaptation, alternative energy, carbon capture and storage and its limits, planting trees, international agreements, and adapting farming, water supply and coasts to a warmer world. | 11 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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