Geography at AS: Exam summary

AS Units
Unit F761: Managing Physical Environments
In total there are four topics in this unit. These are:
River environments
Coastal environments
Cold environments
Hot arid or semi-arid environments (e !o not stu!y this)
Questions in the exam papers appear in the order above.
This unit has the choice of essa based or structured !uestions on "River
environments#$ "Coastal environments# and "Cold environments#.
Unit F76": Managing #hange in $uman Environments
In total there are four topics in this unit. These are:
%ana&in& urban chan&e
%ana&in& rural chan&e (e !o not stu!y this)
The ener& issue
The &ro'th of tourism
Questions in the exam papers appear in the order above.
This unit has the choice of essa based or structured !uestions on "%ana&in&
urban chan&e#$ "The ener& issue# and "The &ro'th of tourism#.
Assessment %or each o% units F671 an! 67"
&'( o% the total AS G#E mar) *1+ hour ritten paper , 7& mar)s-
Section A (structured !uestions) (approximatel ($ )$ ) and * mar+ parts):
Candidates complete to !uestions (,- mar+s each).
In .nit /0)1$ the choose one from "River environments# or "Coastal
environments# and complete one on "Cold environments#.
In .nit /0),$ the complete one on "%ana&in& urban chan&e# and choose one
from "The ener& issue# or "The &ro'th of tourism#.
Questions are based on stimulus material such as maps (23 and other tpes)$
'ritten material$ photos$ satellite and other ima&es$ dia&rams and statistical
information.
Section . (essa !uestions):
Candidates complete one !uestion (,- mar+s). The must not ans'er an
essa on a topic ans'ered in 3ection 4.
In .nit /0)1$ candidates choose an essa on either "River environments# or
"Coastal environments#.
In .nit /0),$ candidates choose an essa on either "The ener& issue# or "The
&ro'th of tourism#.