AQA A LEVEL GEOGRAPHY 7037 2 PAPER
2 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY MARK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Pastoral farming. Answer: Livestock rearing, semi-desert
⩥ Mixed farming. Answer: Arable and livestock, common form of UK
agriculture
⩥ Intensive farming. Answer: Fruit, flower, vegetable production, high
investment in labour, high yields per hectare
⩥ Commercial farming. Answer: Crops produced for commercial use
⩥ Extensive farming. Answer: Low inputs, large areas of land, yields per
hectare are low
⩥ Subsistence farming. Answer: Farmers produce for themselves and
their families
,⩥ How does climate determine food productivity?. Answer: - climate =
measured by precipitation, temperature, sunshine hours, humidity,
frequency of extreme weather
- adequate rainfall = appropriate weather for rearing livestock and
photosynthesis
- climate can influence fevers such as malaria, yellow fever and ebola
⩥ How does soil determine food productivity?. Answer: - soil fertility =
dependant on soil structure, texture, acidity, organic matter, nutrients
- alluvial soils = caused from natural disasters, volcanoes, floodplains,
flooding, river beds
- dense, more fertile soils are able to provide for a higher population
- soil fertility can increased by artificial chemical fertilisers
⩥ How does water determine food productivity?. Answer: - used for
human hydration and irrigation
- maintains food production
⩥ Tim Meyer's farming in the Tundra (Alaska). Answer: Permafrost land
(frozen ground)
30x100 foot high tunnels
Does not use pesticides and herbicides
Tunnels allow warm, dry soil and growing season to be twice as long
(planting earlier and higher profits recieved)
,⩥ Farming in monsoon areas. Answer: Climates can be cool and dry or
dry and hot
Rain can be used as hydropower
Directly affects over 50% of India's population
⩥ CSA - climate smart agriculture. Answer: - policy makers make more
of a chance to help improve the climate situation
- farmers motivated to try new techniques
- combine finance to target CC
- improve food security to use climate smart farming
⩥ IARI (Indian Agricultural Research Institute). Answer: - stressed by
drought
- drought contingency plan....
watch rainfall
response and recovery programmes
plan reviewed and regularly updated
ground moisture conserved
⩥ How is soil formed?. Answer: - compression
- break down of small rocks
- weathering
, ⩥ What is the pedosphere?. Answer: The outer most layer of the earth,
composed of soil
⩥ What is the role of soil?. Answer: - plant growth
- water storage + supply
- earth atmosphere
- organism habitat
⩥ What degrades soil?. Answer: - less trees and vegetation
- deforestation
- leeching (nutrients and minerals are washed out of the soil)
⩥ Zonal soil. Answer: Mature soils that are well developed and stable
for a long period of time
⩥ Chernozem zonal soil. Answer: - black soils that are rich in organic
matter
- one metre deep, clay-like texture
- high fertility, attract modern agriculture
- mineral content driven from wind-blown sediments
2 HUMAN GEOGRAPHY MARK ACTUAL
EXAMINATION PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ Pastoral farming. Answer: Livestock rearing, semi-desert
⩥ Mixed farming. Answer: Arable and livestock, common form of UK
agriculture
⩥ Intensive farming. Answer: Fruit, flower, vegetable production, high
investment in labour, high yields per hectare
⩥ Commercial farming. Answer: Crops produced for commercial use
⩥ Extensive farming. Answer: Low inputs, large areas of land, yields per
hectare are low
⩥ Subsistence farming. Answer: Farmers produce for themselves and
their families
,⩥ How does climate determine food productivity?. Answer: - climate =
measured by precipitation, temperature, sunshine hours, humidity,
frequency of extreme weather
- adequate rainfall = appropriate weather for rearing livestock and
photosynthesis
- climate can influence fevers such as malaria, yellow fever and ebola
⩥ How does soil determine food productivity?. Answer: - soil fertility =
dependant on soil structure, texture, acidity, organic matter, nutrients
- alluvial soils = caused from natural disasters, volcanoes, floodplains,
flooding, river beds
- dense, more fertile soils are able to provide for a higher population
- soil fertility can increased by artificial chemical fertilisers
⩥ How does water determine food productivity?. Answer: - used for
human hydration and irrigation
- maintains food production
⩥ Tim Meyer's farming in the Tundra (Alaska). Answer: Permafrost land
(frozen ground)
30x100 foot high tunnels
Does not use pesticides and herbicides
Tunnels allow warm, dry soil and growing season to be twice as long
(planting earlier and higher profits recieved)
,⩥ Farming in monsoon areas. Answer: Climates can be cool and dry or
dry and hot
Rain can be used as hydropower
Directly affects over 50% of India's population
⩥ CSA - climate smart agriculture. Answer: - policy makers make more
of a chance to help improve the climate situation
- farmers motivated to try new techniques
- combine finance to target CC
- improve food security to use climate smart farming
⩥ IARI (Indian Agricultural Research Institute). Answer: - stressed by
drought
- drought contingency plan....
watch rainfall
response and recovery programmes
plan reviewed and regularly updated
ground moisture conserved
⩥ How is soil formed?. Answer: - compression
- break down of small rocks
- weathering
, ⩥ What is the pedosphere?. Answer: The outer most layer of the earth,
composed of soil
⩥ What is the role of soil?. Answer: - plant growth
- water storage + supply
- earth atmosphere
- organism habitat
⩥ What degrades soil?. Answer: - less trees and vegetation
- deforestation
- leeching (nutrients and minerals are washed out of the soil)
⩥ Zonal soil. Answer: Mature soils that are well developed and stable
for a long period of time
⩥ Chernozem zonal soil. Answer: - black soils that are rich in organic
matter
- one metre deep, clay-like texture
- high fertility, attract modern agriculture
- mineral content driven from wind-blown sediments
