Geography AQA PAPER 1 Marking Scheme
Natural Hazard - Marking Scheme-Any natural process that is a potential threat to human life and
property
Factors affecting hazard risk - Marking Scheme-Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change
Constructive plates - Marking Scheme-Two plates move apart, magma forces way along gap and causes
earthquake, erupted lava cools and forms volcano
Ecotourism - Marking Scheme-The practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists
which is sustainable and won't damage area
Destructive plate - Marking Scheme-Two plates moving towards one another, oceanic plate subducts
under continental plate and friction causes melting of oceanic plate, triggers earthquake
Conservative plate - Marking Scheme-Two plates moving alongside, friction can send shockwaves causing
earthquakes
Where are volcanoes distributed? - Marking Scheme-Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
Where are earthquakes distributed? - Marking Scheme-Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
Chile HIC earthquake - Marking Scheme-27th feb 2010, 8.8 Richter scale, caused on destructive plate
margin
PE- 5000 deaths, Santiago airport damaged
SE- 1500km road damaged by landslide
IR- Emergency service floating bridge, field hospitals
LTR- President said 4 years to recover
Nepal LIC earthquake - Marking Scheme-25th april 2015, 7.9 Richter scale, caused by collision of
eurasian and Australian plate
, PE- 3 mil homeless
SE- Avalanche 250 missing
IR- Social media search, field hospitals
LTR- Homeless rehoused, tourist site reopened
Why would people live next to natural hazards? - Marking Scheme-Rarity of volcano explosion, poverty,
fertile flood plain soils
How to reduce risk from tectonic hazard - Marking Scheme-Monitoring- using scientific equipment to
detect warning
Prediction- historical events
Protection- designing buildings
Planning- identifying and avoiding places at risk
Coriolis effect - Marking Scheme-The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
Formation of a storm - Marking Scheme-26 degrees water, close to equator, warm ocean heats air
causing it to rise, water evaporates from hot surface, so rising air contains water vapour, air starts to
spin, eye is calm
Where do storms form? - Marking Scheme-5-15 degrees north and south of equator because there is not
enough spin from the rotation of the earth elsewhere
What 3 features can climate change effect in a storm? - Marking Scheme-Distribution, frequency,
intensity
Typhoon Haiyan - Marking Scheme-November 2013, category 5, Philippines
PE- Tacloban airport damage
SE- Looting and violence
IR- Red cross gave food
LTR- Oxfam supported fishing boats for income, cash for cleaning city
Natural Hazard - Marking Scheme-Any natural process that is a potential threat to human life and
property
Factors affecting hazard risk - Marking Scheme-Urbanisation, poverty, development, climate change
Constructive plates - Marking Scheme-Two plates move apart, magma forces way along gap and causes
earthquake, erupted lava cools and forms volcano
Ecotourism - Marking Scheme-The practice of using an area's natural environment to attract tourists
which is sustainable and won't damage area
Destructive plate - Marking Scheme-Two plates moving towards one another, oceanic plate subducts
under continental plate and friction causes melting of oceanic plate, triggers earthquake
Conservative plate - Marking Scheme-Two plates moving alongside, friction can send shockwaves causing
earthquakes
Where are volcanoes distributed? - Marking Scheme-Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
Where are earthquakes distributed? - Marking Scheme-Coastline and tectonic plate boundaries
Chile HIC earthquake - Marking Scheme-27th feb 2010, 8.8 Richter scale, caused on destructive plate
margin
PE- 5000 deaths, Santiago airport damaged
SE- 1500km road damaged by landslide
IR- Emergency service floating bridge, field hospitals
LTR- President said 4 years to recover
Nepal LIC earthquake - Marking Scheme-25th april 2015, 7.9 Richter scale, caused by collision of
eurasian and Australian plate
, PE- 3 mil homeless
SE- Avalanche 250 missing
IR- Social media search, field hospitals
LTR- Homeless rehoused, tourist site reopened
Why would people live next to natural hazards? - Marking Scheme-Rarity of volcano explosion, poverty,
fertile flood plain soils
How to reduce risk from tectonic hazard - Marking Scheme-Monitoring- using scientific equipment to
detect warning
Prediction- historical events
Protection- designing buildings
Planning- identifying and avoiding places at risk
Coriolis effect - Marking Scheme-The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
Formation of a storm - Marking Scheme-26 degrees water, close to equator, warm ocean heats air
causing it to rise, water evaporates from hot surface, so rising air contains water vapour, air starts to
spin, eye is calm
Where do storms form? - Marking Scheme-5-15 degrees north and south of equator because there is not
enough spin from the rotation of the earth elsewhere
What 3 features can climate change effect in a storm? - Marking Scheme-Distribution, frequency,
intensity
Typhoon Haiyan - Marking Scheme-November 2013, category 5, Philippines
PE- Tacloban airport damage
SE- Looting and violence
IR- Red cross gave food
LTR- Oxfam supported fishing boats for income, cash for cleaning city
