Graphical Skills (WJEC Eduqas GCSE Geography B): Exam Questions

The Index of Deprivation is a way of measuring several different inequalities in an area. Study the table below.

Complete the pie chart with the data for Housing and Environment. Use data from the above table.

Give one way a pie chart is a suitable chart to present this data.

There are many strategies to improve the lives of people in the UK. The UK Government sets a minimum hourly wage, by age, that employers must pay anyone who works for them. This is the lowest amount of wage per hour people get. Study the below figure.

Name an alternative graph that you could use to represent the data on above figure.

Graphs should be easy to draw and understand. Give one other way the graph you have chosen is suitable.

Study the map in Figure 2.

Describe the location of Grottole by circling the three correct answers from the box below.

The graph above shows the population of Italy over recent years.

Use the information in the table below to complete the line graph

The way people shop is changing, which might change our towns and cities. Study Graph 3.1 below.

Complete the statements below to describe the trend. Use Graph 3.1.

Internet sales have ............................................................. from 2010 to 2019 as a percentage of all retail sales.

In 2019 internet sales are ............................................................. percent of all retail sales.

The students collected secondary data of the rates of more recent erosion along the same stretch of coastline. This data is shown in Table 1.2 below.

Tick (√) the only appropriate graph that could be used to present the data in Table 1.2.

Table 3.1 below and Graph 3.2 opposite show population data for a village in the UK.

Table 3.1 – Population data for a UK village between 1801 and 2011

Suggest one improvement to Graph 3.2 to show the data more effectively.

Graph 3.3 shows the population data from Table 3.1 in a line graph. Complete Graph 3.3 for the year 2011. Use the data in Table 3.1.

Give two reasons why a line graph is a more suitable method of data presentation for this data than a bar chart.

Use Table 3.1 and Graph 3.3.

Tick (√) the three statements that are correct.

Study Figures 2 and 3 on page 3 of the Resource Folder.

San Diego (Figure 2) records its lowest rainfall figure and its highest temperature in August.

Identify the month that this pattern occurs in Perth (Figure 3).

A geography student decides to represent the 1979 and 2019 population data for each city as proportional circles.

Suggest one advantage and one disadvantage of using this graphical technique.

The population growth in some rural areas has led to a growth in numbers of people commuting for work. Below is some data for Cambridge, a city in eastern England.

Table 3.2 – Commuting data 2018

Identify two disadvantages of showing this data as a pictogram.

Give one reason why a pie chart may be a more effective method of presentation for this data.

One student presented their traffic count results on the flow line Map 1.3 below.

The vehicle count at survey point F was 37 vehicles per minute. How wide should the flow line be for survey point F? Tick (√) one box only.

Suggest two ways that Map 1.3 could be improved.

Students in another school investigated commuter flows into the city of Birmingham. They used secondary data about bus routes. This information is shown on Map 1.4 below.

What are the limitations of this secondary data in understanding commuter flows into Birmingham?

This question is about your own fieldwork experience of collecting data about geographical flows.

Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of one method you used to present your data on geographical flows.

The data presentation method I used was:............................................

Keswick experienced flooding in November of 2017. Study Graph 3.5 below.

Complete the sentences below by adding the correct information from the box.

The River Derwent first flooded on ………................................November. When it first flooded the River Derwent was at ………........................…. ......metres. The highest level that the River Derwent reached was ………......................... . During Tuesday the River Derwent rose by ………...............................metres.

In 2017 a national survey asked UK households whether they agreed with the following statement:

‘I believe the area where I live is at risk of flooding.’

The results are shown below

Use the data in the table to complete the remaining parts of the pie chart.

What is the total percentage of people that agree the area they live is at risk of flooding.

………......................................……. %