Urban Practical Skills (Edexcel IGCSE Geography): Exam Questions

Identify two health and safety risks for students carrying out fieldwork in urban locations. 

Explain one way you managed a risk associated with your primary data collection. 

You have studied urban environments as part of your own geographical enquiry.  State the title of your geographical enquiry. 

(i) State one type of sampling you used in your geographical enquiry. 

(1)

(ii) Explain one way this sampling technique helped you to collect reliable data or information. 

(2)

You have studied the use of central/inner urban environments as part of your own geographical enquiry. 

(i) State one type of secondary data you used in your geographical enquiry.  

(1)

(ii) Explain one way this secondary data helped you when investigating the use of central/inner urban environments.

(2)

A group of geography students investigated how environmental quality changes across different zones of Millbrook, a medium-sized town in the East Midlands.

They wanted to find out whether environmental quality varied between the town centre and the outer suburbs.

State one type of sampling the students used to select their data collection sites.

The students visited five sites along a transect from the town centre outwards and completed an environmental quality survey (EQS) at each location, scoring each site out of 20, where 20 represents the highest environmental quality. They also recorded the percentage of buildings in a poor state of repair at each site.

Figure 1: Environmental quality scores and building condition across five sites in Millbrook

Explain one way the students could have used secondary data to support their enquiry into environmental quality change in Millbrook.

The students visited five sites along a transect from the town centre outwards and completed an environmental quality survey (EQS) at each location.

Explain one risk that the students may have faced during their fieldwork in Millbrook, and describe how they could have managed it.