0460.1.1.03 — How the drainage basin operates within the water cycle.: past paper questions
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- 0460/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(i)[1]
Identify the direction from which the prevailing wind blows towards the hot deserts shown in Fig. 4.1.
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(ii)[2]
Using Fig. 4.1 only, state one similarity and one difference between the locations of the Mojave Desert and Sonoran Desert. similarity difference
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(iii)[3]
Describe the typical climate of an area of hot desert.
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4a(iv)[4]
Using Fig. 4.1 only, explain two reasons why the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts have a hot desert climate.
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4b(i)[3]
Describe the landscape shown in Fig. 4.2.
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4b(ii)[5]
Explain how vegetation, such as that shown in Fig. 4.2, can survive in a hot desert.
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · May/June 2025 · Q4c[7]
Tropical rainforest is the main type of vegetation which grows in areas of equatorial climate. Describe and explain the characteristics of the vegetation in an area of tropical rainforest you have studied. Name of area of tropical rainforest Section C Answer one question from this section.
See it on the paper → - 0460/11 · October/November 2024 · Q3a(i)[1]
What is a drainage basin?
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · October/November 2024 · Q3a(iii)[3]
Give a reason for each of the following features of tropical rainforest vegetation. tall trees have buttress roots some trees have drip tip leaves small plants on the forest floor have wide leaves
See it on the paper → - 0460/12 · May/June 2024 · Q4a(i)[1]
the sentence that defines hydrological cycle.
See it on the paper → - 0460/22 · February/March 2023 · Q4a(iii)[2]
Which of the following statements are true about the climates A and B shown in Fig. 4.1? Tick (✓) one box on each line. One has been completed for you. tick (✓) A B ✓ highest temperature range lowest minimum temperature highest annual rainfall longest dry season in the southern hemisphere
See it on the paper → - 0460/22 · February/March 2023 · Q4b[4]
Explain why rainfall is low in hot desert areas.
See it on the paper → - 0460/13 · October/November 2022 · Q6c[7]
For a named area you have studied, name one economic activity which is a threat to the local natural environment and explain how these environmental risks are being managed. Name of area Economic activity
See it on the paper → - 0460/21 · October/November 2022 · Q5a[4]
Using Fig. 5.1, describe the main features of an equatorial climate.
See it on the paper → - 0460/21 · October/November 2022 · Q5b(i)[1]
Which is the largest nutrient store in Fig. 5.2?
See it on the paper → - 0460/21 · October/November 2022 · Q5b(ii)[1]
Identify one way in which nutrients enter the system.
See it on the paper → - 0460/21 · October/November 2022 · Q5c[2]
How does vegetation reduce overland flow and soil erosion?
See it on the paper → - 0460/21 · October/November 2022 · Q6a[1]
Which one of the following terms describes the farm in Fig. 6.1? Tick (✓) one box below.
See it on the paper → - 0460/21 · October/November 2022 · Q6b[4]
Describe the features of the agriculture shown in Fig. 6.1 (Insert).
See it on the paper → - 0460/12 · May/June 2022 · Q3c[7]
For an area you have studied with an equatorial climate, describe and explain the climatic characteristics.
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What examiners said
Candidates found this question challenging. The most common answer was the reversal, southwest, which was incorrect. Candidates needed to be aware that the prevailing wind direction was indicated by a large arrow on Fig. 4.1.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/13 Q4(a)(i) (Cambridge)
Many candidates gained both marks for identifying a similarity and a difference and all mark scheme ideas were frequently seen. The most common error was in the differences with some simply writing about one of the deserts (e.g. ‘Sonoran Desert is partly in Mexico’) without referring to the Mojave. This meant that they did not give a comparative statement.
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/13 Q4(a)(ii) (Cambridge)
This question was generally well answered with most candidates correctly identifying ‘dry/arid’ and many others referring to the high diurnal temperature range. Many answers also gained the ‘hot’ mark, though this was not mentioned by some, although they did tend to include reference to hot daytime temperatures within the diurnal range idea. Reference to seasonal variation of temperature was not c...
— Examiner report, May/June 2025, 0460/13 Q4(a)(iii) (Cambridge)
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