2021 AQA Water & Carbon revision

This resource pack includes revision material to help prepare students for the water & carbon unit of the AQA Geography course. However, these materials would also be useful for AS & A level courses from other exam boards.
A case study of a river catchment(s) at a local scale appeared in AQA Geography AS exam during 2017 however, it is yet to appear in the AQA exam for A2, so I have decided to focus in greater depth on this section for 2021. The specification lists this case study at the end of the unit & asks students to “examine the themes above” (i.e. carbon cycle as well as the water cycle) therefore to develop lateral thinking skills I have focused on helping students to consider how the changes in the carbon cycle can impacts upon the drainage basin system.

Resources included:

1. Three & half pages of key terms with definitions.

2a) Model answer for the following question:
Assess the extent to which there are inter-relationships between processes in the carbon cycle and factors driving change in the flows and stores of water within river catchment(s) at a local scale. (20 marks)

2b) Previous model answer adapted into a model answer for the following question: (Please note this not a completely different model answer)
Assess the potential impacts of human interference in the carbon cycle upon run-off variations for a river catchment(s) at a local scale. (20 marks)
This essay is VERY similar to the previous example; however, it can be used to show how prior knowledge can be adapted to different questions.

1. List of sources that have been used within the previous model answer. The link to the National River Flow Archive it of much use. These model answers could easily be adapted to a local river elsewhere in the country, perhaps one that is local to the students that you teach.

2. Additional question and plan that students can use to further develop their exam technique.