Coasts - Exam Questions

 

In the exam you write two essays in 1 hour and 30 minutes.  You select one of the two essay titles on Coasts.  The essay is marked out of 25.

 

These questions require you to make the fullest possible use of examples in support of your answers. Sketch-maps and diagrams should be included where relevant.

 

JANUARY 2014 (For Welsh Candidates Only)

1. Examine how coasts operate as a system.

 

2. EITHER   Assess the effectiveness of strategies used to manage the impacts of coastal processes on human activity.

     OR   Assess the effectiveness of strategies used to manage the impacts of human activities on coastal environments.

 

JUNE 2013

1. Examine the processes responsible for the production of ONE or MORE coastal landforms.

 

2. Explain why coastal environments need to be managed.

 

JANUARY 2013

1. Examine the role of sea level change in the development of coastal landforms.

 

2. Assess the success of strategies to manage coastal environments.

 

JUNE 2012

1.  Examine the relative importance of erosion and deposition in the development of one or more coastal landforms.

 

2.  'Coastal environments need to be managed.' Discuss.

 

JANUARY 2012

1.  Examine how coasts operate as a system.

 

2.  Examine how management strategies in coastal environments provide protection from the impacts of coastal processes.

 

JUNE 2011

1.      Examine the role of geology in the development of coastal landforms.

 

2.      Examine how coastal processes and landforms impact on human activity.

 

JANUARY 2011

1.      Examine the processes responsible for the formation of one or more coastal landforms.

 

2.      Discuss the impact of coastal process and landforms on human activity.

 

JUNE 2010

1.      Examine the role of depositional processes in the development of coastal landforms.

 

2.      Either, Assess the effectiveness of strategies used to manage the impacts of coastal processes and landforms on human activity.

 

Or, Assess the effectiveness of strategies used to manage the impacts of human activities on coastal environments.

 

JANUARY 2010

1.      Examine the role of erosional processes in the development of coastal landforms.

 

2.      Examine how human activities are influenced by coastal environments.

 

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June 2009

1.      Discuss the importance of high energy events in the development of landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

 

2.      Discuss the range of opinions about the success of management strategies used in your chosen geomorphic environment.

 

January 2009

1.      Examine the processes responsible for the production of distinctive landforms within your chosen geomorphic environment.

 

2.      Assess the effectiveness of strategies used to manage the interactions between geomorphic processes and human activity in your chosen geomorphic environment.

 

June 2008

1.      Examine the importance of the role of geology in the development of selected landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

 

2.      Discuss the costs and benefits of management strategies used to reduce the impact of human activity on the natural environment in your chosen geomorphic environment.

 

January 2008

1.      Describe and explain the role of high energy events, compared with longer periods of stability, in the development of landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

 

2.      Explain why opinions differ over the success of strategies used to manage the impacts of human activity on the natural environment.

 

June 2007

1.   Describe and explain the development of major landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

2.   Discuss the success of management strategies used to deal with the impact of human activity on landforms and geomorphological processes in your chosen geomorphic environment.

January 2007

1.   Describe how landforms within your chosen geomorphic environment may be modified by geomorphological processes other than those responsible for their initial formation.

2.   Geomorphological processes and landforms have impacts on human activity.  Explain why strategies may be needed to manage these impacts in your chosen geomorphic environment.

June 2006

1.   Examine the importance of high energy events in the development of landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

2.   Discuss the costs and benefits of management strategies used to reduce the impact of either geomorphological processes or landforms on human activity in your chosen geomorphic environment.

January 2006

1.   Describe and assess the role of depositional processes in the production of distinctive landforms within your chosen geomorphic environment.

2.   Evaluate the success of management strategies in dealing with the impact of human activity on the natural environment in your chosen geomorphic environment.

 June 2005

1.Assess the importance of geology in the development of landforms within your chosen geomorphic environment.

2.Outline and evaluate the effectiveness of strategies used to manage the impact of geomorphological processes on human activity in your chosen geomorphic environment.

January 2005

1.   Describe and assess the role of erosional processes in the production of landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

2.   Within your chosen geomorphic environment, geomorphological processes and landforms impact on human activity.  Explain why opinions as to the level of success of management strategies used to deal with these impacts may differ.

June 2004

1.   Discuss the contribution of high energy events to the formation and modification of landforms in your selected geomorphic environment.

2.   To what extent does human activity make management strategies necessary in your selected geomorphic environment? Assess the effectiveness of the management strategies adopted.

January 2004

1.   Discuss the relationship between atmospheric processes and geomorphological processes in the development of landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

2.   Examine the problems resulting from the interactions between human activity, geomorphological process and landforms in your chosen geomorphic environment.

June 2003

1.   With reference to selected landforms from your chosen geomorphic environment explain the relative importance of geology to the work of erosion processes.

2.   Discuss the cost and benefits of management strategies used to reduce the impact of geomorphological process in your chosen environment.

January 2003

1.   Landforms may show the effects of modifications by other geomorphological processes and agents. To what extent is this true in your chosen geomorphic environment?

2.   Explain why interactions between human activity, landforms and geomorphological processes lead to impacts that need to be managed.

June 2002

1.   Discuss the relative importance of erosional and depositional processes in the production of landforms in a named geomorphic environment.

2. With reference to your chosen geomorphic environment, describe how human activities impact upon

    the natural environment. Evaluate the success of management strategies used to deal with

    these impacts.