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At a conservative margin, friction locks laterally moving plates until stress is released as shallow earthquakes. Crust is neither created nor destroyed, so magma generation and volcanism are not normally associated with the boundary.
Glacial abrasion and plucking widen, deepen and straighten a pre-existing fluvial valley. The thicker main glacier erodes more powerfully than a tributary glacier, leaving the tributary valley suspended after ice retreat.
Water moves through the permeable layer but collects above less-permeable clay. Saturation adds weight and raises pore pressure, reducing effective stress and enabling material to rotate downslope along a curved slip plane.
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Correct answer: A conservative margin where plates slide laterally past one another
At a conservative margin, friction locks laterally moving plates until stress is released as shallow earthquakes. Crust is neither created nor destroyed, so magma generation and volcanism are not normally associated with the boundary.
Correct answer: Thicker ice in the main glacier eroded more deeply and widely than ice in the tributary, straightening the former river valley
Glacial abrasion and plucking widen, deepen and straighten a pre-existing fluvial valley. The thicker main glacier erodes more powerfully than a tributary glacier, leaving the tributary valley suspended after ice retreat.
Correct answer: Percolating water is impeded at the boundary, raising pore-water pressure and reducing shear strength along a curved failure plane
Water moves through the permeable layer but collects above less-permeable clay. Saturation adds weight and raises pore pressure, reducing effective stress and enabling material to rotate downslope along a curved slip plane.
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The PAR model traces vulnerability from root causes, such as unequal power or resources, through dynamic pressures to unsafe conditions. A hazard becomes disastrous when it meets those conditions, so similar events can have contrasting impacts.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Tectonic processes and hazards without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Accelerated melting can temporarily increase runoff, sediment yield and glacial-lake outburst risk. As stored ice shrinks, however, the meltwater contribution may pass peak water and decline, threatening seasonal supplies for downstream users.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Landscape systems, processes and change without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Reduced atmospheric pressure allows sea level to rise and persistent onshore winds drive water toward land. Shallow water and a narrowing coastal geometry restrict dispersal, amplifying surge height, especially if it coincides with high tide.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Landscape systems, processes and change without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
These IGOs can encourage freer trade, investment and market reform. The resulting flows may support growth and infrastructure, but exposure to competition, debt conditions and unequal bargaining power can distribute costs and benefits unevenly.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Globalisation without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Statistics may show aggregate employment or environmental change, while interviews reveal uneven experiences, attachment and displacement. Triangulation explains both material change and contested meanings rather than forcing one source to replace the other.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Shaping places without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Accessibility and housing markets attract or exclude households at particular life-cycle stages. Selective in- and out-migration interacts with fertility and mortality, so population structure reflects connections as well as natural change.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Shaping places without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Measures that contain or accelerate flow can protect one reach while reducing temporary floodplain storage and synchronising downstream peaks. Catchment-scale assessment is needed because local defence can redistribute rather than remove risk.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for The water cycle and water insecurity without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Energy security concerns reliable, affordable access. Diversification can reduce vulnerability to geopolitical disruption, depletion or price volatility, although storage, grid flexibility, cost and environmental impacts still require evaluation.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for The carbon cycle and energy security without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Institutional power operates through funding, votes, negotiation capacity, market access and rule design. These mechanisms let major economies influence global policy beyond their borders, though other states and coalitions can contest outcomes.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Superpowers without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Dependency is a mechanism, not simply the presence of aid. Evidence should test whether aid displaced local capacity or distorted incentives while also measuring health, education or rights gains and plausible outcomes without the programme.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Global development and connections without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Migration decisions often combine aspirations and constraints. Refugees and asylum seekers have distinct legal meanings, and routes may include people with different histories, so evidence should avoid imposing one motive on a heterogeneous flow.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Global development and connections without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
The candidate and teacher declarations confirm ownership and permitted guidance, while recorded assistance and secure storage support fair internal marking and external moderation. Centres must retain enough oversight to authenticate work confidently.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Independent investigation without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
Qualitative evidence includes interviews, images and texts interpreted through themes or coding. Quantitative evidence uses numerical measurement or counts. Both require critical sampling and can be combined to explain geographical patterns and processes.
Watch for: Do not list causes, effects or strategies for Synoptic geographical skills without linking them. Use located evidence and make the final judgement answer the command word.
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Pearson Edexcel · Geography A-Level · A Level · Geography · 9GE0
Issue 6, December 2024; assessment from 2026 onwards
Source checked: 2026-08-27. The current official specification controls assessment requirements and option choices.
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