Explain the human and physical causes of river flooding. [6 marks]
AO1 (published assessment objective): Identify and interpret explicit and implicit information and ideas; select and synthesise evidence from different texts (English Language). For Literature: read, understand and respond to texts, maintaining a critical style, developing an informed personal response, and using textual references including quotations to support and illustrate interpretations. For Geography: demonstrate knowledge of locations, places, processes, environments and different scales. For History: demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key features and characteristics of the periods studied.
AO2 (published assessment objective): Explain, comment on and analyse how writers use language and structure to achieve effects and influence readers, using relevant subject terminology to support their views (English). For Geography: demonstrate geographical understanding of concepts and how they are used in relation to places, environments and processes, and the interrelationships between places, environments and processes. For History: explain and analyse historical events and periods studied using second-order historical concepts.
Assessed against AO1, AO2 using Revision Robin's own level descriptors below. These are not the exam board's mark scheme. Every quotation in the feedback is checked against your answer before you see it, and a teacher's mark overrides ours.
| Level 3 · 5 to 6 | Detailed and accurate explanation of both human and physical causes of river flooding. Clearly links specific causes to increased flood risk. Uses appropriate geographical terminology precisely. |
| Level 2 · 3 to 4 | Clear explanation of both human and physical causes, though may lack some detail or balance between them. Links to increased flood risk are present but may not be fully developed. Uses some appropriate geographical terminology. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 2 | Basic description of one or two causes of flooding, possibly with limited distinction between human and physical. Limited or inaccurate use of geographical terminology. |