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GCSE Geography · AQA style · Paper 1 Living with the physical environment
Explain the formation of an ox-bow lake (6 marks)
AO1AO26 marks · about 7 minutes

Explain how an ox-bow lake is formed. [6 marks]

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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 6Detailed and accurate explanation of the stages of ox-bow lake formation. Clearly links river processes (erosion, deposition) to the development of the landform. Uses appropriate geographical terminology precisely.
Level 2 · 3 to 4Clear explanation of the stages of ox-bow lake formation, though may lack some detail or precision in linking processes. Uses some appropriate geographical terminology.
Level 1 · 1 to 2Basic description of some aspects of ox-bow lake formation, possibly confused or incomplete. Limited or inaccurate use of geographical terminology.