Explain how human activities can have significant impacts on the physical environment of a cold region. [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 knowledge and understanding of how human activities impact the physical environment. Well-developed explanation with clear logical links, using relevant and specific examples from a named cold region. Provides a clear and coherent response consistently focused on the question. |
| Level 2 · 3 to 4 | Sound knowledge and understanding of how human activities impact the physical environment. Explanation is present but may lack detail or depth, using some relevant examples from a named cold region. Response is generally focused on the question but may lack full coherence. |
| Level 1 · 1 to 2 | Limited knowledge and understanding of human impacts on cold environments. Simple statements or descriptions with little or no specific reference to a named cold region. Response may be generalized, lack focus, or contain inaccuracies. |