AQA GCSE Geography: Figure & Data Response (AO4)

Figure 1 is a table showing the number of major recorded earthquakes (magnitude 6.0 or above) in six world regions in one year.

Region	Number of major earthquakes
Pacific "Ring of Fire" (W. coast Americas)	41
Japan & W. Pacific	38
Mediterranean & Middle East	19
Himalayan belt	14
Mid-Atlantic Ridge	6
Central Australia	1

Using Figure 1, describe the distribution of major earthquakes shown. (4 marks)

Figure 2 is a table showing the annual area of tropical rainforest cleared in one South American region over a ten-year period.

Year	Forest cleared (thousand hectares)
Year 1	620
Year 3	710
Year 5	840
Year 7	590
Year 9	430
Year 10	380

Using Figure 2, describe the trend in the area of rainforest cleared. (3 marks)

Figure 3 is a choropleth map of a country, divided into four regions, showing each region's level of water stress (the demand for water compared with the supply available). The table below summarises what the map shows.

Region	Location in country	Water stress level
North	upland, high rainfall	Low
West	coastal lowland	Low to moderate
Central	large cities, low rainfall	High
South-east	farming plains, low rainfall	High

Using Figure 3, describe the pattern of water stress across the country. (4 marks)

Figure 4 is a table showing the percentage of a country's population in selected age groups for two years, 1990 and 2020.

Age group	Percentage of population, 1990	Percentage of population, 2020
0–14 years	38	22
15–64 years	57	64
65 years and over	5	14

Using Figure 4, describe two changes in the age structure of the population between 1990 and 2020. (3 marks)

Figure 5 is a scatter graph plotting, for eight countries, GNI per person (US dollars, on the x-axis) against the percentage of adults who can read and write (the literacy rate, on the y-axis). The table below gives the plotted values.

Country	GNI per person (US dollars)	Adult literacy rate (%)
A	1,200	52
B	2,400	61
C	4,800	74
D	9,500	88
E	12,000	91
F	28,000	98
G	41,000	99
H	6,000	65

Using Figure 5, describe the relationship between GNI per person and the adult literacy rate. (4 marks)

Figure 6 is a storm hydrograph for a small river after a rainstorm. Rainfall fell between hour 0 and hour 2. The table below shows the river's discharge (the volume of water passing a point, in cubic metres per second, cumecs) in the hours that followed.

Hours after rain started	River discharge (cumecs)
0	8
2	14
4	27
6	42
8	35
12	20
18	11

Using Figure 6, describe how the river's discharge changed after the rainstorm. (4 marks)