GCSE Geography Specification A 4030 Teacher Standardisation Autumn 2010 Script A 4 - Water on the Land Investigate changes in the cross profile(s) of a river.
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Exemplar Controlled assessment - Water on the Land - Script A (AQA GEOG A)
GCSE Geography Specification A 4030 Teacher Standardisation Autumn 2010 Script A 4 - Water on the Land Investigate changes in the cross profile(s) of a river.
GCSE Geography Specification A 4030 Teacher Standardisation Autumn 2010 Script A 4 - Water on the Land Investigate changes in the cross profile(s) of a river.
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GCSE Geography
Specification A 4030
Teacher Standardisation
Autumn 2010
Script A
4 — Water on the Land
Investigate changes in the cross profile(s) of a riverScript A - Arckle Beck River Investigal
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‘Geographical Key concepts/ processes are identified
Understandin Key concepts/processes are defined
'o Basic location evidence
Key concepts/processes correctly incorporated into data collection
techniques
Key concepts/processes correctly incorporated into interpretation of results
Clear location evidence
To gain L2, students must
fultfallof LL. To gain 13, _ | Ke? concepts/processes correctly Incorporated into conclusions
udents mast fata of 2, | Key onores/proceases cect heorporaed fo evaluations
Methodology Tdentfies question o hypothesis Context of investigation outined
List of methods given Basic evidence of fieldwork.
Describes the sequence of the investigation
Primary data collected through fieldwork
Describes methods
Evidence of organisation and planning
Uf there is no primary data,
they cannctco beyond Lt’ | Allmethods clearly justified
eee ee ere ict | Euldence of candidate planning one or mere methods
fulfl all oF L1, Togain 13, | The work is well organised and planned with detailed evidence of data
“students must full all oF 2_| Sllection e.9. locations/times/sampling methods/sample sizes
Presentation Tevel i Limited range and Level2_Range? Tevel 3 Wider Range?
basic methods ‘Accurate/Appropriatey | Appropriate/
complete 2x more complex
If there is n0 1CT present
they cannot access Lt at al
To gain 13, students must
ut al of 2.
ICT =YES/NO.
Interpretation and | bref description of fnainas
we Basic reasons given
QWC — Limited range of specialised terms and reasonable accuracy with SPG
Clear description of results
‘Attempts to analyse resuits by basic numerical data manipulation
Valid reasons offered
Simple conclusions are drawn relating to original purpose cf investigation
QWC - A range of specialised terms used correctly
Considerable accuracy with SPC
Describes and analyses the results in detail
Links between data sets identified
Valid conclusions are reached in relation to original purpose of investigation
QWC ~ Wide range of specialised terms used appropriately
QWC — Ideas are expressed clearly/logically/fluently with accurate use of
$2)
Evaluation Reflects on appropriateness and effeciveness of data colection methods
Suggests improvements/alternative methods
Specific problems with methods identified and linked to accuracy of results|
Indicates how improvements to methods might improve accuracy of results
To.gain L2, students must
fulifallof tI. To gain 13, | TsSueS with the methods and results on the validity of condusions are
discussed
students must Full all oF L2.
poe Demonstrates understanding of connections between methods, results and
conclusions.
Where an answer fails to meet Level 1, zero marks should be awarded.
Final Mark = {60By Elizabeth WillansQUE NES:
Intoduchot ’ page 4 to 4
Methodology: page § to4
Dota Presentation : page 1 ta 13
Dota Intarpretabion: page 1% to 22
Evaluation: page 2% to 2niroductianInrroduchn :
Weare ying te prove whether our hypobhas't is true
through our rececyth. ca Acke Beck
Hy OS 1S
Between Water Crog anol Loeth the cross-profile of
Arkle Beck gets wicler cunct oleepear.
iéey concepys:
= AS & Giver moves clownshream rt wi get wioles ue
te lateral 2os'en .
-| As G& dver moves downstream 1b will ger olecper olue
bo verhicol erosion,
—>
i { verkcal 2rosicn
SF
lateral erosien,
The Key concepts proves that as the nver mover lawn
-skr@owm :
e Hae cross -p(ofh lo will nerease iM size
the Cross- Sechmal Crec. wilt inarecve IN SiZ2
tts byclrolc roclius wil racreoage .
Bofere | weny om +he field trip, | expected +he
river $0 shark OS a etek Narrow ond Shatiow Channa,
With a lorge (oad because there is lessokrihan.
in the micidlle ccurce oh Lhe river, 1+ bagiAS to
wiclen anol cleepen clue to”
Sone vert’cal but mostly lateral, Oncl the load
page |ts reoluced in Size, because the river is Plowsrag )
more guiclely oncl there i$ more akktin'en. Inthe
lower Course’, there i$ (tie eresron anal only
fatercl , cncl the loacl 1a large bur is very small
0 size
For each Key concept Icarried cur ore experiment bo
Collect cleva bo bert the theory.
Methool |: crocs PoP 1e increase
Method 2. cross -Sechmal orea increaces
Methed 3: hyclrolic rackus rnereases
| As a aver Kons downstream, jte volley chonges
| shape omcl the eross-profiie Pron ore Siole of the
| volley ro +he obhar clearly shows Hus. Cenorolly ,
the cross-propile shave a vallay becoming wicler
and Platter, Wilh lover volley viclas
Key procesec
Cros: “profile - a line that represents whak 1+ wool
belike be Wolke Promor siole oP a valley, ocroge
the channel cmol up the chhar siole.
Verhicel eran i$ - 1+ oleepens +he river volley mating
(Fh V-Shopodl.
*| Loteral erosion is ~ tk wrolons the river
Hyclrotic acho — +s proces involves the Parca g the
Water agcunst the bed of bonis
Abbrosion— Hus is tho process by which the bed ancl banks
are wWornclown by the rivect load -The river throws Hae
Powhicles 0.gernst tha bed andl bors sonatimerah high
velocity
Altriho- the (oad Camied! by the nver bump inte each
other and so ove smcothad anol broken dann tato
page 2
): beng pro
smawuler parheles .
os a line represenhag the Course Of the river
from its source (relahvely Wgh up) te. ike Mouth wh are
tk nals, usually ina lake or the Seq , anol the changes
ta herght otong its course
riye@r energy ~ increases in volume olue fo rainfoul anol
tributaries jornrng +he river
*| Cross - propyie gives the wielth ancl clesth of the channal.
Use cross-profile oleta to work cut eross-Sechonal orea
hgdlreic rackius is the cross-sechbnad oreo.
wetted perimeter
- this Measures the ease with which a river chan flow
10 tts Channel
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Measure the wetted perimeter of the Choanal | Oe: aaawane
PresentationWater Crag
William Gill
Leading Stead Bottom
Whaw
Eskeleth
Reeth
Width of Stream Wetted Perimeter
2.05
4.93
3.3
79
78
9.3
2.32
5.26
3.5
85
83
11.4
Scatter graph of results from Arkle Beck
—+— Width of Stream
=~ Wetted Perimeter’
Wetted Perimeter (m)
page ICWidth of Stream —_—_ Wetted Perimeter
Water Crag 2.05 2.32
William Gill 4.93 5.26
Leading Stead Bottom 3.3 3.5
Whaw 79 8.5
Eskeleth 78 8.3
Reeth 93 41a
Bar chart of results from Arkle Beck
on
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a Width of Steam
2 4 Wetted Perimeter
2
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SitesWidth of Stream Wetted Perimeter
Water Crag 2.05 2.32
William Gill 4.93 5.26
Leading Stead Bottom 3.3 3.5
Whaw 79 85
Eskeleth 78 83
Reeth 93 11.1
A radar graph of the results from Arkle Beck
—+— Width of Stream
—= Wetted Perimeter |
Eskeleth Leading Stead Bottom
poge [2Hydraulic Radius
Water Crag
Wiliam Gill
Leading Stead Bottom
Whaw
Eskeleth
Reeth
Bar chart results of Hydraulic Radius
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2 oss
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= 044
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°
Water William Leading + Whaw —Eskeleth Reeth
Crag =s«Gill«=S ‘Stead
Bottom
Sites
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0.09
ont
0.19
0.16
0.16
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page |
ism3 yousThis is my Aydrautic rackus from srtet byoter
Crog tocvte 6 Locth.
The byolroutic roctiur 19 the measure cha channal
| Alow ofPccency, the greater the hydlraukic roolus,
|e grecker the ofrcrenty of the river, anol bus
[moans ef 1b 1S less Wkeoly to Alcool.
| Site 4 > Woser Cragg
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| e
poge ISSite 3} Leachiag Steacl bottom )
Ass QO: B5on®
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Site S: Eskeleth
A= I3oms
= &-3m
1-36 =0-:l16m
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A= 2-34¢¢@m*
ASG Bre
2:34 = 0-2/m
Lips fF )
pg IGFrom okiing aé my results (can see hot the
river becomes mare #Acroné asst Rlaws clown
-streon, tis & usually when the channel
cure cleos, Narrow, anc m OO Seni ~ciwreulor
shape.
Page IFDale
nterpretationDota Unb rp rekaticn
From the olata we collec we ore crying bo prove
whether our hypotbocrs is €rue.
Hypethene: Betrieen Wouter Crog ano Reeth the cross
profile of Arkle Beck g@&s wile ancl clesper
ey concepts
Ac. _niver moves oleawnstrecm 1 will get wioler oli.e to
(eberod _eyosien.
Asa river more chownstream + wall got legos chug
bo verkcol 2rosien,
After we collected cur rarultic we stuoclied them te
See if thar were ony patterasin the olota
_| wroten: :
We macle graphs co thot we could see our olota,
more clecaiy. We Cansee that as you cravel Purthar
downstream the welth increase o.port From ot site 3
anol site S whare 1t sughtly olecreasar, but tis may
have been an error whan the moocuremants where baleen
But the olifmerence 0 so small that st coulel just
hove been a norromer powt oP the aver, and parts
of the river bank may have collapsed clue to the
increased volume of woter cousing mar Laterak
erocion. Fron sitet to site 6 & increases hy F:20r
from 2 -0fm to 93m. From bloter Cragg to Leeth
tha wiolkh gets 4 bmes bigger anol there (¢ a 4557
IACKEASE
page 19Depth: .
we drew Fhe Lise sectioned areas of hO nver ak each
Site which Shang Ehak the river's usally olegooast
ra the middie, Howeger and Weter Crogg, Leoot,
Sead, William Oi ond Lelgo/eth, thoy OM choy that
fhe clacaert port of tha “ver 1s clever to the bank.
Thus is becourg tho Clurené rp cbronger on the cuter
LAGE Of the eater bank in tha river, tharofere there
Me mora lotyrol anol wert'cal everion, &
Wetted Penmeter: >
We mode graphs of our results so Chat we Could Compare
Hom te cther data easily. / epected that tha wetted
prmeter would increase os we went Purther clown
séream but at Wiliam Cill ond Lrkeleth they
were both tugher. This may have been clown to an error
when tha results were recaroled but 1é may have suse
been @ widler povt of Ue nver as the widlth of the
Stream increased ct the Soma kwo cites. The webted
penmeter crease as you go clown ctrecun becouse
He nver becomes pvioler quiol clegpar as more trib ukang)
ae Ree pee he ee
wodter . The wocter traveke foster Lharefore thare if more
erosien, ali thos larger rocks Pound ot the tao oh the
over olitappoor as you Erowel clown tha river cloper ée
Redhh hocceae of abbrosion and aktntior. The geoph
Chat shows tho oloka bast 1° tho scatter graph which
allows You to £00 tho relatronshuypy bekyaon tho wiolth
anol wetted perme, Fron citeL to te 6 1é
increases by §-78m, fron 2-82mt II-Im. Fran
hfoter Cragg ec £ecth the wetted Plime ter ncreases.)
fe becore 4 times cleyer, ard showed a F78/. acrease,
= page 20ML by fooler of the map of Aricengastholole,.usbuch
has the cross Sectional Cuwas ons you.can see. that
he river. hocones wicar extol olegaor, alto tho clogpast. au
ank o£ Woker Crog wos ies and et Reoth st
wos ¢3cm. Thus means. thod the nvec has bocare
_ &éem oleoper., 88 that moans that t! i
2. birnas_cleapar anol there i$ & 226 4% 7 7
happens Fecause as EnbUtanes jor tho 7 ryner, €hare
iS more wer tice and lakerad erosion, (Acs Means
Che £19. roeke in the beol broken olen, racreasing
2 tha velocity of. the woes creating. tho. poo of eae i
SONI. _ 7 ue pee 7
Croce - Sochicnad. Alrect [ Cross-s CAS! cece
We clrew_the cross - sections anol the, “Pounal.o cub tho
Cross =.eeckienod ouwreas by counting. tho SoUarES
( expected tho onas to menease as ive_usent Prom,
lloter Crogg to Leth becouse VOL WO
norton Ob bhe tga Phe avec comporedl_unthe
bottem ond oFter jookng ot my other olota_/
coutol S02 that. the olgpth of tho myer okto
racreased of wwe. sent olawnstveor.. Apter bien ag.
them up carat the owreas_/ a
ole Increases hotweon site Z andl see ee
2 ond 8 are, A.arol Sone very clare and are
abouk_ 0.05? port. Which moy hove 480 error
whan tho ross