Q1 · Difficulty 1/3
The variety of species in an area is:
- biodiversity
- biomass
- a biome
- a habitat
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✓ Answer: A — biodiversity
Biodiversity is the range of species.
WJEC · GCSE · Geography
Free WJEC GCSE Geography
Practice Paper
8 mixed-difficulty practice questions in the style of real WJEC GCSE papers — answers, mark-scheme-style explanations, and the official exam structure all on one page.
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Paper 1
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification.
Paper 2
Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification.
Paper 3
Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions.
Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.
Grading: Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass.
Mini practice paper: 8 questions
Mixed-difficulty questions from across the Geography syllabus. Tap "Show answer" after each to check yourself.
Q2 · Difficulty 1/3
Traffic congestion is a common UK urban:
- solution
- resource
- challenge
- benefit
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✓ Answer: C — challenge
Congestion is a key urban challenge.
Q3 · Difficulty 1/3
A large mass of ice that moves slowly is a:
- glacier
- river
- delta
- spit
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✓ Answer: A — glacier
Glaciers are moving masses of ice.
Q4 · Difficulty 2/3
Glaciated upland areas are often used for:
- large ports
- deserts
- tourism and farming
- growing rice
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✓ Answer: C — tourism and farming
Uplands support tourism and hill farming.
Q5 · Difficulty 2/3
Fair prices paid to producers in poorer nations is:
- a tariff
- fair trade
- free trade
- protectionism
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✓ Answer: B — fair trade
Fair trade guarantees fair prices.
Q6 · Difficulty 2/3
Making UK cities cleaner and greener supports ____ living.
- informal
- sustainable
- unsustainable
- polluted
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✓ Answer: B — sustainable
Sustainable cities reduce environmental impact.
Q7 · Difficulty 2/3
The living organisms and non-living environment together form an:
- population only
- ecosystem
- atmosphere
- organism
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✓ Answer: B — ecosystem
An ecosystem includes living and non-living parts.
Q8 · Difficulty 2/3
A steep-sided valley carved by a glacier is a ____-shaped valley.
- S
- L
- U
- V
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✓ Answer: C — U
Glaciers carve U-shaped valleys.
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WJEC GCSE Geography FAQ
What does the WJEC GCSE Geography exam look like?
The WJEC GCSE Geography exam is structured across 3 components. Paper 1: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 1-4 of the specification. Paper 2: Approximately 1 hour 30 minutes, ~70-100 marks. Covers Topics 5-8 of the specification. Paper 3: Where applicable — e.g. Combined Science, Languages. Includes synoptic and applied questions. Total exam time: ~3 hours across two or three papers.
Can I download a free WJEC GCSE Geography past paper?
Real WJEC past papers are published directly by WJEC on their official website. Kramizo doesn't redistribute copyrighted past papers, but we do generate free AI-written practice papers in the exact same style — same command words, same difficulty tier, same mark conventions. Use this practice paper as warm-up, then time yourself on official past papers before exam day.
How is WJEC GCSE Geography graded?
Grades: 9 (highest) to 1 (lowest), with U (ungraded). A grade of 4 is a standard pass; 5 is a strong pass. Kramizo's practice questions are tagged with difficulty 1-3 mapping roughly to the lower, middle, and top grade boundaries you'll encounter in the real exam.