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WJEC GCSE Geography past papers

18 WJEC GCSE Geography papers from 2018 to 2025, 18 with a mark scheme. Every link opens the document on WJEC's own website; we list them in one place and show which topics each series tested.

Which topics come up most

The topics that have carried the most marks across the WJEC GCSE Geography papers we have tagged question by question. Topics with a revision guide link to it.

Topic	Questions	Marks	Papers
Changing Economic World: The Development Gap	9	237	6 of 18
Fieldwork Enquiry: Presenting, Analysing and Evaluating Data	9	210	6 of 18
UK Physical Landscapes: Coastal Landscapes	8	204	6 of 18
Fieldwork Enquiry: Planning, Sampling and Data Collection	9	198	6 of 18
Tectonic Hazards	6	144	6 of 18
Ordnance Survey Map Skills: Grid References, Scale and Distance	5	140	5 of 18
The UK's Economic Change: Deindustrialisation to Post-Industrial Growth	4	124	4 of 18
Climate Change	4	112	4 of 18
Urban Sustainability and Reducing Cities' Environmental Impact	3	72	3 of 18
Numerical Skills: Percentages, Averages and Measures of Spread	2	62	2 of 18
Water Insecurity: Physical and Human Causes of Water Stress	2	62	2 of 18
Ecosystems and Tropical Rainforests	2	56	2 of 18
UK Physical Landscapes: River Landscapes	2	56	2 of 18
Graphical Skills: Population Pyramids, Triangular Graphs and Radial Graphs	2	55	2 of 18
Global and UK Resource Security: Trends in Food, Water and Energy	2	48	2 of 18

Counted from our own question-by-question tagging of 18 papers. A question that tests two topics counts towards both, so the marks column ranks topics rather than adding up to a paper total. Showing the top 15 of 21 topics.

All WJEC GCSE Geography papers by year

Summer 2025

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Changing Physical and Human Landscapes	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Environmental and Development Issues	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Fieldwork Enquiry	Question paper Mark scheme Insert

Summer 2024

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Changing Physical and Human Landscapes	Question paper Mark scheme Insert
Unit 2: Environmental and Development Issues	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Fieldwork Enquiry	Question paper Mark scheme Insert

Summer 2023

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Changing Physical and Human Landscapes	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Environmental and Development Issues	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Fieldwork Enquiry	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2022

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Changing Physical and Human Landscapes	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Environmental and Development Issues	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Fieldwork Enquiry	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2019

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Changing Physical and Human Landscapes	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Environmental and Development Issues	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Fieldwork Enquiry	Question paper Mark scheme

Summer 2018

Paper	Official documents (WJEC)
Unit 1: Changing Physical and Human Landscapes	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 2: Environmental and Development Issues	Question paper Mark scheme
Unit 3: Fieldwork Enquiry	Question paper Mark scheme

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