1 mark
Draw the implication of treating the environment as scarce.
AQA · 7136 / 7135
Production possibility diagrams comes up in 7 questions across the AQA A Level and AS past papers (7136 / 7135), worth 21 marks between them. They run from 2020 to 2023 and appear on A Level Paper 1, A Level Paper 3.
Tariffs run from 1 to 15 marks. The commonest instructions are Multiple choice (6), Explain how (1). Specification points covered: 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.4, 4.1.1.5.
Draw the implication of treating the environment as scarce.
Identify the defining feature of positive statements.
Compare opportunity cost at three points on a curved frontier.
Identify what is given up when more machinery is made, using a frontier diagram.
Explain scarcity and choice using a production possibility curve
Explain why economics is classed among the social sciences.
Interpreting a two-crop frontier for opportunity cost, efficiency and maximum feasible output.
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