6 marks
Q4(b) Data response: environmental damage from business activity, UK case (consumer goods 26% of emissions).
Edexcel · 4EC1
Environment comes up in 5 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 18 marks between them. They run from 2019 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 6 marks. The commonest instructions are Analyse (2), Describe (1), Explain (1). Specification points covered: 2.2.1.
Q4(b) Data response: environmental damage from business activity, UK case (consumer goods 26% of emissions).
Q1(d) Set out one route by which business activity harms the environment.
Q3(d) Data response: environmental damage from business activity, Chile case.
Q2(e) Give one way an airport harms the environment.
Q2(c) Name one way business harms the environment.
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