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Q3(a) Multiple choice on the advantage of pollution permits.
Edexcel · 4EC1
Pollution permits comes up in 6 questions across the Edexcel International GCSE past papers (4EC1), worth 28 marks between them. They run from 2022 to 2025 and appear on iGCSE Paper 1R, iGCSE Paper 2, iGCSE Paper 2R.
Tariffs run from 1 to 12 marks. The commonest instructions are Identify (MCQ) (2), Explain (1), Evaluate (1). Specification points covered: 1.2.6, 2.1.2.
Q3(a) Multiple choice on the advantage of pollution permits.
Q1(g) Give one environmental gain from pollution permits - the UK case (context: permits for airlines).
Q4(c) Data response: weigh up pollution permits as environmental protection - the Netherlands case.
Q2(d) Give the meaning of pollution permits.
Q3(a) Multiple choice classifying what kind of intervention a pollution permit is.
Q3(e) Data response: how well pollution permits protect the environment - the US case.
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