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However, the exam papers of the GCSE sometimes had a choice of questions, designed for the more able and the less able candidates. When introduced the GCSEs were graded from A to G, with a C being set as roughly equivalent to an O-Level Grade C or a CSE Grade 1 and thus achievable by roughly the top 25% of each cohort.
Highest point: Scafell Pike 978 m (3,209 ft) Lowest point: Holme Fen, −2.75 m (−9 ft): Longest river: River Severn (shared with Wales) 354 km (220 mi) Longest river entirely within England is the River Thames.
Geography (Greek Geo (γη) or Gaea (γαία), meaning "Earth", and graphein (γράφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write") is the study of the earth and its features, inhabitants, and phenomena. A literal translation would be "to describe or write about the Earth". The first person to use the word "geography" was Eratosthenes (275
In the 2011 census, 59.4% of the population of England specified their religion as Christian, 24.7% answered that they had no religion, 5% specified that they were Muslim, while 3.7% of the population belongs to other religions and 7.2% did not give an answer. [208] Christianity is the most widely practised religion in England.
42% of students achieved an A*-C pass rate in 2014 (compared with 22.9% nationally) [5] for the GCSE subjects required to gain them the English Baccalaureate qualification, [5] (English, Mathematics, 2 Sciences, History/Geography and a Modern Foreign Language) surpassing the 35% government target for that year. [55]
Behavioral geography is an approach to human geography that examines human behavior by separating it into different parts. In addition, behavioral geography is an ideology/approach in human geography that makes use of the methods and assumptions of behaviorism to determine the cognitive processes involved in an individual's perception of or response and reaction to their environment.
Geography of Gabon République Gabonaise; Continent: Africa: Region: Central Africa: Coordinates: Area: Ranked 77th • Total: 267,667 km 2 (103,347 sq mi) • Land: 96.3% • Water: 3.7%: Coastline: 885 km (550 mi) Highest point: Mont Bengoué, 1070 m (not Mont Iboundji as claimed by some authorities)
The geography of Egypt relates to two regions: North Africa and West Egypt has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea , the River Nile , and the Red Sea . Egypt borders Libya to the west, Palestine and Israel to the east and Sudan to the south (with a current dispute over the halaib triangle ).