IB Geography SL · 2019 to 2025
8.2 Interactions between oceans and the coastal places
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SL archive · 2019 to 2025
8.2 Interactions between oceans and the coastal places
Latest exam session: May 2025
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Micro-topics in 8.2 Interactions between oceans and the coastal places
In syllabus order. The ring is the share of papers each appears in.
8.2.1
Coastal processes and landforms
15 questions · in 32% of papersAppears in 9 of the 28 Geography SL papers analysed (32%), at least once each.
Frequently testedlast Nov 24 P1
8.2.2
11 questions · in 21% of papersAppears in 6 of the 28 Geography SL papers analysed (21%), at least once each.
Risinglast May 25 P1
Exam pattern
How often each micro-topic has been examined, year by year. Each label is explained under the grid.
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Questions per year for each micro-topic.
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| Micro-topic | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ·Coral reefs and mangroves, 2019: 0 questions | 4Coral reefs and mangroves, 2020: 4 questions | 1Coral reefs and mangroves, 2021: 1 question | 1Coral reefs and mangroves, 2022: 1 question | ·Coral reefs and mangroves, 2023: 0 questions | 2Coral reefs and mangroves, 2024: 2 questions | 3Coral reefs and mangroves, 2025: 3 questions | |
| 5Coastal processes and landforms, 2019: 5 questions | 1Coastal processes and landforms, 2020: 1 question | 2Coastal processes and landforms, 2021: 2 questions | ·Coastal processes and landforms, 2022: 0 questions | 5Coastal processes and landforms, 2023: 5 questions | 2Coastal processes and landforms, 2024: 2 questions | ·Coastal processes and landforms, 2025: 0 questions |
- Risingappearing more often in the last two years than before
- Frequently testedin at least a quarter of all papers, and still appearing in the last two years
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Questions on 8.2 Interactions between oceans and the coastal places, by exam session
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May 2025
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November 2024
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May 2024
2 questions across 1 paper
November 2023
1 question across 1 paper
May 2023
1 question across 1 paper
May 2022
1 question across 1 paper
November 2021
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May 2021
2 questions across 1 paper
November 2020
2 questions across 1 paper
November 2019
1 question across 1 paper
May 2019
1 question across 1 paper
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Which Geography SL exam sessions are covered for 8.2 Interactions between oceans and the coastal places?
13 exam sessions from 2019 to 2025, the latest May 2025. Every Paper 1 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 11 papers in this archive.
Which 8.2 Interactions between oceans and the coastal places topic comes up most?
Coral reefs and mangroves (8.2.2): in 21% of papers, last seen May 25 P1. Usually "explain / justify", worth about 7 marks in a paper that includes it.
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Banker: examined in at least one sitting in four and still appearing. Due: regular before, but absent for the last two exam sessions. Rising: clearly more common in the last two years. Our classification of real papers, not an IB statistic.
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