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Waterborne disease — AQA & OCR GCSE Geography Definition | GradeGen

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GCSE Geography · key term

Waterborne disease

Definition

An illness spread through contaminated water, such as cholera.

Used by AQA and OCR

How each exam board covers it

AQA GCSE Geography · 8035

Specification 3.2.3.3 · Paper 2

Revise: Global Water Distribution, Consumption and Insecurity

AQA Geography past papers

OCR GCSE Geography B · J384

Specification 5.2a · Paper 2, Paper 3

A disease spread through water contaminated with disease-causing organisms.
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OCR Geography B past papers

Exam tips

1
Distinguish waterborne diseases such as cholera from malaria, which is transmitted by mosquitoes.

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