Geography Revision for Year 7Summer Examinations

REMEMBER:

Revise in small ‘chunks’ and ask your family or friend to test you.

Do not leave all of your revision to the last minute.

Read the questions carefully in the exam, underlining or circling key words or phrases.

Do not leave blanks, take a guess.

Look carefully at the resources given e.g. maps, diagrams or graphs.

Look carefully at the number of marks for a question to judge how much you need to write.

Include as many words from your glossary list as possible.

Time yourself during the exam (60mins) so that you do not run out of time.

TOPIC / tick / tick
WEATHER AND CLIMATE
Microclimates
Rainfall types
Factors affecting temperature
How and why climate varies in different parts of the British Isles
GEOMORPHOLOGY
Difference between weathering and erosion
Types of weathering
Rock types
The drainage basin of a river
Methods of river erosion
Methods of river transportation (Traction, Saltation, Suspension, Solution)
Features of the upper course (DIAGRAM OF WATERFALL)
Features of the lower course (CROSS SECTION AND BIRDS EYE VIEW OF A MEANDER)
The hydrological cycle
Impacts of flooding
Reasons for river floods
Flooding in Bangladesh (causes and effects and human response)
Methods of sea erosion
Features of coastal erosion (ONE DIAGRAMS TO SHOW CAVE, ARCHE, STACK AND STUMP)
Features of coastal deposition (DIAGRAM OF A SPIT)
Processes of long shore drift (INCLUDE DIAGRAM)
Causes of landslides
PLATE TECTONICS
Types of plate boundary
Types of volcano
Explanation of the distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
Why do plates move?
Prediction, preparation and the advantages of living near a volcano
Contrast LEDC and MEDC coping with natural hazards
CHANCES PEAK IN MONTSERRAT (LEDC)
JAPAN’S EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI (MEDC)
SETTLEMENT GEOGRAPHY
Functions of a settlement
Reasons for the site of anearly/Roman settlement
Settlement hierarchy
Settlement patterns
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOGRAPHY
Why national parks were set up and their location
Reasons for conflicting demand on the national park and how this effects people
Why is the Lake District special?/ managed?
What are the conflicts of management/ land use in the Lake District
What are the problems of tourism?
What management techniques are being carried out and why?
How do these management techniques affect people and places?
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
Sectors of employment (primary, secondary …)
How sectors of employment change due to level of development. E.G LEDC’s have more primary industry etc
Factors affecting the location of an industry (Flat land, cheap labour globalisation)
Industry in a LEDC- Nike factory (PT Kukdong Intl., Jawa Barat, Indonesia)
Industry in a MEDC- Denbies

O.S. Skills and Global Locations

SKILL / tick / tick
4/6 figure grid references
Scale (distance as the crow flies or along roads)
Height (using contours and spot height)
Describing relief (using contours)
Describing drainage (using rivers, streams and canals)
Describing land use e.g. industrial, residential, commercial, recreational etc
Describing land features e.g. plateau, ridge, interlocking spur, u- shaped valley
Direction
Area
  • Remember to check that you know all of your global locations. You make take blank maps from the Geography room to help you revise, but please do not take more than one at a time or they will run out. Ask your friends and family to test you:

PLACES / tick / tick
British Isles
S. America
Asia
Europe human
Europe physical
Africa
Oceania
N. and Central America
World Features

Good Luck!