North Berwick High School Geography Department

Higher Geography - Prelim revision checklist

Physical Environments (15 marks)

Lithosphere

· Weathering / mass movement

· Glaciation

o Introduction to glaciation, especially related to climate. Glacial systems

o Glacial erosion processes (x3!), features of glacial erosion and detailed explanations of their formation and how they link together to form a “landscape of glacial erosion”.

o Glacial transportation

o Glacial deposition – features and a very brief statement of their formation

o Opportunities and limitations of a glacial landscape

o Social/economic/environmental benefits, problems, solutions of tourism.

o Potential problems between user groups and how to solve them.

· Coasts

o Waves and their characteristics, sub aerial processes

o Erosion features and their formation

o Transportation – longshore drift

o Depositional features and their formation

o Identification of coastal features on OS maps

o Examples and case studies needed throughout!

Hydrosphere

· Global hydrological cycle / drainage basin system

· Hydrographs

Biosphere

· Soil systems / factors affecting soil systems,

· Soil profiles

Human ENvironments (15 Marks)

Urban

§ The need for management of housing in a developed and a developing urban area (what are the problems with housing) - Glasgow and Rio de Janiero

§ the management strategies employed

§ the impact of these management strategies

Rural

§ Causes of rural land degradation (desertification) in the Sahel (physical and human)

§ Consequences of land degradation (physical and human impacts)

§ Solutions to land degradation – including detailed case studies

Population

§ Population pyramids – how to read them

§ Demographic transition model – changes to birth/death rates and natural increase

§ Consequences of population structure (and possible solutions)

§ Methods and problems of data collection

§ Causes and impacts relating to forced and voluntary migration

Application of Geographical Skills (10 marks)

§ OS mapping skills

§ Using numerical/graphical information