North Berwick High School Geography Department

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

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