Year 11 Geography Revision List

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1 Plate Tectonics Structure of the earth and major plate boundaries 3 types of plate boundaries (destructive, constructive, conservative) o Be able to draw labelled diagram explaining why earthquakes/volcanoes occur there. Fold mountains o Formation o How do humans use them/adapted to conditions? Case study (Andes/Alps). Volcanoes o Distribution o Types (shield, composite, dome) o Case study Montserrat impacts and response (immediate and long term) o Case Study - Super volcanoes (Yellow Stone) (formation and consequences should one erupt) Earthquakes o Distribution o Description of how he happen o Understanding of key terms (epicentre, focus, shock waves) o Measurement Richter and Mercalli o Case study compare rich to poor. Preparation, impacts and response (immediate and long term) (L Aquilla and Pakistan) Tsunamis Case study Japan Cause, impacts, response. Water on Land Upper, middle and lower course o Characteristics of channel and valley o Explanation Processes o Erosion hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition and solution o Transportation traction, saltation, suspension and solution (how and what) o Deposition why? Formation of landforms o Meander river cliff and slip off slope (be able to draw a x-section o Ox-bow lake o Waterfalls and gorges o Floodplains and levees Hydrograph what does it show and key terms. Factors affecting discharge rainfall, temperature, previous weather, rock type, land use and relief.

2 Flooding o Human and physical factors that contribute to flooding o Case study compare rich v s poor causes, impacts and response (Carlisle and Bangladesh) o Defences hard and soft engineering. Know method and the pro s & cons of each. Managing UK s water supply o Demand and management/reduction of demand. o Case study Kielder Water Ice on Land Earths glacial/inter glacial periods Changes in earths ice coverage Evidence of changing temperature of earth. Glacial budgets o accumulation and ablation o short term changes year o long term Case study Glacial Erosion o Plucking and abrasion o Weathering processes that help freeze thaw action o Land forms (Know description, how they form and how to spot on an OS map/image. Arete Pyrimidal peak Corrie Glacial trough ribbon lake Hanging valley Truncated spur Glacial Transport and deposition how does it transport and why does it deposit. o Morraines lateral, medial, terminal and ground. o Drumlins what are they and how do they form Impacts and management of tourism on ice. o Economic, social and environmental impacts how are these managed o Case study Chamonix Impacts unreliable snowfall o Impacts on tourism and environment Impacts of glacial retreat economic, social and environmental Avalanches Causes, impacts and management

3 Population Change Population growth is exponential. Understand the key terms associated with it - o Birth rate o Death rate o Natural increase Demographic Transition Model (DTM) o Know what happens to the population, BR and DR from stages 1-5 and the reasons for this. Population pyramids o Know what they are o Know how the shape changes from stage 1-5 of the DTM and why. o Be able to describe them Impacts of rapid population growth social economic and political Strategies to manage this o CASE STUDY - China 1 child policy o CASE STUDY - Kerela Ageing populations o Impacts social, economic and benefits o Strategies to cope o CASE STUDY UK Migration o Push and pull factors o Positive and negative impacts (on both the source and recipient country) o CASE STUDY Poland UK and N Africa Spain Changing Urban Environments What is urbanisation and where is it happening the quickest? It is caused by rural to urban migration what causes this? Urban land use o Know the different parts of the city and their characteristics o CBD, inner city, suburbs and the rural fringe Urban issues in MEDC s o Housing, run down CBD/inner city, ethnic segregation and traffic. o For each one know the problems and solutions o CASE STUDY London Docks (run down inner city/housing), Hulme park, Manchester (housing) Squatter settlements o Characteristics and ways to improve them self-help and site and service schemes o CASE STUDY Kibera, Nairobi in Kenya Impacts of industrialisation and rapid urbanisation o Waste, air and water pollution Sustainable cities o What is sustainability? CASE STUDY Curitiba, Brazil

4 Tourism Why has there been an increase in global tourism? Why is tourism important? UK tourism know different tourist activities in the UK and how this contributes to the economy. o What factors affect tourism Tourist life cycle model CASE STUDY Lake District. Why and the extent, management strategies and how to maintain tourist numbers Mass tourism impacts, management and importance o CASE STUDY Kenya Tourism in extreme environments o Why is it becoming popular and how can it be damaging? o CASE STUDY Antarctica Ecotourism o What is it; know what conservation and stewardship are and what are its benefits? (Environmental, Economic and for locals o CASE STUDY Galapagos Islands 2 exams both 90 mins. You only answer 3 sections on each exam, the ones that we have studied!

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