Layers of the Earth
Convection currents and slab pull theory
Plate margins X3
Measuring Earthquakes
Factors affecting destruction
Why do people live near earthquakes/volcanoes?
HIC Christchurch: Responses (were they effective?)
3Ps Predict, Plan, Prepare
Why do HICs suffer less than LICs?
LIC Nepal: Cause and effects (why)
LIC Nepal: Responses (were they effective?)
HIC Chirstchurch: Cause and effects (why)
Paper 1
What is weather and climate?
Global atmospheric circulation
High and low pressure
Causes of tropical storms
Features of tropical storms
Measuring tropical storms
3 names for tropical storms
3Ps Predict, Plan, Prepare
Why do HICs suffer less than LICs?
Haiyan: Cause and effects (Why)
Haiyan: Responses (were they effective?)
Why are tropical storms becoming more severe?
UK Extreme weather conditions
UK weather roundabout
Where are we on the GACM?
Named flooding events and winter storms
Named snow and cold events
Named heatwaves
Extra: Research Sheffield flood 2007 and “The Beast from the East 2018”
Storm Eunice: location
Storm Eunice: causes and effects
Storm Eunice: Responses
Why might we see more heavy rainfall in the UK?
Extra: What is a depression?
Paper 1
What is the greenhouse effect?
What is natural global warming?
What is enhanced global warming?
Illustrate the greenhouse effect
N. Cause – Volcanic eruptions
N. Cause – Melancovitch Cycle
Reducing greenhouse gasses.
N. Cause – Sun Spots
H. Cause – Industry, burning fossil fuels
What is a carbon footprint?
What is the evidence for climate change?
Mitigating greenhouse gasses
Paper 1
HAAC
SSST
River long profile
Upper course features (and how they are formed)
Middle course features (formation)
Lower course features (Formation)
Hydrological Cycle
River management: Hard engineering
River management: Soft engineering
Hydrographs – Flat and flashy causes
River Tees – Long profile
River Tees – Management
Paper 1
HAAC
SSST
Weathering
Soft rock erosion – slumping, mass movement etc
Bays and Headlands
Headland features
Holderness coast
Long shore drift
Depositional features
Sand dunes and beach profiles
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
Paper 1
Local ecosystem: Pond
How does GACM affect location of global ecosystems?
What are the global ecosystems?
Nutrient Cycles
Characteristics of the Amazon
Adaptations
Managing desertification
Cause of deforestation
Effects of deforestation
Managing deforestation
Desertification (Thar Desert)
Cause and effects of desertification
Paper 1
Where is urbanisation happening most rapidly and why?
Push and Pull factors to Megacities
Why is Mumbai an important city Nationally and globally?
What are the characteristics of Dharavi Slum?
What are the so/ec/en opportunities?
What are the so/ec/en challenges?
How has Mumbai been regenerated?
Sheffield - Why did it need regenerating?
Sheffield – Where was regenerated?
Sheffield - what were the so/ec/en impacts of regeneration?
Little Kelham - how is it sustainable urban living?
Urban issues
How is transport and waste management sustainable in Sheffield?
Development indicators - why is HDI the best?
Limitations of GNI?
Characteristics of the 5 stages of the demographic transition model and population pyramids.
Why is there variation/disparities in wealth around the world?
Methods to close the development gap, Fair Trade and Intermediate technology
Methods to close the development gap, Microfinance and Debt relief
Aid – types, positives and negatives [goat aid, oxfam]
Name TNCs found in Mumbai?
+/- of TNCs found in Mumbai [for India]
+/- impacts of TNCs on peoples QoL in Mumba
Tunisia/ Cayman Islands - How is Tourism closing the gap?
CEW DevelopmentInternational
Benefits of the positive multiplier effect
What are the impacts of uneven development?
Types of industry
What are the main industries found in the UK today?
Why did deindustrialisation take place in the UK?
How is AMRC an example of a Quaternary industry?
How is AMRC an example of a sustainable industry? so/ec/en?
What is the north side divide?
How will HS2 help to close the N/S divide?
How will Smart Motorways help to close the N/S divide?
What is “the northern powerhouse” and how could it help close the N/S divide?
Brexit, the CPTPP and the commonwealth, How is the UK connected to the wider world?
Causes and effects of rural- urban migration in UK - Outer Hebrides
CEW
UK
Causes and effects of counter-urbanisation in UK Cambridgeshire
What are the 3 resources?
What are the reasons for water surplus and scarcity?
Why does access to food vary globally?
Why does access to energy vary globally?
What is the difference between organic farming and agribusiness?
Why do we need to import food?
What are the impacts of importing food?
Why is there greater water stress in the south of the UK?
Why is there water surplus in the north of the UK ?
How can water be managed in the UK?
How can we make energy?
Resource Management
What are the +/- of renewables and non renewables.
Why is the UK moving away from Fossil Fuels?
What methods of energy production is the UK moving towards?
What are the +/- of reducing our production of fossil fuels?
What are the +/- of renewable energies?
Why is Fracking controversial? +/-
What are the +/- of Nuclear energy
What type of energy is being exploited in the Arctic?
What are the So/Ec/En +/- impacts of exploiting energy in the Arctic
What is Biofuel?
Name the sustainable energy project in India
How is the energy project in India sustainable [So/Ec/En +/-]
Resource Management
Energy.
Challenge - How has the conflict with Russia/ukraine affected global energy mixes.
Mumbai - Opportunities and challenges
Mumbai, regeneration.
Paper 2
Named examples
Sheffield - Regeneration
UK, sustainable, post industrial industry AMRC
Rural Change - Outer Hebrides and Cambridgeshire
Sustainable energy - Husk India
Sheffield - Sustainable living
India, Mumbai - impact of TNCs
Tunisia/Cayman Islands, closing the development gap
UK – closing the N/S divide
UK – rural urban change
Sheffield - urban change