Cambridge A-level Geography Year 12 revision

Topic 1: Hydrology and fluvial geomorphology

It builds on what you learned at IGCSE in Rivers, and takes it further.

There are 5 parts: we start with drainage basin hydrology, and finish with human impacts on the water cycle.

1. 1.1Drainage basin hydrology: inputs, stores, flows and the water balance38 questions
2. 1.2Runoff and storm hydrographs: factors affecting flood risk76 questions
3. 1.3The water cycleFree 17 questions
4. 1.4Precipitation, the cryosphere and variability in the water cycle over time40 questions
5. 1.5Human impacts on the water cycle: land use change, urbanisation and abstraction78 questions

Topic 2: Atmosphere and weather

It builds on what you learned at IGCSE in Weather and Climate and natural vegetation, and takes it further.

We will go through it step by step.

1. 2.1Atmosphere and weather: energy budgets, the global circulation, weather processes and the urban heat island60 questions

Topic 3: Rocks and weathering

It builds on what you learned at IGCSE in Earthquakes and volcanoes, and takes it further.

There are 3 parts: we start with earth structure and plate tectonic theory, and finish with sub-aerial processes.

1. 3.1Earth structure and plate tectonic theory: evidence and driving mechanismsFree 44 questions
2. 3.2Plate margins and hotspots: constructive, destructive, conservative and collision processes33 questions
3. 3.3Sub-aerial processes: weathering and mass movement at the coast86 questions

Topic 4: Population

It builds on what you learned at IGCSE in Population dynamics, and takes it further.

We will go through it step by step.

1. 4.1Population change: natural increase, the demographic transition, food supply and carrying capacity59 questions

Topic 5: Migration

It builds on what you learned at IGCSE in Migration, and takes it further.

We will go through it step by step.

1. 5.1Migration and globalisation: flows, causes and consequences31 questions

Topic 6: Settlement dynamics

It builds on what you learned at IGCSE in Urbanisation, and takes it further.

There are 3 parts: we start with place change and regeneration, and finish with measuring place and regeneration success.

1. 6.1Place change and regeneration18 questions
2. 6.2Demographic, economic and cultural change: deindustrialisation and place decline76 questions
3. 6.3Measuring place and regeneration success: deprivation indices, inequality and evaluation34 questions

Topic 8: Coastal environments (A Level option)

It builds on what you learned at IGCSE in Coasts, and takes it further.

There are 8 parts: we start with waves, tides, currents and wind, and finish with shoreline management plans, integrated coastal zone management and cost-benefit analysis.

1. 8.1Waves, tides, currents and wind: coastal energy51 questions
2. 8.2Coastal processes and landformsFree 21 questions
3. 8.3Geology and the coast: lithology, structure and coastal morphology37 questions
4. 8.4Sea level change and landforms of emergence and submergence34 questions
5. 8.5Coastal ecosystems: sand dunes, saltmarshes and succession40 questions
6. 8.6Coastal management19 questions
7. 8.7Coastal flooding, storm surges and erosion hazardsFree 36 questions
8. 8.8Shoreline management plans, integrated coastal zone management and cost-benefit analysis27 questions

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