OCR B GCSE Geography revision

Topic 1: Global hazards

There are 7 parts: we start with global atmospheric circulation and climate zones, and finish with managing tectonic hazards.

1. 1.1Global atmospheric circulation and climate zones78 questions
2. 1.2Weather hazards and climate change56 questions
3. 1.3Tropical storms: formation, impacts and responses37 questions
4. 1.4Drought: causes, impacts and management42 questions
5. 1.5Extreme weather in the UK: causes, impacts and the Somerset Levels flooding case study76 questions
6. 1.6Tectonic hazardsFree 16 questions
7. 1.7Managing tectonic hazards: monitoring, prediction, planning and protection, with contrasting HIC and LIC case studies40 questions

Topic 2: Changing climate

There are 2 parts: we start with evidence for and causes of climate change (natural and human), and finish with managing climate change.

1. 2.1Evidence for and causes of climate change (natural and human)75 questions
2. 2.2Managing climate change: mitigation (carbon capture, renewables, international agreements) and adaptation strategies70 questions

Topic 3: Distinctive landscapes

There are 4 parts: we start with coastal landscapes, and finish with river flooding and management.

1. 3.1Coastal landscapesFree 65 questions
2. 3.2Coastal management: hard and soft engineering, managed retreat and a UK coastal case study38 questions
3. 3.3River landscapes60 questions
4. 3.4River flooding and management: hydrographs, causes, impacts and a UK flood management scheme77 questions

Topic 4: Sustaining ecosystems

There are 7 parts: we start with global biomes, and finish with polar environments.

1. 4.1Global biomes: distribution, climate, soils and ecosystem interdependence77 questions
2. 4.2A small-scale UK ecosystem (pond, woodland or similar)84 questions
3. 4.3Biodiversity, ecosystem services and threats to ecosystems39 questions
4. 4.4Ecosystems and tropical rainforestsFree 27 questions
5. 4.5Tropical rainforest deforestation: causes, impacts and sustainable management case study41 questions
6. 4.6Hot deserts and cold environments18 questions
7. 4.7Polar environments: the Arctic and Antarctica, threats and sustainable management24 questions

Topic 5: Urban futures

There are 4 parts: we start with urbanisation and megacities, and finish with UK city case study (London or Bristol).

1. 5.1Urbanisation and megacitiesFree 55 questions
2. 5.2A city in an LIC or NEE: Rio de Janeiro case study21 questions
3. 5.3Urban change and sustainability49 questions
4. 5.4UK city case study (London or Bristol): location, migration, opportunities and challenges35 questions

Topic 6: Dynamic development

There are 3 parts: we start with development and the development gap, and finish with globalisation and transnational corporations.

1. 6.1Development and the development gapFree 64 questions
2. 6.2Reducing the development gap: aid, debt relief, fair trade, microfinance and intermediate technology86 questions
3. 6.3Globalisation and transnational corporations: causes, impacts and a TNC case study31 questions

Topic 7: UK in the 21st century

There are 2 parts: we start with the UK in the 21st century, and finish with economic change in the UK.

1. 7.1The UK in the 21st century: population, diversity and the UK's place in the world58 questions
2. 7.2Economic change in the UK19 questions

Topic 8: Resource reliance

There are 3 parts: we start with resource management, and finish with UK food, water and energy.

1. 8.1Resource management: food, water and energyFree 38 questions
2. 8.2Food in detail: food security, increasing supply and sustainable food27 questions
3. 8.3UK food, water and energy: supply, demand, energy mix and a resource management case study49 questions

Topic 9: Fieldwork and geographical skills

There are 9 parts: we start with the enquiry process, and finish with extended-answer technique.

1. 9.1The enquiry process: questions, hypotheses, risk assessment, sampling methods and ethical considerationsFree 40 questions
2. 9.2Physical fieldwork (river or coast): data collection methods such as channel width, depth, velocity, beach profiles and sediment size86 questions
3. 9.3Human fieldwork (urban or rural): land-use surveys, environmental quality surveys, pedestrian and traffic counts and questionnaires74 questions
4. 9.4Presenting, analysing, concluding on and evaluating fieldwork data, including unfamiliar fieldwork questions77 questions
5. 9.5Map skills: OS maps, grid references, scale, distance, contours, relief and cross-sectionsFree 79 questions
6. 9.6Graphical skills: bar, line, pie, scatter, histogram, choropleth, isoline, flow-line and proportional symbol maps, population pyramids and climate graphs83 questions
7. 9.7Numerical and statistical skills: mean, median, mode, range, interquartile range, percentages, percentage change, ratios and Spearman's rank70 questions
8. 9.8Using GIS, satellite images, aerial photographs and annotated photo or sketch interpretation36 questions
9. 9.9Extended-answer technique: 9-mark and 12-mark evaluative questions with SPaG31 questions

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