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
1
North Berwick High School



Geography Department
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
2