Year 1 Section 2: The Natural Environment Topics Case studies Fieldwork Geographical Skills Exam preparation 5.1 Exam preparation 5.3 Exam preparation 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 Earthquakes and Japan earthquake and Map interpretation – volcanoes tsunami Topic 4.2 Plates and plate Soufriere Hills volcano in – boundaries Montserrat Topic 2.1 Drainage basin Mekong delta Vietnam River measurements Fieldwork sketch of the – processes Mississippi USA velocity landscape – – discharge 4.4 River erosion, – width and depth – transport and Maps identifying landscape – load deposition processes – features long profile – Topic 4.1 features cross-section – Opportunities and Maps describing a river and – 4.5 hazards created by river valley rivers Topic 4.1 Topic 2.2 Changing coasts and Great Barrier Reef Coastal measurements Sketching a landscape – waves Australia longshore drift Topic 4.4 – beach material – Coastal erosion, Map interpretation wave frequency transport and – Topic 4.1 beach profile – deposition processes Sketching from a map Topic 4.5 Coastal landforms Topic 4.4 Coral reefs and mangrove swamps Topic 2.3 Map interpretation Weather and climate instruments to Topic 4.2 measure Measuring and temperature Drawing and interpreting a – recording the weather rainfall climate graph – Types of cloud relative humidity 4.3 – Topic 2.4 atmospheric pressure Drawing and interpreting a wind – wind speed and direction rose – Topic 4.3 Climate and natural Borneo tropical rainforest Comparing topographical maps – vegetation Topic 4.2 Namib Desert Namibia – Equatorial climate Climate graph interpretation Topic 4.3 Tropical rainforest vegetation and Line graph environment 4.3 Hot desert climate Choropleth map Hot desert vegetation Topic 4.2 and environment Drawing a sketch map Human activity in the Topic 4.4 hot desert Interpretation of a satellite image Natural hazards 4.6 including tropical storms and flooding Topic 2.5
Year 1 Section 2: The Natural Environment Topics Case studies Exam preparation 5.1 Fieldwork Exam preparation 5.3 Geographical Skills Exam preparation 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 Earthquakes and volcanoes Plates and plate boundaries Topic 2.1 Japan – earthquake and tsunami Soufriere Hills – volcano in Montserrat Map interpretation Topic 4.2 Drainage basin processes River erosion, transport and deposition processes features Opportunities and hazards created by rivers Topic 2.2 Mekong delta – Vietnam Mississippi – USA River measurements – velocity – discharge – width and depth – load – long profile – cross-section 4.5 Fieldwork sketch of the landscape 4.4 Maps – identifying landscape features Topic 4.1 Maps – describing a river and river valley Topic 4.1 Changing coasts and waves Coastal erosion, transport and deposition processes Coastal landforms Coral reefs and mangrove swamps Topic 2.3 Great Barrier Reef – Australia Coastal measurements – longshore drift – beach material – wave frequency – beach profile Topic 4.5 Sketching a landscape Topic 4.4 Map interpretation Topic 4.1 Sketching from a map Topic 4.4 Weather and climate Measuring and recording the weather Types of cloud Topic 2.4 instruments to measure – temperature – rainfall – relative humidity – atmospheric pressure – wind speed and direction Map interpretation Topic 4.2 Drawing and interpreting a climate graph 4.3 Drawing and interpreting a wind rose Topic 4.3 Climate and natural vegetation Equatorial climate Tropical rainforest vegetation and environment Hot desert climate Hot desert vegetation and environment Human activity in the hot desert Natural hazards including tropical storms and flooding Topic 2.5 Borneo – tropical rainforest Namib Desert – Namibia Comparing topographical maps Topic 4.2 Climate graph interpretation Topic 4.3 Line graph 4.3 Choropleth map Topic 4.2 Drawing a sketch map Topic 4.4 Interpretation of a satellite image 4.6
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