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Geography Theme 2
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Geography Theme 2
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Describe and Explain
- Main types of features of volcanoes and earthquakes
- Composite cone
- Shield Volcanoes
- Features of Volcanoes
- Crater
- Vent
- Magma Chamber
- Features of Earthquakes
- Epicentre
- Focus
- Intensity
- Hazards and Opportunities
- Volcanoes and People
- Solutions to reduce impacts of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Main types of features of volcanoes and earthquakes
- Distribution of Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Awareness of plate movements and effects
- Constructive plate boundaries
- Destructive
- Conservative
- Constructive plate boundaries
- Structure
- Global patterns of plates
- Awareness of plate movements and effects
- Causes of Earthquakes and Volcanic Eruptions
- Effects on people and Environment
- Case Studies
- Earthquake
- Volcanoes
- Describe and Explain
Rivers
- Describe and Explain
- Main Hydrological characteristics and processes operate rivers and drainage basins
- width, depth, speed of flow
- Watershed, tributary, confluence
- Processes drainage basin
- Interception, infiltration, through-flow, groundwater-flow, evaporation, overland flow
- Hazards and Opportunities rivers offer people
- Management of impacts of river flooding
- Case Study
- Main Hydrological characteristics and processes operate rivers and drainage basins
- Understanding of work of river
- Eroding
- Transporting
- Depositing
- Transporting
- Eroding
- Formation of landforms
- Forms of river valleys
- Long profile and shape in cross section
- Waterfalls, potholes, meanders, oxbow lakes, deltas, levees, floodplains
- Long profile and shape in cross section
- Forms of river valleys
- Describe and Explain
Coasts
- Erosion, transportation, deposition in coastal environment
- Describe and Explain
- Formation of landforms with processes
- Cliffs, wave- cut platforms, caves, arches, stacks, bay and headland coastlines, beaches, spits, coastal sand dunes
- Coral reefs, mangrove swamps
- Conditions required for development
- Formation of landforms with processes
- Was coasts presents hazards and offer opportunities for people
- Solutions managing impacts of coastal erosion
- Hazards: coastal erosion and tropical storms
- Case Study
- Opportunities presented by an area or areas of coastline
- Solutions managing impacts of coastal erosion
Weather
- Weather data collected
- Characteristics, siting, use
- Stevenson Screen, rain gauge, maximum- minimum thermometer, wet and dry bulb thermometer(hygrometer),sunshine recorder, barometer, anemometer, wind vane
- Characteristics, siting, use
- Calculations
- Interpret graphs
- Weather and climate data
- Weather data collected
Climate and Natural Vegetation
- Describe and Explain
- Characteristics of two climates
- Equatorial
- Hot desert
- Temperature
- mean temperature of hottest and coolest month annual range
- Precipiation
- seasonal distribution
- Factors influencing characteristics of these climates
- latitude, pressure systems, winds, distance from sea, altitude and ocean currents
- Climate graphs
- Characteristics of two climates
- Characteristics of tropical rainforests and hot desert ecosystems
- Natural vegetation, soil, wildlife, climate
- Causes and effects of deforestation on tropical rainforest
- Effects natural environment locally and globally and people
- Case studies
- Area of Tropical rainforest
- Area of Hot desert
- Area of Tropical rainforest
- Case studies
- Effects natural environment locally and globally and people
- Describe and Explain