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Geography (9GE0)
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Free Geography (9GE0) study notes for Pearson Edexcel A Level students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Topic 1: Tectonic Processes and Hazards
Global distribution of tectonic hazards and plate tectonic theory
Physical processes: earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis and secondary hazards
Hazard, disaster, vulnerability and resilience
Hazard profiles, development and governance
Tectonic disaster trends, prediction and forecasting
Mitigation, adaptation and hazard management strategies
Topic 2: Landscape Systems, Processes and Change (2A / 2B options)
2A Climate change and the formation of glaciated landscapes over time
2A Glacier systems: mass balance, movement and periglacial processes
2A Glacial erosional, depositional and meltwater landforms
2A Use, value, threats and management of glaciated landscapes
2B The littoral zone, geological structure and lithology
2B Marine erosion, sediment transport, deposition and subaerial processes
2B Coastal recession, sea level change and coastal flood risk
2B Coastal management, shoreline management plans and ICZM
Topics 5 & 6: Physical Systems and Sustainability
The global hydrological cycle and the drainage basin system
Water budgets, river regimes and storm hydrographs
Deficits, surpluses and climate change in the hydrological cycle
Water insecurity and approaches to managing water supply
Carbon stores and the long-term geological carbon cycle
Biological sequestration and the fast carbon cycle
Energy security, fossil fuel reliance and alternative energy
Degradation of the carbon and water cycles, warming risks and responses
Topics 3 & 7: Globalisation and Superpowers
Causes and acceleration of globalisation
The global shift, migration and the emergence of a global culture
Development gaps, tensions and environmental quality
Ethical and environmental responses: localism and sustainability
Defining superpowers and changing patterns of power
Superpower influence on the global economy and international decision making
Contested spheres of influence, resources and the physical environment
Emerging powers, developing nations and challenges to superpower status
Topic 4: Shaping Places (4A / 4B options)
4A Varied economies, place function and past connections
4A Inequality, lived experience and the need for regeneration
4A Managing regeneration: government policy and rebranding
4A Judging the success of urban and rural regeneration
4B Population structure and characteristics of places
4B How different groups view urban and rural living spaces
4B Diversity, segregation, tension and conflict
4B Managing and evaluating demographic and cultural change
Topic 8: Global Development and Connections (8A / 8B options)
8A Concepts and measures of human development
8A Variations in health and life expectancy; development targets and policies
8A Human rights in international law and variations between and within countries
8A Geopolitical intervention: development aid, military aid and intervention
8A Measuring the outcomes and success of interventions
8B Globalisation, causes of migration and its consequences
8B Nation states, nationalism and sovereignty
8B Global organisations, IGOs and the management of global issues
8B National identity, its challenges and disunity within nations
Paper 3: Synoptic Investigation
Synoptic theme: Players
Synoptic theme: Attitudes and actions
Synoptic theme: Futures and uncertainties
Making synoptic links across compulsory content (Topics 1, 3, 5, 6, 7)
Investigating a place-based geographical issue from resource material
Extended writing: 8-, 18- and 24-mark synoptic responses
Geographical and fieldwork skills
Qualitative data: sources, coding, sampling and ethics
Quantitative data, geo-located data and GIS
Descriptive statistics: central tendency, dispersion, Gini coefficient and Lorenz curve
Statistical tests: t-tests, Spearman's rank and chi-squared
Data presentation: dot maps, kite diagrams, dispersion diagrams and scales
Critical use of data: error, representativeness and misuse
Fieldwork skills and the Independent Investigation
Command words and extended writing (12- and 20-mark)
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