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Geography A (1GA0)
11 sections available · 36 chapters available
Free Geography A (1GA0) study notes for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) students. Each chapter below covers a key topic with worked examples and practice prompts you can take into the thinka app.
Component 1: The Physical Environment
Paper 1 · Topic 1: The changing landscapes of the UK
UK geology and the making of upland and lowland landscapes
Option 1A: Coastal landscapes and processes
Option 1B: River landscapes and processes
Option 1C: Glaciated upland landscapes and processes
Component 2: The Human Environment
Component 3: Geographical Investigations: Fieldwork and UK Challenges
Paper 1 · Topic 2: Weather hazards and climate change
Global atmospheric circulation and heat transfer
Natural and human causes of climate change
The UK climate and how it has changed
Tropical cyclones: formation, impacts and responses
Drought: causes, impacts and responses
Paper 1 · Topic 3: Ecosystems, biodiversity and management
Large-scale ecosystems and the biosphere
UK terrestrial ecosystems
Tropical rainforests: features, goods, services and threats
Deciduous woodlands: features, goods, services and threats
Paper 2 · Topic 4: Changing cities
Global urbanisation trends and UK urban patterns
Case study: a major UK city — context, functions and change
Case study: a major UK city — challenges and long-term solutions
Case study: a major city in a developing or emerging country — context and growth
Case study: a major city in a developing or emerging country — challenges of rapid growth
Paper 2 · Topic 5: Global development
Defining and measuring development
Uneven global development and its consequences
Strategies to address uneven development
Case study: development in a developing or emerging country
Paper 2 · Topic 6: Resource management
Natural resources: global and UK distribution of food, energy and water
Option 6A: Energy resources, the UK energy mix and changing demand
Option 6A: Energy interventions and sustainable management
Option 6B: Water supply, consumption and supply problems
Option 6B: Water interventions and sustainable management
Paper 3 · Topic 7: Geographical investigations — fieldwork
The fieldwork enquiry process: questions, methods, presentation, analysis, conclusions and evaluation
Option 7A (physical): River landscapes — investigating change in a river channel
Option 7A (physical): Coastal landscapes fieldwork
Option 7B (human): Central/inner urban area fieldwork
Option 7B (human): Rural settlements fieldwork
Paper 3 · Topic 8: Geographical investigations — UK challenges
UK resource consumption and environmental sustainability challenge
UK settlement, population and economic challenges
UK landscape challenges: National Parks and flood risk
UK climate change challenges
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