Geography B (1GB0)

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Free Geography B (1GB0) study notes for Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.

Paper 1 Section A: Hazardous Earth

  • Atmospheric circulation and climate change (1.1-1.3)

  • Tropical cyclones: causes, hazards and responses (1.4-1.6)

  • Tectonic hazards: structure, plate boundaries and management (1.7-1.9)

Paper 1 Sections B & C: Development and urbanisation

  • Development dynamics: measuring and reducing global inequality (2.1-2.3)

  • Case study: one emerging country (2.4-2.7)

  • Challenges of an urbanising world: global urban trends (3.1-3.3)

  • Case study: one megacity in a developing or emerging country (3.4-3.7)

Paper 2 Section A: The UK's evolving physical landscape

  • UK geology and landscape formation (4.1-4.2)

  • Coastal change and conflict (4.3-4.5)

  • River processes and pressures (4.6-4.8)

Paper 2 Section B: The UK's evolving human landscape

  • UK population, economy and global links (5.1-5.2)

  • Case study: one major UK city (5.3-5.6)

  • City-rural interdependence and changing rural areas (5.7-5.8)

Paper 2 Section C: Geographical investigations (fieldwork)

  • The enquiry process: questions, methods, presentation and evaluation

  • Investigating coastal change and conflict

  • Investigating river processes and pressures

  • Investigating dynamic urban areas

  • Investigating changing rural areas

Paper 3: People and Environment Issues

  • People and the biosphere (7.1-7.2)

  • Forests under threat: tropical rainforest and taiga (8.1-8.6)

  • Consuming energy resources (9.1-9.6)

  • Making a geographical decision: using the resource booklet

Geographical, mathematical and statistical skills

  • Maps, OS map skills and GIS

  • Graphs, charts and data presentation

  • Numerical and statistical techniques

  • Command words and extended writing

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