Key term
AQA GCSE Geography 8035
Climate Change
Coastal Landscapes in the UKUK landscape option
Topic overviewWaves and coastal processes: weathering, mass movement, erosion, transport and depositionCoastal landforms of erosion and depositionIdentifying landforms on a stretch of UK coastlineCoastal management: hard and soft engineering, and a UK schemeManaging the Holderness coast at Mappleton
Cold EnvironmentsLiving world option
Ecosystems
EnergyResource option
FoodResource option
Geographical Applications: Fieldwork Enquiry
Topic overviewChoosing an enquiry question, its theory and its sourcesRisk assessment in fieldworkPrimary and secondary data, and sampling methodsJustifying your data collection methodsChoosing and using presentation methodsDescribing, analysing and explaining fieldwork resultsAnomalies in fieldwork dataDrawing conclusions from an enquiryEvaluating an enquiry: problems, limitations and missing dataHow reliable were your conclusions?
Geographical Skills
Topic overviewAtlas maps: coordinates, distributions and patternsReading thematic maps for physical and human associationsOS maps: scale, grid references, distance and directionOS maps: gradient, contours and landscape featuresOS maps: relief, cross sections and drawing inferencesOS maps: transects, landscape description and human activityComparing maps, sketch maps and photographsDescribing landscapes from photographs, and annotating themChoosing and constructing the right graph or chartCompleting choropleth, isoline, dot, desire-line and flow mapsReading population pyramids, choropleth and flow-line mapsNumber, scale, proportion and ratio, and designing data sheetsDrawing conclusions from numerical dataAverages, spread, percentages and correlationSpotting weaknesses in how data is presentedUsing maps, fieldwork data and GIS as evidenceUsing imagery, written, visual and graphical sourcesUsing numerical and statistical information as evidenceFraming an enquiry and writing about itBuilding an argument and reaching a conclusionIssue evaluation: stakeholders, options and a justified decision
Glacial Landscapes in the UKUK landscape option
Hot DesertsLiving world option
Resource Management
River Landscapes in the UKUK landscape option
Tectonic Hazards
The Changing Economic World
Topic overviewClassifying development, and how it is measuredWhy measures fall short, the Demographic Transition Model, and causes of uneven developmentThe consequences of uneven developmentClosing the development gap, and tourism as a strategyA rapidly developing country: change, industry, aid and impactsNigeria: a newly emerging economyEconomic futures in the UKUK economic change: named examples
Tropical Rainforests
UK Physical Landscapes
Urban Issues and Challenges
Topic overviewGlobal urbanisation: patterns, trends and what drives themThe rise of megacitiesA major city in a poorer or emerging country, and planning for the urban poorRio de Janeiro: growth, opportunities and challengesThe UK's urban population and a major UK cityBristol: urban change in a major UK cityAn urban regeneration projectSustainable urban living and urban transport
WaterResource option
Weather Hazards
Topic overviewGlobal atmospheric circulation: pressure belts and surface windsWhere tropical storms form, and whyThe structure of a tropical storm, and the effect of climate changeThe effects of and responses to tropical stormsReducing the effects of tropical stormsWeather hazards in the UKAn extreme weather event in the UK, and evidence of more extreme weather
Water
Strategies to increase water supply
- 3 things to know
- Paper 2 section C
Overview
Dams and reservoirs, water transfer schemes and desalination with their advantages and disadvantages, and the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, which transfers water from Lesotho's mountains to South Africa's Gauteng province.
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Key term
What is a water transfer scheme?
Evaluation
Give three disadvantages of a large water transfer scheme.
Questions from this subtopic
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- 1
Name the main strategies used to increase the supply of water to an area.
Model answer
Diverting supplies and increasing storage with dams and reservoirs, transferring water between drainage basins, and desalinating sea water.
- 2
How does building a dam increase the water supply?
Model answer
It holds back a river to create a reservoir, storing water from the wet season so it can be released steadily through the dry season.
- 3
Give three benefits of a dam and reservoir besides storing water.
Model answer
It can generate hydroelectric power, control flooding downstream, and provide a site for fishing, water sports and tourism.
- 4
Give three drawbacks of building a large dam and reservoir.
Model answer
Land and settlements are flooded so people must be resettled, sediment is trapped behind the dam instead of enriching the land below, and the cost is enormous.
- 5
What is a water transfer scheme?
Model answer
A system of canals, pipelines and tunnels that moves water from a drainage basin with a surplus to one with a deficit.
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Why do large countries so often need water transfers?
Model answer
Their rainfall and their population are in different places, so water is plentiful where few people live and scarce where the cities and farms are.
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