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Edexcel GCSE Geography A 1GA0
Changing Cities
Topic overviewGlobal urbanisation trends and ratesThe UK’s urban population and why urbanisation varies by regionThe chosen UK city: site, situation, connectivity and structureUrbanisation, suburbanisation and migration in the chosen UK cityPopulation change and deindustrialisation in the chosen UK cityInequality and changes in retailing in the chosen UK cityMaking the chosen UK city more sustainableThe chosen developing or emerging city: site, situation and structurePopulation growth and migration in the chosen developing or emerging cityInequality and quality of life in the chosen developing or emerging cityRapid urbanisation: challenges, and bottom-up and top-down responsesGovernment policy and quality of life in the chosen city
Coastal Landscapes and ProcessesLandscape option
Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Management
Topic overviewThe world’s large-scale ecosystems and what controls their distributionThe biosphere as a resource, and its commercial exploitationUK terrestrial and marine ecosystemsTropical rainforest characteristics and the nutrient cycleRainforest biodiversity and plant and animal adaptationsRainforest goods and services, and the causes of deforestationSustainable management of a named rainforestDeciduous woodland characteristics and the nutrient cycleWoodland biodiversity and plant and animal adaptationsWoodland goods and services, and the causes of deforestationSustainable management of a named deciduous woodland
Energy Resource ManagementResource option
Geographical Investigations – Fieldwork
Topic overviewRiver fieldwork: enquiry questions, methods and secondary dataCoastal fieldwork: enquiry questions, methods and secondary dataUrban fieldwork: enquiry questions and methodsUrban fieldwork: secondary data sourcesRural fieldwork: enquiry questions and methodsRural fieldwork: secondary data sourcesThe enquiry process: asking questions and choosing methodsThe enquiry process: presenting, analysing and concludingThe enquiry process: evaluating fieldwork
Geographical Investigations − UK Challenges
Geographical Skills
Topic overviewAtlas and map skills: distributions, patterns and sketch mapsDescribing the site, situation and shape of settlementsInterpreting diagrams, sketches and photographsUsing online census sourcesHypotheses, sampling and risk assessmentCollecting, recording and presenting dataWriting about findings and building an argument
Glaciated Upland Landscapes and ProcessesLandscape option
Topic overviewGlacial processes and the processes at work on relict landscapes todayPast climate and present UK weather in glaciated uplandsGlacial landforms of erosion and depositionCrag and tail, and drumlinsHuman activity and development in glaciated uplandsA named distinctive glaciated upland landscape in the UK
Global Development
Topic overviewDefining and measuring developmentThe global pattern of development and why it is unevenThe consequences of uneven development for quality of lifeStrategies to reduce uneven development: aid, top-down and bottom-upThe chosen country: location, context and internal unevennessEconomic change, trade, aid and investment in the chosen countryPopulation and social change in the chosen countryGeopolitics and technology in the chosen countryThe impacts of rapid development and how they are managed
Mathematics and Statistics Skills
Topic overviewCartographic skills: contours, transects, scale and distanceUsing GIS and geo-spatial dataChoosing, constructing and interpreting graphs and chartsNumerical skills: number, scale, proportion and ratioDrawing conclusions from numerical dataStatistical skills: averages, spread, percentages and correlationSpotting weaknesses in how data is presented
Resource Management
River Landscapes and ProcessesLandscape option
The Changing Landscapes of the UK
Water Resource ManagementResource option
Topic overviewThe global distribution of fresh water, and water surplus and deficitChanging water supply and demandHow water use differs between countriesWater supply problems in the UK and in developing countriesStakeholder attitudes to water, and desalinationSustainable management of water resources
Weather Hazards and Climate Change
Topic overviewGlobal atmospheric circulation and the transfer of heatNatural climate change and the evidence for itThe enhanced greenhouse effect and the effects of climate changeThe climate of the UK and how it variesHow tropical cyclones form, and where they occurWhy tropical cyclones are hazardous, and their impactsResponses to tropical cyclonesThe causes of drought and why some places are more vulnerableThe impacts of drought and responses to it
Energy Resource Management
- 6 subtopics
- 18 things to know
- Paper 2 section C
- Paper 2 section C, energy or water resource management
What Energy Resource Management covers
Energy Resource Management is examined in Paper 2, The Human Environment. It covers renewable and non-renewable energy resources compared, the UK’s energy mix and why energy mixes vary, rising energy demand and the development of non-renewables, developing renewables, and fracking, stakeholder attitudes to energy and sustainable management of energy resources.
Where it is assessed
Paper 2 section C
The Human Environment: energy or water resource management.
Check the Pearson Edexcel specification ↗The 6 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Renewable and non-renewable energy resources comparedRenewable energy resource, three renewable resources widely used to make electricity and one benefit and one drawback of generating electricity from uranium.Open →
- The UK’s energy mix and why energy mixes varyWhat an energy mix is, the shares of gas, coal, wind and nuclear in UK generation, why the UK imports energy, and how population, wealth, physical resources and poverty shape what a country burns.Open →
- Rising energy demand and the development of non-renewablesThe rise in world energy consumption from population, wealth, technology and emerging economies, how coal, offshore oil, natural gas and uranium are extracted and moved and the environmental and local costs of each, and how graphs of projected population compare with likely energy supply.Open →
- Developing renewables, and frackingHow hydro-electric schemes, wind turbines and photovoltaic panels generate electricity and what each costs the environment, then what fracking is, the shale it targets, and the objections raised against it.Open →
- Stakeholder attitudes to energyWhat a stakeholder is, why residents, energy companies, governments, campaign groups and consumers take different views of a new scheme, and why national and local opinions on the same project conflict.Open →
- Sustainable management of energy resourcesWhat sustainable energy use means, why finite fuels and renewables both need managing, conservation and household savings, government measures and international agreements, how the task differs between wealthy and developing countries, and how carbon and ecological footprints are defined, calculated and compared.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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Why did cars matter for oil, how is surface coal extracted, and what harm does opencast mining cause?
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How do hydro-electric, wind and solar schemes generate electricity, and what does a large dam cost the environment?
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What is meant by a renewable energy resource?
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What is meant by a non-renewable energy resource?
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What is a country's energy mix?
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Which fossil fuel now supplies the largest share of electricity generated in the UK?
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How does a hydro-electric scheme generate electricity?
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What is a stakeholder in an energy development?
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What does an energy company want most from a new project?
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Why do finite fuels have to be managed carefully?
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Why do renewables still need managing even though the source never runs out?
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Which four resources are the main non-renewable sources of energy?
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Which renewable source has grown fastest in the UK in recent years?
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How has the growth in world population pushed energy use upwards?
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Give two environmental costs of building a large dam.
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Why may a government in a poorer country still choose coal or oil despite the pollution?
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What measures do governments use to encourage cleaner and more efficient energy use?
Take Energy Resource Management further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Renewable energy resource vs Non-renewable energy resource
Renewable energy resource: one naturally replenished as fast as it is used, so supply never runs down. Non-renewable energy resource: a fixed stock consumed far faster than it forms, so gradually used up.
Opencast mining vs Fracking
Opencast mining: stripping off the soil and rock above a seam so coal can be dug out. Fracking: pumping water, sand and chemicals into shale at high pressure to release gas.
Hydro-electric power vs Wind power
Hydro-electric power: electricity from reservoir water released through turbines below a dam. Wind power: electricity from moving air turning blades that drive a generator.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
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What is meant by a renewable energy resource?
Model answer
One that is naturally replenished as fast as it is used, so the supply does not run down.
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What is meant by a non-renewable energy resource?
Model answer
One that exists as a fixed stock and is consumed far faster than it forms, so it is gradually used up.
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Which four resources are the main non-renewable sources of energy?
Model answer
Coal, oil, natural gas and uranium.
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Name three renewable resources widely used to make electricity.
Model answer
Hydro-electric power, wind power and solar power.
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Why are coal, oil and gas grouped together as fossil fuels?
Model answer
They all formed from the buried remains of plants and animals over millions of years.
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Give two advantages of developing coal for electricity generation.
Model answer
It is cheap to burn and gives a constant, reliable output, and the mining and burning technology is long established.
What is inside Levo
Six ways to work the same material.
Energy Resource Management revision questions
- What does Energy Resource Management cover in Edexcel GCSE Geography A?
- 6 subtopics: renewable and non-renewable energy resources compared, the uk’s energy mix and why energy mixes vary, rising energy demand and the development of non-renewables, developing renewables, and fracking, stakeholder attitudes to energy and sustainable management of energy resources. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Energy Resource Management organised?
- By the Edexcel 1GA0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
Every question in Energy Resource Management, on a schedule.
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