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OCR GCSE Geography A J383
Ecosystems of the Planet
Topic overviewAbiotic and biotic components, and how ecosystems interactThe world’s biomes: where they are and what they are likeWhere the tropical rainforests are, and what they are likeWhere the coral reefs are, and what they are likeRainforest processes and nutrient cyclingTwo threatened ecosystems: a rainforest and a coral reef
Environmental Threats to Our Planet
Topic overviewClimate change through the Quaternary, and since 1000ADThe evidence for climate changeNatural causes of climate change, and the enhanced greenhouse effectThe consequences of climate changeThe world’s climatic regions and global atmospheric circulationHow global circulation produces extreme weatherTropical storms: causes, distribution and frequencyA drought caused by El Niño or La Niña
Fieldwork Skills
Geographical Skills
Topic overviewConstructing maps, and reading cross-sections and transectsCoordinates, scale, distance and reading information from a mapGradient, contours, spot heights and GISChoosing, constructing and presenting graphs and chartsReading and interpreting the main graph and chart typesNumber, area, scale and the relationships between unitsProportion and ratio, and measures of central tendency and spreadPercentages and percentiles, and designing data collection sheetsReading tables, and describing relationships in bivariate dataTrend lines and lines of best fitPredicting from data, and spotting weak statistical presentationDrawing and justifying conclusions from dataInterpreting images and written sources, and recognising biasJudging the limits of maps, graphs, statistics and images
Landscapes of the UK
People of the Planet
Topic overviewDefining and measuring developmentThe global pattern of development: ACs, EDCs and LIDCsWhy development is uneven, and the role of aidA developing or emerging country: its context and economyRostow’s model and the country’s path of developmentCities, megacities and world citiesWhy urban growth rates differ around the worldRapid urbanisation in poorer countries: causes and effectsA major city in a poorer or emerging country
People of the UK
Topic overviewThe UK’s trade, media and cultural links with the worldThe UK’s geographical diversity and its inequalitiesUneven development within the UK, and the effects of economic growthHow the UK’s population structure has changed since 1900Immigration into the UK in the twenty-first centuryUrban trends in the UK and their effectsA major UK city: its people, challenges and ways of life
UK Environmental Challenges
Topic overviewAir masses, the North Atlantic Drift and the UK’s extreme weatherA UK flood event: causes, effects and responsesHow people use, modify and change UK ecosystemsThe UK’s renewable and non-renewable energy sourcesChanging UK energy supply and demand, and sustainable useRenewables in the UK, and the future of fossil fuelsWhat shapes the UK’s energy choices
People of the UK
Uneven development within the UK, and the effects of economic growth
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Overview
Uneven development, how location and deindustrialisation hold regions back, infrastructure and investment, enterprise zones and other ways government narrows or widens inequality, what decline and rapid growth do to a place, and Redcar after its steelworks closed in 2015, with the Teesworks redevelopment.
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How can a region's location on its own hold its economy back?
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What is meant by deindustrialisation?
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What is meant by uneven development?
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Some parts of a country become richer and better served than others, so wealth and opportunity are unequally spread.
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How can a region's location on its own hold its economy back?
Model answer
Places far from the capital and from major ports and airports are slow and costly to reach, so fewer firms choose to settle there.
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What is meant by deindustrialisation?
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The decline of manufacturing in a country, with employment shifting instead into service industries.
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Why did the loss of heavy industry leave some regions much poorer?
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Coalfield, steel and shipbuilding districts lost thousands of well-paid jobs at once and had little to put in their place.
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How does good infrastructure attract investment into a region?
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Fast road and rail links, airports, reliable power and quick broadband let firms move goods, staff and information cheaply.
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Give two ways a government can try to reduce regional inequality.
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Funding better transport between northern cities, and moving public bodies and their jobs out of the capital.
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