Geography: KS3 revision notes
1 Geography Skills
2 Geology of the UK
2.2 Case Study: The Peak District
3 Geography of the World
4 Development
4.3 Case Study: Democratic Republic of Congo
5 Weather & Climate
5.1 Weather
- 5.1.1 Weather & Climate
- 5.1.2 Components of Weather
- 5.1.3 Temperature
- 5.1.4 Sunshine, Humidity & Air Pressure
- 5.1.5 Cloud Cover
- 5.1.6 Precipitation
- 5.1.7 Convectional Precipitation
- 5.1.8 Frontal Precipitation
- 5.1.9 Relief or Orographic Precipitation
- 5.1.10 Wind
- 5.1.11 Extreme Wind
- 5.1.12 Recording the Weather
- 5.1.13 Extreme Weather
- 5.1.14 Weather Hazards - Statistical Skills
7 Natural Resources
8 Rivers
8.1 River Processes & Landforms
- 8.1.1 Overview of Rivers
- 8.1.2 The Bradshaw Model
- 8.1.3 Erosion
- 8.1.4 Sediment Transport
- 8.1.5 River Deposition
- 8.1.6 Landforms
- 8.1.7 River Profiles: Long Profiles
- 8.1.8 River Profiles: Cross Profiles
- 8.1.9 Waterfalls & Gorges
- 8.1.10 Interlocking Spurs
- 8.1.11 Meanders
- 8.1.12 Floodplains
- 8.1.13 Levees
- 8.1.14 Case Study: River Tees
8.2 Rivers & Flooding
- 8.2.1 Flood Risk Factors
- 8.2.2 Flood Management: Hard Engineering
- 8.2.3 Flood Management: Soft Engineering
- 8.2.4 Flooding Case Study: Boscastle
- 8.2.5 Flooding Case Study: Consequences of Boscastle
- 8.2.6 Flooding Case Study: Responses to Boscastle
- 8.2.7 Flooding Case Study: Bangladesh
- 8.2.8 Flooding Case Study: Bangladesh - Consequences
- 8.2.9 End of Topic Test - Rivers
- 8.2.10 Rivers Case Study: The Nile
- 8.2.11 Rivers Case Study: The Mississippi
9 Coasts
10 Glaciers
10.1 Overview of Glaciers & How They Work
- 10.1.1 Distribution of Glaciers
- 10.1.2 Types of Glaciers
- 10.1.3 The Last Ice Age
- 10.1.4 Formation & Movement of Glaciers
- 10.1.5 Shaping of Landscapes by Glaciers
- 10.1.6 Glacial Landforms Created by Erosion
- 10.1.7 Glacial Till & Outwash Plain
- 10.1.8 Moraines
- 10.1.9 Drumlins & Erratics
- 10.1.10 End of Topic Tests - Glaciers
- 10.1.11 Tourism in Glacial Landscapes
- 10.1.12 Strategies for Coping with Tourists
- 10.1.13 Case Study - Lake District: Tourism
- 10.1.14 Case Study - Lake District: Management
11 Tectonics
11.1 Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics
11.5 Managing the Risk of Volcanoes & Earthquakes
12 Climate Change
12.1 The Causes & Consequences of Climate Change
- 12.1.1 Evidence for Climate Change
- 12.1.2 Natural Causes of Climate Change
- 12.1.3 Human Causes of Climate Change
- 12.1.4 The Greenhouse Effect
- 12.1.5 Effects of Climate Change on the Environment
- 12.1.6 Effects of Climate Change on People
- 12.1.7 Climate Change Predictions
- 12.1.8 Uncertainty About Future Climate Change
- 12.1.9 Mitigating Against Climate Change
- 12.1.10 Adapting to Climate Change
- 12.1.11 Case Study: Bangladesh
- 12.1.12 Climate Change - Statistical Skills
13 Global Population & Inequality
14 Urbanisation
14.1 Urbanisation
- 14.1.1 Rural Characterisitcs
- 14.1.2 Urban Characteristics
- 14.1.3 Urbanisation Growth
- 14.1.4 The Land Use Model
- 14.1.5 Rural-Urban Pull Factors
- 14.1.6 Rural-Urban Push Factors
- 14.1.7 The Impacts of Migration
- 14.1.8 Challenges of Urban Areas in Developed Countries
- 14.1.9 Challenges of Urban Areas in Developing Countries
- 14.1.10 Urban Sustainability
- 14.1.11 Case Study: China's Urbanisation
- 14.1.12 Major UK Cities
- 14.1.13 Urbanisation in the UK
- 14.1.14 End of Topic Test- Urbanisation
- 14.1.15 End of Topic Test - Urban Issues
- 14.1.16 Urban Issues - Statistical Skills
15 Ecosystems
15.1 The Major Biomes
- 15.1.1 Distribution of Major Biomes
- 15.1.2 What Affects the Distribution of Biomes?
- 15.1.3 Biome Features: Tropical Forests
- 15.1.4 Biome Features: Temperate Forests
- 15.1.5 Biome Features: Tundra
- 15.1.6 Biome Features: Deserts
- 15.1.7 Biome Features: Tropical Grasslands
- 15.1.8 Biome Features: Temperate Grasslands
15.2 Case Study: The Amazon Rainforest
- 15.2.1 Interdependence of Rainforest Ecosystems
- 15.2.2 Nutrient Cycling in Tropical Rainforests
- 15.2.3 Deforestation in the Amazon
- 15.2.4 Impacts of Deforestation in the Amazon
- 15.2.5 Protecting the Amazon
- 15.2.6 Adaptations of Plants to Rainforests
- 15.2.7 Adaptations of Animals to Rainforests
- 15.2.8 Deforestation - Statistical Skills
16 Life in an Emerging Country
16.1 Case Studies
17 Analysis of Africa
17.1 Africa
- 17.1.1 Desert Biomes in Africa
- 17.1.2 The Semi-Desert Biome
- 17.1.3 The Savanna Biome
- 17.1.4 Overview of Tropical Rainforests
- 17.1.5 Colonisation History
- 17.1.6 Population Distribution in Africa
- 17.1.7 Economic Resources in Africa
- 17.1.8 Urbanisation in Africa
- 17.1.9 Africa's Location
- 17.1.10 Physical Geography of Africa
- 17.1.11 Desertification in Africa
- 17.1.12 Reducing the Risk of Desertification
- 17.1.13 Case Study: The Sahara Desert - Opportunities
- 17.1.14 Case Study: The Sahara Desert - Development
18 Analysis of India
19 Analysis of the Middle East
19.1 The Middle East
- 19.1.1 Physical Geography of the Middle East
- 19.1.2 Human Geography of the Middle East
- 19.1.3 Climate Zones in the Middle East
- 19.1.4 Oil & Natural Gas in the Middle East
- 19.1.5 Water in the Middle East
- 19.1.6 Population of the Middle East
- 19.1.7 Development Case Studies: The UAE
- 19.1.8 Development Case Studies: Yemen
- 19.1.9 Supporting Development in Yemen
- 19.1.10 Connection to the UK
- 19.1.11 Importance of Oil
- 19.1.12 Oil & Tourism in the UAE
20 Analysis of Bangladesh
20.1 Bangladesh Physical Geography
21 Analysis of Russia
21.1 Russia's Physical Geography
21.2 Russia's Human Geography