Podcasts

Click on the links below and revise using YOUR very own podcasts......

COASTS:

Mappleton case study

Coasts 1 - Energy at the Coast

Coasts 2 - Coastal Processes

Coasts 3 - Coastal Erosional Landforms

Coasts 4 - Coastal Deposition Features

Coasts 5 - Coastal Defences

Courtesy of St. Ivo School Geography Department.

Blackpool - problems and solutions

TECTONICS:

The Alps Case study

Plate tectonics and Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Fold Mountain (with thanks to STACS geography dept.)

Case study - volcanic eruption - Montserrat - LEDC

Case Study - earthquake - Kobe, Japan - MEDC

ROCKS AND LANDSCAPES:

Rock Types

Weathering

A Granite landscape - Dartmoor

A Carboniferous landscape - Yorkshire Dales / Cheddar

A Chalk and Clay landscape - South Downs

Quarrying

Worked examples - past questions

SETTLEMENT:

Exeter CBD - characterisitics
(Real Player required. Courtesy of Juicy Geography)

Urban Sprawl

Urban zones

LEDC city problems

Green belt

Past Questions: Listen to these podcasts of past questions and create your own revision cards / download and peer assess......

1. For a CBD you have studied, explain the land uses found there. (4)

2. Why do some settlements turn into trading centres? (4)

3. Using an example(s), describe how planners in MEDC’s are trying to solve the problems of CBD’s. (6)

4. Describe the possible social problems in inner city areas of MEDC’s (4)

5. Describe the possible environmental and economic problems in inner city areas of MEDC’s (4)

6. Using a named urban area, describe what has been done to improve the CBD (4)

7. Using a named urban area, describe what has been done to improve the inner city. (4)

8. With the help of one or more examples, explain how the lives of people living in some shanty towns have been improved. (6)

9. With reference to areas or cities you have studied, describe the problems of shanty towns. (4)

10. Describe how governments try to cope with urban sprawl. (4)

11. Describe the similarities and differences between the urban model of a city in an LEDC and the urban model of a city in an MEDC. (4)

12. What are the advantages of some settlement sites? (4)

13. Describe the main features of the outer suburbs of a settlement. (4)

14. Describe the main features of the inner city of a settlement. (4)

15. Using an example, describe how the functions of a settlement may change over time. (4)

16. Compare the urban growth of cities in MEDC’s with cities in LEDC’s. (4)

17. Using one or more examples, explain how city planners in LEDCs are trying to solve the problems of rapid growth. (6 marks)

MANAGING RESOURCES AND TOURISM:

Tourism

Renewable energy

Recycling


AGRICULTURE:

Factors affecting Farming

Diversification in farming

Agriculture - background

Agricultural change in MEDC and LEDC's