GCSE REVISION GUIDE - 4- Paper 1 Physical Case Studies

(A) Written Component One. Weighting: 40% of total assessment. Length of Examination: Paper 1¾ hours.This will comprise two sections:
Section A: Examines skills (click on link for a full list) related to Ordnance Survey mapwork, photographs, sketch maps, cross-sections, satellite images and other resources. This section will have a UK context and will be worth 24 marks.
Section B: Seven resource-based, short structured questions. You will be required to answer three physical geography questions. (Coasts, Rivers and Glaciation). Each question is worth 15 marks. Total Marks = 69

PAPER 1

COASTS		GLACIATION		RIVERS
Coastal Management issues (defence systems) The town of Mappleton		Human usage of Upland Glaciated Areas Courmayeur & Cairngorms		Land use in the Upper Course of a River The Upper Course of the River Tees
Erosional Landforms - Cliffs, Wave-cut notches and platforms Caves, Arches and Stacks Flamborough Head		Erosional Landforms - Corries Red Tarn Arêtes Striding Edge Pyramidal Peaks The Matterhorn		Land use in the Lower Course of a River The Lower Course of the River Tees
Erosional/ Depositional Landforms - Headlands and Bays Cornwall		Erosional Landforms - Glacial Troughs Glencoyne, Truncated Spurs, Hanging Valleys, Ribbon Lakes		Management in the Lower Course of a River The Lower Course of the River Tees
Depositional Landforms - Spits Spurn Point		Depositional Landforms - Moraine Birmingham Drumlins East Anglia		The impact of floods and flood prevention River Mississippi
				Erosional Landforms Niagra Falls, Iguaçu River and FallsOuse, Amazon, High Force
				Depositional Landforms River Mississippi