Unit 1 - People and the Physical World

UNIT 1 - PEOPLE AND THE PHYSICAL WORLD

Topic 1 - Plate Tectonics

Plate Tectonics - An Introduction
Plates and Convection Currents
Plate Boundaries
Volcanoes
Volcano Case Study - Mount St Helens - 1980
Living with Volcanoes
Volcanoes - Prediction Technology and Satellite imagery
Earthquakes
Earthquake Case Study - 1989 San Francisco Earthquake
Preparing for Earthquakes
Case Study of an Earthquake - LEDC - Bam 2003
Comparing Earthquakes
Plate Tectonics Revision

Topic 2 - Rivers and Flooding

The Hydrological Cycle
The Drainage Basin
Rivers - Source to Mouth
River Processes
Upper Course of the River Valley - V shaped valleys
Upper Course of the River - Waterfalls
Middle Course of the River - Meanders and Ox-bow lakes
Lower Course of the River - Floodplains and Levees
Hydrographs and River Discharge
Flooding in an MEDC - The Lynmouth Flood OR The Boscastle Flood
Flooding in an LEDC - Bangladesh
Comparing Flooding in an MEDC and LEDC
Rivers Revision

Topic 3 - Coasts
Coasts - Energy at the Coast
Coastal Processes - Erosion, Transport and Deposition
Coastal Erosion Landforms - Features and Formation
Coastal Deposition Landforms - Features and Formation
Case Study of Coastal Erosion - Dunwich (Suffolk)
Coastal Defence
Coasts Revision

INTERACTIVE REVISION RESOURCES
Practice Paper - Unit 1 People and the Physical World

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