Unit AS and A2 Geography (AQA) – from September 2008.
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AS
Unit 1 – 70% (35%)
4 Structured 30 mark questions
Topics
| Rivers, floods and management |
Population change |
- Drainage basin system
- Hydrographs
- Processes
- Hjulstrom curve
- Profiles and grade
- Landforms
- Rejuvenation
- Flooding – causes, impacts, management strategies.
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- Population change
- Population structures
- Implications of change
- Migration
- Case studies – compare population characteristics of 2 areas
- Implications for social welfare
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| Cold environments |
Health issues |
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- Global patterns
- Infectious diseases
- Diseases of affluence
- Food and health
- Health in a globalising economy
- Regional variations in the UK
- Factors affecting regional variations
- Influence of age, gender, wealth
- Local case study – health care provision
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Unit 2 – Geographical skills – 30% (15%)
Consists of 2 questions
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Question 1 relates to rivers or population change.
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Question 2 relates to the girls own fieldwork and investigative research skills.
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Preparation for the fieldwork takes place during the 4-day residential field course at Preston Montford run by the Field Studies Council.
A2
Unit 3 - 30%
2 hours 30 minutes.
- 2 structured essays in 3 parts, with stimulus material – 25 marks
- 1 essay, which must be on a different topic to the other 2 questions – 40 marks.
Topics
| Plate tectonics and associated hazards |
Weather and climate and associated hazards |
- Plate movement
- Vulcanicity
- Seismicity
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- Major climate controls
- The climate of the British Isles
- The climate of 1 tropical region
- Climate on a local scale: urban climates
- Global climate change
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| World Cities |
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- Contemporary urbanisation processes
- Urban decline and regeneration
- Retailing and other services
- Contemporary sustainability issues
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Unit 4B (20%) – Issue Evaluation
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An information booklet is issued on 1st April prior to the exam.
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Questions will be asked relating to the pre- released material – some skills and some evaluation / discussion.
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The weeks preceding the exam will be spent analysing the material in class to prepare for the exam.
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