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Oxford Revise: AQA A Level Geography eBook
Rebecca Priest, Rob Bircher, Lucy Scovell
Oxford Revise: AQA A Level Geography eBook
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Oxford Revise AQA A Level Geography online versionprovides you with all the key information that you need to revise and covers the full specification with a geographical skills section to help build and reinforce your knowledge of the skills required.

By working through the Knowledge - Retrieval - Practice sections, you will be using proven ways to revise, check and recall, so that what you revise sticks in your memory.

Knowledge Organisers cover the key information that you need to revise in manageable chunks and help you to make connections with what you already know. Concepts are illustrated in meaningful ways with popular case studies covered throughout.

Retrieval questions empower you to check that you have retained the knowledge before you move onto the exam practice.

Exam-style Practice gives you lots of opportunities to practise the type of questions you will encounter in your exams with useful tips on command words and how to approach them.

This easy-to-follow revision and practice guide has been written by experienced teachers and cognitive science experts. As you work through it you will be securing your knowledge and building up your confidence.
QR codes provide links to answers, key word definitions and further revision support on the accompanying website.

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English
ISBN
9781382052436
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1 Water and carbon cycles
1.1 Systems concepts
1.2 The water cycle
1.3 The drainage basin
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1.4 Carbon cycle: stores and transfers
1.5 Changes in the carbon cycle
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1.6 Climate change
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1.7 Case study: Tropical rainforest
1.8 Case study: River catchment
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Practice
2 Hot desert systems and landscapes
2.1 Hot desert systems
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2.2 Desert systems and processes
2.3 Desert landforms
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2.4 Desertification
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2.5 Case study: Desertification
2.6 Case study: Hot desert environment
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Practice
3 Coastal systems and landscapes
3.1 Coastal systems
3.2 Coastal processes
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3.3 Landforms of coastal erosion
3.4 Landforms of coastal deposition
3.5 Sea level change
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3.6 Coastal management
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3.7 Case Study: A coastal environment at a local scale
3.8 Case study: A contrasting coastal landscape
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Practice
4 Glacial systems and landscapes
4.1 Glacial systems
4.2 Cold environments
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4.3 Glacial processes
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4.4 Glacial landforms
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4.5 Fluvioglacial and periglacial landforms
4.6 Human impacts on fragile cold environments
4.7 Case study: A glaciated environment
4.8 Case study: A contrasting glaciated landscape
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Practice
5 Hazards
5.1 The concept of hazard in a geographical context
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5.2 Plate tectonics
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5.3 Volcanic hazards
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5.4 Seismic hazards
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5.5 Storm hazards
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5.6 Wildfires
5.7 Case study: A place in a hazardous setting
5.8 Case study: A multi-hazardous environment
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Practice
6 Ecosystems under stress
6.1 Ecosystems and sustainability
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6.2 Ecosystems and processes
6.3 Terrestrial ecosystems
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6.4 Biomes
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6.5 Ecosystems in the British Isles over time
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6.6 Marine ecosystems
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6.7 Local ecosystems
6.8 Case study: A local ecosystem
6.9 Case study: Ecological change
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Practice
7 Global systems and global governance
7.1 Globalisation
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7.2 Global systems
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7.3 International trade
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7.4 TNCs
7.5 Consequences of global systems
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7.6 Global governance
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7.7 The global commons
7.8 Antarctica as a global common
7.9 Global governance in Antarctica
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7.10 Globalisation critique
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Practice
8 Changing places
8.1 The concept of place
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8.2 Relationships and connections
8.3 Meaning and representation
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8.4 Quantitative and Qualitative data
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8.5 Local place study
8.6 Contrasting place study
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Practice
9 Contemporary urban environments
9.1 Urbanisation
9.2 Megacities and world cities
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9.3 Urban forms
9.4 Urban issues
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9.5 Urban climate
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9.6 Urban drainage
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9.7 Urban waste
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9.8 Urban environmental issues
9.9 Sustainable urban development
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9.10 Case study: An urban area in the UK
9.11 Case study: A contrasting urban area
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Practice
10 Population and the environment
10.1 The relationship between physical geography and population
10.2 Global food production and consumption
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10.3 Climate
10.4 Soils
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10.5 The environment and health
10.6 Biologically transmitted and non-communicable disease
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10.7 Natural population change
10.8 International migration
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10.9 Population ecology
10.10 Global population futures
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10.11 Case study: Population change
10.12 Case study: Place and health
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Practice
11 Resource security
11.1 Resource development
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11.2 Natural resource issues
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11.3 Water security
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11.4 Energy security
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11.5 Mineral security
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11.6 Resource futures
11.7 Case study: Resource issues
11.8 Case study: How physical environment affects resources
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Practice
12 Skills and fieldwork
12.1 Fieldwork
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12.2 Cartographic skills
12.3 Graphical skills
12.4 Statistical skills
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