YEAR 7 REVISION

Here are some hints on how to revise. Revision is a very individual thing, you have to find a technique that works for you. Over the years I have found that the following method works for most people.

1. Make sure that you have plenty of paper, some people like to have a revision file or they produce their own revision cards. You should also have your text book, an atlas and your neat book open.

2. Read through your class notes and the appropriate chapter in the text book, make your own key facts by looking at the main points, the words in dark print should help you here, remember to use the glossary.

3. Draw diagrams, pictures and make up rhymes to help you learn the key points. Some people like to make posters to put around their bedrooms!

4. Write yourself little tests.

5. Get a patient person to help you and test you on what you have learnt.

6. Make sure that you produce a revision programme well before the exams so that you have plenty of time for all your subjects. The more times that you go through a topic the more confident you will become.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THE FOLLOWING

1. WHAT IS GEOGRAPHY? – Physical, human and environmental geography.

2. WEATHER – the meaning of temperature, precipitation, wind speed, cloud type and cloud cover. How we measure each of these.
- Britain’s weather, the factors that affect temperature and rainfall.
- The three different types of rain and how they are caused.
- The causes and features of depressions and anticyclones.
- The features of microclimates.

3. MAP READING – you must be able to measure distances along straight and crooked lines, know your symbols, be able to use 4 and 6 figure grid references, know the 16 points of the compass, be able to read contour lines and recognise simple landforms.

4. RIVER FLOODING – the water cycle, make sure that you know all of the definitions. - the features of a river basin and all of the definitions.
- The causes of flooding, make sure that you know both urbanisation and deforestation.
- How people cope with flooding in Britain.
- The causes of flooding in Bangladesh and how people cope with the floods.

5. SETTLEMENT – the functions of different settlements and why they grow up in particular locations.
- dispersed, nucleated and linear settlements
- the benefit and problems of settlement growth.

6. WORLD MAP- continents, oceans, rivers (Nile, Mississippi and Amazon), mountains (Andes, Rockies, Himalayas) lines of latitude and longitude.

7. BRITISH ISLES MAP – see page 115

Good Luck!
Come to see me if you need help.

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YEAR 8 REVISION

Here are some hints on how to revise. Revision is a very individual thing, you have to find a technique that works for you. Over the years I have found that the following method works for most people.

1.   Make sure that you have plenty of paper, some people like to have a revision file or they produce their own revision cards. You should also have your text book, an atlas and your neat book open.

2.   Read through your class notes and the appropriate chapter in the text book, make your own key facts by looking at the main points, the words in dark print should help you here, remember to use your glossary.

3.   Draw diagrams, pictures and make up rhymes to help you learn the key points. Some people like to make posters to put around their bedrooms!

4.   Write yourself little tests.

5.   Get a patient person to help you and to test you on what you have learnt.

6.   Make sure that you produce a revision programme well before the exams so that you have plenty of time for all of your subjects. The more times that you go through a subject the more confident you will become.

YOU NEED TO KNOW THE FOLLOWING

1.   Weathering and Erosion – definitions, the 4 main types of weathering and erosion.
2.   Rivers and coasts – definitions of source, bed, banks, channel, floodplain, mouth. Learn the diagrams and be able to explain the formation of V-shaped valleys, waterfalls, meanders, floodplains, cliffs, caves, arches and stacks, beaches and spits. What are the main causes and effects of pollution of both rivers and seas?

3.   EnvironmentalConcerns – Which groups care for different environments? What are the causes and solutions to the problem of endangered species? Antarctica what is it like and why is it being threatened, how can it be protected? Oil exploitation and electricity production – what is their effect on the environment and how can problems be reduced?

4.   Kenya – Characteristics of a developing country, the main physical features, life in the countryside and migration to the towns, shanty towns, Masaai and Kikuyu tribes ( farming, houses, daily tasks).

5.   Fair Trade – what is this and how can we help?

Good Luck!
Come to see me if you need help.

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YEAR 9 REVISION

Here are some hints on how to revise. Revision is a very individual thing, you have to find a technique that works for you. Over the years I have found that the following method works for most people.

1.   Make sure that you have plenty of paper, some people like to have a revision file or they produce their own revision cards. You should also have your text book, an atlas and your neat book open.

2.   Read through your class notes and the appropriate chapter in the text book, make your own key facts by looking at the main points, the words in dark print should help you here, remember to use your glossary.

3.   Draw diagrams, pictures and make up rhymes to help you learn the key points. Some people like to make posters to put around their bedrooms!

4.   Write yourself little tests.

5.   Get a patient person to help you and to test you on what you have learnt.

6.   Make sure that you produce a revision programme well before the exams so that you have plenty of time for all of your subjects. The more times that you go through a subject the more confident you will become.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

1.   Causes and effects of earthquakes – San Fransisco and Gujarat compared.

2.   Causes and effects of volcanoes – Mount Etna

3.   Plate Tectonics – diagrams and explanations of plates moving together, apart and sliding past each other.

4.   European Union – why was it set up and which countries are the members.

5.   Italy – the attractions of Italy for tourists, the contrasts between north and south, the Industrial Triangle, the problems of Southern Italy and how they can be solved.

6.   Japan – traditional and modern Japan, sources of energy, industry in Japan, how this has affected the environment. Japanese attitudes towards environmental issues such as whaling.

7.   Natural environments – what the characteristics of the climates of the rainforests and Mediterranean climates and how has the vegetation /animals adapted to the climate?

Good Luck!
Come to see me if you need help.