WelcomeYour (other) Higher Geography Teacher:

Miss Filshie

Higher Geography

19/08/2010

•The course is split in to different units:

•Physical

•Human

•Environmental Interactions/Applications

•There are two Higher exam papers.

•Paper 1 – Core Geography (Human and Physical - 8 units)

•Paper 2 – Environmental Interactions/Applications – 2 units (applying your knowledge and understanding alongside case study information).

The following units are studied at Higher :

Lithosphere

Hydrosphere

Biosphere

Atmosphere

Rural Rural Land Resources

PHYSICAL CORE

HUMAN CORE

ENVIRONMENTALINTERACTIONS

Population

Industry

Urban

Development and health

Urban Changemanagement

Rural Land Degradation

River Basin Management

Europeaninequalities

Three compulsory internal assessments:

Each 45 mins in length

PHYSICAL CORE Core(20)+(20)+GMT (10)

HUMAN CORE Core(20)+(20)+GMT (10)

ENVIRONMENTAL (50)INTERACTIONS

Internal pass mark = 50 %ONE Re-sit allowed

Overall award cannot be given if any one assessment is failed.

CORE paper 1 (1h30m)

INTERACTIONSpaper 2 (1h15m)

SECTION A4 Compulsory

Questions (16,18,20 mks)2 physical cores2 Human cores

Rural Land Resources Rural Land Degradation Development and Health

SECTION B1 Physical from 2 (14mks)

Total = 200 marks

SECTION C1 Human from 2 (14mks)

100 marks

Urban Change European Inequalities

Development and Health

100 marks

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Expectations:

• Higher is a huge commitment / massive step up from S.G.

• There is a shared responsibility between teacher and you

• Timekeeping and attendance

• Homework (class work / formal / reading)

• Organisation (jotter/folder for notes)

• Behaviour

• Extra support (books / supported study etc.)

This core has 4 main topics:

2. Coastal landscapes

1. Glaciated landscapes

4. Mass Movements, e.g. landslides

3. Limestone landscapes

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The Hydrosphere core studies the following ‘water’ topics

1. The hydrological cycle (water cycle)

2. The Water budget (areas of surplus and deficit)

7. O.S. Mapwork on rivers.

3. River Basin systems (throughflow, run-off)

4. Stream Hydrographs

5. River processes (erosion, transport, deposition)6. River landforms and their formation

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This core looks at the following topics:

1. Types of soil Podsols,Brown Earths and Gleys2. Vegetation succession

3. Psammoseres vegetation development - sand dunes

There are 5 main topics to know and understand in this core

1. Global Heat budget (vertical energy transfers between Earth and space)

2. Global Heat budget (horizontal energy transfers between the latitudes)

3. Atmospheric circulation (global wind patterns)

4.Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) in Africa

5. Reasons for climatic change, e.g. greenhouse effect

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RURAL Land Resources

Development and Health

This application studies World Development + Health issues. Topics studied are:

How is development measured?

Development within countries

Health issues in the Less developed countries (LDC’s)

Development between countries

Disease

Problems of measuring development

Malaria

CholeraPrimary Health Care

This application studies the impact of humans in some of the most environmentally sensitive areas in the UK. Topics studied are:

Physical characteristics of these landscapes

Economic and Social opportunities in these areas

Impact of EU / UK Policies in Rural Areas

Environmental problems / conflicts in an upland and coastal area

Limestone

Physical / human factors involved in evolution of these landscapes

Coastal Glaciated

Glaciated Uplands

• Recap...

• Mind map:Glaciated Uplands

These occur at high altitudes, latitudes nearer the poles and often on the colder, north-facing slopes.

Glaciers form in areas of permanent snow called snowfields.

As more snow falls the pressure makes the earlier snowflakes melt.

Repeated melting and re-freezing forms granules called firn or névé.

Further compression forms larger crystals of glacial ice.

It can take 30 to 40 years for snow to form dense glacial ice.

It now moves downslope under its own weight.

Despite being hard and solid, glacier ice flows because of:

internal deformation - individual ice crystals within a glacier deform and slide across one another.

basal sliding - meltwater at the base of the glacier lubricates the ice causing it to slide.

Glacier system• Inputs and Outputs• Terminology!

– Using the core textbook pages 94-95 find the following words and write a definition in your jotter.• Snow line=• Firn=• Zone of accumulation=• Zone of ablation=• Glacial budget=