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Book SynopsisOxford Revise OCR B GCSE Geography provides 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. You will revise your knowledge and skills as you explore everything from extreme weather to international development. Case studies from the UK and Africa will help you apply and retain what you have revised. 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 for all areas of the specification including Our Natural World, People and Society, and Geographical Exploration. Popular case studies are covered and an online glossary helps you to learn the definitions to key terms.Retrieval questions empower you to check that you have retained the know
Table of Contents1: How can weather be hazardous? 2: Why do we have weather extremes? 3: When does extreme weather become hazardous? 4: How do plate tectonics shape our world 5: How can tectonic movement be hazardous? 6: What evidence is there for climate change? 7: What makes a landscape distinctive? 8: What influences the landscapes of the UK? 9: How are coasts and rivers formed? 10: Coastal landscape 11: River landscape 12: Why are natural ecosystems important? 13: Why do tropical rainforests matter? 14: Why are tropical rainforests being exploited? 15: What will you find in polar environments? 16: Why do people live in urban areas? 17: A city in an advanced country 18: A city in an emerging developing country 19: What is development and how is it measured?/Economic and social measures of development/Causes of unequal development 20: Are LIDCs likely to stay poor/Case study (Zambia) - Part 1 21: Are LIDCs likely to stay poor/Case study (Zambia) - Part 2 22: What does the UK look like in the 21st century?/UK's human + physical characteristics 23: How is the UK's population changing? 24: How is the UK's economy changing?/Case study (Cambridge) 25: Is the UK losing its global significance?/UK's political role in the world 26: Is the UK losing its global significance?/ UK's cultural influence 27: Demand for natural resources (Will we run out of natural resources?) 28: Food security - Part 1 (case study: Somalia) 29: Food security - Part 2 30: Introduction/Geographical skills 31: Geographical exploration/Component 03 exam 32: Geographical fieldwork 33: OS Maps
