‘I can …’ checklist for
                    your exam

 
S4 PRELIM EXAM
This checklist is designed to help you revise for your final exam and your final exam in
May. It breaks down each topic into statements, where you will identify yourself as ‘red’,
‘orange’ or ‘green’ for each of these to prioritise your revision. Details about your exam
and how to use this checklist are below:
o The exam lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes.  
o The exam is worth 80 marks (80% of your final mark)
  (30 for Physical Geography, 30 for Human Geography and 20 for Global Issues)

 o The N5 assignment is worth 20 marks (20% of your final mark)
o Use the checklists below to prioritise your revision: 
 ‘red’ for an area you must revisit as you remember little of this or found it difficult
  ‘orange’ for areas you are fairly confident in but with some uncertainty
  ‘green’ for areas you are confident in but still need to revise!
 
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS
RED
ORANGE
GREEN
 Explain the processes of glacial erosion: Freeze thaw, plucking and abrasion
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GLACIATION

Explain how a Corrie is formed

Explain how Arêtes & Pyramidal Peaks are formed
Explain how a U-shaped valley is formed

Explain how a Hanging Valley is formed
Explain how a truncated spur is formed
(HELP SHEET: Map Skills – Glaciation)
 Identify glacial features on an OS map
CONFLICTS – Loch Lomond
 Describe and explain the land use in glaciated areas (map skills)
CASE STUDY: 
Loch Lomond
 Describe the conflicts that take place in glaciated areas
CASE STUDY:
 Loch Lomond
 Describe the solutions to conflict in glaciated areas
CASE STUDY:
 Loch Lomond

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WEATHER
PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS
(CONTINUED...)
RED
ORANGE
GREEN
GLACIATION O.S MAP WORK HELP SHEET
WEATHER
 Interpret a climate graph 
 explain the main factors affecting weather in the UK (Altitude/aspect/distance from sea/ latitude)
 Describe the characteristics of the five air masses affecting
the UK and their associated weather
 Interpret weather symbols and weather station circles and
understand their use
 Understand how a depression forms, the main features of
a depression and the weather found in each part of a depression
 Describe the main features of an anticyclone and understand the
 different weather brought by anticyclones in summer and winter

Notes…. Use this space to identify any areas you are unsure of, requires past paper practice or you need to ask your teacher about. 

HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS
URBAN
 Be able to identify Urban zones on an O.S map
RED
ORANGE
GREEN
 Describe and explain the characteristics of urban zones – CBD, Inner city, suburbs
 Describe and recognise a range of land use models and apply
them to maps and photos
 Describe the changes, threats, prevention methods to the suburbs/rural-urban fringe in GLASGOW
 Describe and explain the changes to the CBD and inner city
zones of a city in Glasgow
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Describe the characteristics, describe the problems and identify the solutions to favelas in RIO

POPULATION & DEVELOPMENT
 Describe and explain the world population distribution
 (Physical and Human factors)
 Describe graphs tables relating to population 
 Give reasons for differences in birth rates, death rates and life
expectancy in different countries
 Interpret a population pyramid (reasons for a HBR/LBR and HDR/LDR)
 Describe and explain the demographic transition model
 Describe social and economic indicators and how they show a country’s level of

 development 
RURAL
 Describe the location, land use pattern and main characteristics
of extensive commercial farming (CASE STUDY: East Anglia)
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Describe new technology and methods used on farms,
diversification & government influence in the East Anglia
 Describe the location, land use pattern and main characteristics
of intensive peasant farming (CASE STUDY: KERALA, INDIA)(SE ASIA)
 Describe new technology and methods used on farms, Green Revolution
diversification & government influence, Tourism in Kerala

GLOBAL ISSUES
RED
ORANGE
GREEN
ENVIRONMENTAL INTERACTIONS
 Describe the formation, worldwide distribution and prediction methods of tropical storms
 Hurricane Katrina: Impacts on people/landscape and short/long term aid

 

 Describe the formation, worldwide distribution and prediction methods of volcanoes
 Describe the formation, worldwide distribution, prediction methods of earthquakes
 Haiti Earthquake: Impacts on people/landscape and short/long term aid
 Mt St Helens volcano: Impacts on people/landscape and short/long term aid

Notes - Use this space to identify any areas you are unsure of, requires past paper practice or you need to ask your teacher about.