GCSE Geography Paper 1 PLACE SPECIFIC DETAIL

australia vs UK average summer temp

33 degrees C vs 23 degrees C

australia vs uk strongest wind recorded

400km/h vs 220km/h

australia vs uk average annual rainfall

450mm vs 1200mm

typhoon haiyan: philippines GDP per capita

$2,700

typhoon haiyan: ?% of buildings in ? city destroyed

90% of buildings in tacloban city destroyed

typhoon haiyan: total damage costs

$8 billion

uk heatwave: temps

35 degres C

uk heatwave: ?% of population stayed in the UK for summer

57%

uk heatwave: ?km² burnt where

18km² on Saddleworth Moor

nepal earthquake: nepal GDP

under $1,000

nepal earthquake: ?% of population lived in rural remote communities

80%

nepal earthquake: epicentre ?km ?direction of what city

80km nortwest of kathmandu (capital)

nepal earthquake: ? aftershocks

over 300

nepal earthquake: how many people made homeless

3.5 million

nepal earthquake: damages costs

$7-10 billion

nepal earthquake: ?% of nepalese army mobilised

90%

antarctic treaty: signed when

1959

antarctic treaty: signed originally by how many nations

12

antarctic treaty: how many nations signed today

56

antarctic treaty: some rules

• no nuclear activity / military use

• all countries have the right to inspect activity

• no new territorial claims

• freedom & cooperation of scientific investigations

antarctic treaty: how many people visited antarctica in what year

170,000 in 2020

antarctic treaty: keeping 1 scientist in antarctica costs what

$1 mil a year

jurassic coast: what landform + name joins the isle of portland to the mainland

chesil beach which is a spit/tombolo

jurassic coast: where is there longshore drift + another activity

mudeford spit - longshore drift + beach recharge

jurassic coast: harder rocks x2

chalk & limestone

jurassic coast: softer rocks x2

clay & sands

2 bays & 2 headlands in swanage

• studland bay

• swanage bay

• durston head

• ballard point

jurassic coast name of shoreline management plan + area

Hold the Line, based around swanage

jurassic coast: how many timber groynes built in hold the line

19 (to replace old ones)

jurassic coast: how many tons of sand used in hold the line

160,000

jurassic coast: where are the sea walls + what happened to them

in south swanage, extended in 1920s

jurassic coast: on what landform is old harry (name + type)

the foreland (a chalk headland)

river eden: harder rock x3

limestone, gritstone, igneous rock

river eden: softer rock x1

sandstone

river eden: waterfall

Hell Gill Force

river eden: where are there v shaped valleys

north east lake district

river eden: where are there meanders & oxbow lakes

near salkeld

river eden: what’s on the floodplain

city of carlisle

river eden: where are there artificial meanders

river lyrennet

river eden: how much flood walls & embankments

10km

river eden: where has been dammed to create a reservoir

castle carrock beck

river eden: how many trees planted

1000

river eden: how much increase in cattle + what years

30% increase between 2000-2009

west wittering enquiry question

what is the effect of groynes on longshore drift at west wittering?

monteverde: how many plant species

3000

monteverde: how many tourists

250,000 a year

svalbard: how many tourists

70,000

svalbard: how many tourists arrive on cruise ships

30,000

svalbard: ?% of islands are protected

over 60%

svalbard: what is paid into by visitors

svalbard environmental protection fund

fieldwork: average distance moved by baton location 1 vs 2

• Location 1: 1.2m

• Location 2: 1.0m

  • Closer to groyne = doing its job

fieldwork: angle of beach range

lowest 2 degrees, highest 10 degrees

some areas of the beach being steeper than others suggests that sediment deposition was uneven, showing that groynes are interrupting longshore drift & trapping sediment, causing some areas of the beach to be built up more than others

steeper slope = greater sediment accumulation = greater trapping of sediment

fieldwork: sediment survey start vs end

80% shingle & 20% pebbles (by the sea)

100% sand (top of beach)

sediment has been sorted by wave movement, showing that longshore drift is transporting material & sorting it up the beach

fieldwork: average groyne drop on 2 sides

40cm vs 2cm