GCSE Geography Learning Checklist

WJEC GCSE Geography Spec A

CORE: Water
Student Name:
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Use this to check your learning and focus your revision. Words in bold are keywords
you should be able to define and use.
1. River Processes

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a) I know the meaning and result of, the different types of erosion:
CASH (Corrasion/abrasion, Attrition, Solution, Hydraulic action)
b) I understand the difference between lateral and vertical erosion
and the result of the.
c) I understand how material that is eroded is then transported:
traction, saltation, suspension & solution
2. River Landforms
a)
I know how a river changes from source to mouth the rivers
long profile
b)

I can draw and annotate diagrams that show the formation of:
meanders, ox bow lakes, waterfalls & deltas

c)

I understand the role of both erosion and deposition in the

formation of the above landforms.

3. Rivers affecting peoples lives

a) I know a case study (Gullfoss in Iceland) of a waterfall and why
tourists would be attracted to it.
b) I understand how hydrographs can be used to investigate flood
events. I understand and can label onto a hydrograph the following
terms: lag time, peak rainfall, peak discharge, rising limb, falling
limb, baseflow, & storm flow
c) I understand how the following can affect a hydrograph and
potentially create flooding events: impermeable, infiltration. Rock
type, gradient, urbanisation, & vegetation cover

4. River Floods & Management

a) I can recall factual information about flood event case studies in an
LEDC- Bangladesh and MEDC- Cockermouth, UK.

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b) I can identify the ways in which Bangladesh tries to manage flooding

(levee/embankment creation, building new settlements on higher
ground, emergency flood warnings, build dams upstream, provide
flood protection buildings to store grain and farm animals, new
jobs- fish farming- more flood proof)
c)

I can identify the ways in which Cockermouth tries to manage

flooding (new higher flood walls, river dredged to keep it deep,
new embankments further upstream, floodgates to protect
property)

d) I can identify the positives and negatives of hard and soft

engineering.
e) I understand the issues of sustainability and the choices people
make for flood protection may change due to rising sea levels and
more frequent flooding: land use zoning and afforestation rather
than flood walls.
5. Websites to use for revision on rivers/water

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/geography/water_riv
ers/
http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/rivers
http://revisionworld.co.uk/gcse-revision/geography/riverlandscapes
http://www.sln.org.uk/geography/schools/blythebridge/GCSERive
rsRevisionFloods.htm

Notes/highlight areas of weakness