National 4/5 Geography Revision



National 5 Geography Checklist - Prelim

|Topic |Green |Amber |Red |

|Physical Environments | | | |

|Weather | | | |

|Factors affecting rainfall and temperature in the UK | | | |

|Air masses and associated weather | | | |

|High pressure systems (anticyclones) | | | |

|Low pressure systems (depressions) | | | |

|Rivers and their valleys | | | |

|Formation of river features – v-shaped valley, waterfall, meander, ox-bow lake, levee | | | |

|Land use – forestry, water storage, renewable energy, farming | | | |

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|Human Environments | | | |

|Population | | | |

|Social and economic indicators of development | | | |

|Physical and human factors which influence the global distribution of population | | | |

|Population change – factors influencing birth and death rates | | | |

|Urban | | | |

|The characteristics of land use zones in a city in the developed world e.g. Edinburgh (CBD, inner city, suburbs) | | | |

|Developments/changes in a city in the developed world e.g. Edinburgh (changes in CBD, inner city (Leith), rural/urban fringe, | | | |

|traffic. | | | |

|Dealing with shanty towns in a city in a developing country e.g. Rio de Janeiro | | | |

|Rural Change | | | |

|Modern developments in farming in a developed country e.g. UK (diversification, new technology, organic farming, GM, current | | | |

|government policy) | | | |

|Modern developments in farming in a developing country e.g. India (GM, new technology, biofuels) | | | |

|Global Issues | | | |

|Natural Regions (Arctic and Brazil) | | | |

|Climates in tundra and equatorial regions (describe/compare climate graphs) | | | |

|Use and misuse of these areas | | | |

|Effects of degradation on the people and landscape | | | |

|oil and climate change for Tundra | | | |

|deforestation for rainforest | | | |

|Strategies to minimise impacts/effects | | | |

|oil and climate change for Tundra | | | |

|deforestation for rainforest | | | |

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