Pearson Edexcel · GCSE Geography A (1GA0) · Geography
Edexcel GCSE Geography A (1GA0) revision
Edexcel Geography A has three papers: the physical environment, the human environment, and fieldwork and UK challenges. These pages cover it topic by topic: short notes, the key terms, the mistakes that lose marks, and practice questions you can answer on your phone.
24 topics · 145 free questions, marked as you answer · how they are marked
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Each topic has short notes, the key terms and common mistakes, then free questions. Work through them in any order.
Spec 1.1, 1.2UK rocks, landscapes and OS map skillsRock families, why the UK has uplands and lowlands, weathering, and reading an OS map.Spec 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6Coastal landscapes and processesWaves, erosion and transport, coastal landforms, and how coasts are defended.Spec 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, 1.10River landscapes and processesRiver processes, the long profile, landforms, floods and flood management.Spec 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14Glaciated upland landscapesHow ice shapes the land, glacial landforms and how people use glaciated areas.Spec 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4Global circulation, climate change and the UK climateWhy climates differ, evidence and causes of climate change, and the UK climate.Spec 2.5, 2.6Tropical cyclonesHow tropical cyclones form, where they go, and why impacts and responses differ.Spec 2.7, 2.8DroughtWhat drought is, why some places are vulnerable, and its impacts and responses.Spec 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.7Global and UK ecosystems, and deciduous woodlandsBiomes, UK ecosystems, and how a deciduous woodland works and is managed.Spec 3.4, 3.5Tropical rainforestsRainforest climate, nutrient cycle, adaptations, deforestation and management.Spec 4.1, 4.2Urban trends around the world and in the UKUrbanisation, megacities, and why some countries are more urban than others.Spec 4.3, 4.4, 4.5Case study of a major UK cityMigration, deindustrialisation, retail change and sustainability in a UK city.Spec 4.6, 4.7, 4.8Case study of a city in a developing or emerging countryWhy a city in a lower- or middle-income country grows fast, its problems and how it is managed.Spec 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4Measuring development and global strategiesMeasures of development, why development is uneven, and strategies to reduce the gap.Spec 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8Case study of a developing or emerging countryTrade, investment, TNCs, geopolitics and development in one country you have studied.Spec 6.1, 6.2Resource management overviewTypes of resource, how they are used around the world, and the harm that exploiting them can cause.Spec 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6, 6.7Energy resource managementEnergy sources, the energy mix, demand and supply, and sustainable energy.Spec 6.8, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.12Water resource managementWhere fresh water is, why supply problems happen, and how water is managed sustainably.Spec 7, 7AFieldwork: investigating river landscapesMethods, data, conclusions and evaluation for a river fieldwork enquiry.Spec 7, 7AFieldwork: investigating coastal landscapesMethods, data, conclusions and evaluation for a coast fieldwork enquiry.Spec 7, 7BFieldwork: change in an urban areaMethods, data and evaluation for an urban fieldwork enquiry.Spec 7, 7BFieldwork: change in rural settlementsMethods, data and evaluation for a rural fieldwork enquiry.Spec 8.1, 8.2UK challenges: people, resources and the economyMigration, housing, transport, regional differences and resources in the UK.Spec 8.3, 8.4UK challenges: landscapes, flooding and climate changeFlood risk, climate change responses and how to answer the 12-mark Discuss question.Spec SkillsGeographical, mathematical and statistical skillsGrid references, graphs, averages, percentages and picking the right method.