Pearson Edexcel · GCSE (9-1) Geography B (1GB0) · Geography
Edexcel GCSE Geography B (1GB0) revision
Edexcel Geography B has three papers. Paper 1 is Global Geographical Issues (hazards, development and urbanisation). Paper 2 is UK Geographical Issues (landscapes, cities and fieldwork). Paper 3 is People and Environment Issues (the biosphere, forests and energy). These pages go topic by topic: short notes, key terms, the mistakes that lose marks, and practice questions you can answer on your phone.
23 topics · 158 free questions, marked as you answer · how they are marked
Pick a topic
Each topic has short notes, the key terms and common mistakes, then free questions. Work through them in any order.
Spec 1.1, 1.2, 1.3Global circulation and climate changeWhy air rises and sinks, and what we know about how the climate changes.Spec 1.4, 1.5, 1.6Tropical cyclonesHow tropical cyclones form, what they do, and how places prepare.Spec 1.7, 1.8, 1.9Tectonic hazardsPlate margins, volcanoes and earthquakes, and how people cope with them.Spec 2.1, 2.2, 2.3Development and global inequalityMeasuring development, why countries differ, and ways to close the gap.Spec 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7One emerging countryGlobalisation, TNCs and how one emerging country is changing. India is the most common choice.Spec 3.1, 3.2, 3.3Challenges of an urbanising worldWhat urbanisation is, why cities grow, and how cities change.Spec 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7One megacityGrowth, opportunities, challenges and sustainability in one megacity.Spec 4.1, 4.2The UK physical landscapeRock types, how the UK landscape formed, and how people use it.Spec 4.3, 4.4, 4.5Coasts: processes, landforms and managementHow waves shape the coast and how people protect it.Spec 4.6, 4.7, 4.8Rivers: processes, floods and managementHow rivers shape the land, why they flood and how floods are managed.Spec 5.1, 5.2The UK human landscapeWhere people live in the UK and how its economy has changed.Spec 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.8Dynamic UK cities: one major UK citySite, migration, inequality, regeneration and sustainability in the UK city you studied.Spec 6, 6-coastalFieldwork: coastal change and conflictMethods, data and evaluation for a coastal investigation.Spec 6, 6-riverFieldwork: river processes and pressuresMethods, data and evaluation for a river investigation.Spec 6, 6-urbanFieldwork: dynamic urban areasMethods, data and evaluation for an urban investigation.Spec 6, 6-ruralFieldwork: changing rural areasMethods, data and evaluation for a rural investigation.Spec 7.1, 7.2People and the biosphereWhere the world's biomes are, what they give us, and how many people they can support.Spec 8.1, 8.3, 8.5Forests under threat: tropical rainforestsHow a rainforest works, what threatens it and how it can be protected.Spec 8.2, 8.4, 8.6Forests under threat: the taigaClimate, trees and protection in the cold northern forest.Spec 9.1, 9.2Consuming energy resources: types, impacts and accessEnergy sources, their impacts and why access differs between countries.Spec 9.3, 9.4Consuming energy resources: oil supply and new frontiersWhy oil matters, where it comes from, and the cost of extracting it in difficult places.Spec 9.5, 9.6Consuming energy resources: reducing reliance and changing attitudesUsing less energy, cutting carbon footprints, and why attitudes differ.Spec 7, 8, 9, dmPaper 3 Section D: making a geographical decisionHow to choose one of three options and justify it for the 12-mark question.