Specification points
WJEC GCSE Geography 3140QS
80 points in 4 topics, with WJEC's codes and titles.
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1 Unit 1: Our Physical and Human World
- 1.1 Drainage basin and rivers
- 1.1.1 The global hydrological cycle
- 1.1.2 The drainage basin system
- 1.1.3 Drainage basin characteristics
- 1.1.4 Factors influencing drainage basin processes and landforms
- 1.1.5 Creation of drainage basin landforms
- 1.1.6 Inter-relationships between rivers and people
- 1.2 Changing coastlines
- 1.2.1 Coastal processes
- 1.2.2 Constructive and destructive waves
- 1.2.3 Development of erosional landforms
- 1.2.4 Development of depositional landforms
- 1.2.5 Factors affecting rates of coastline change
- 1.3 Migration
- 1.3.1 Causes of migration
- 1.3.2 Impacts of migration
- 1.3.3 Managing migration
- 1.4 Settlement change
- 1.4.1 Urbanisation
- 1.4.2 Urban land use patterns
- 1.4.3 Global cities
- 1.4.4 Urbanisation in contrasting global cities
2 Unit 2: Developing Fieldwork Skills
- 2.1 Planning an enquiry
- 2.1.1 The six-stage enquiry process
- 2.1.2 Posing enquiry questions
- 2.1.3 Using maps to locate and plan the enquiry
- 2.1.4 Risk and constraint considerations
- 2.2 Collecting evidence
- 2.2.1 Selecting locations and sampling
- 2.2.2 Methods of collecting primary data
- 2.2.3 Methods of collecting secondary data
- 2.3 Processing and presenting evidence
- 2.3.1 Selecting and using appropriate quantitative and qualitative techniques
- 2.3.2 Selecting and using appropriate presentation methods for quantitative and qualitative data
- 2.3.3 Referencing secondary data sources
- 2.4 Analysing and applying evidence
- 2.4.1 Selecting relevant data to answer the enquiry question
- 2.4.2 Identifying, analysing and interpreting trends and patterns
- 2.5 Drawing conclusions
- 2.5.1 Drawing conclusions from fieldwork enquiries
- 2.6 Evaluating techniques
- 2.6.1 Evaluating each stage of the enquiry process
- 2.6.2 Further areas of investigation
3 Unit 3: Our dynamic and diverse world
- 3.1 The geography of inequality
- 3.1.1 Regional inequalities in Wales and the UK
- 3.1.2 Measuring development to classify countries
- 3.1.3 The development gap
- 3.1.4 Reducing the development gap
- 3.2 The highs and lows of our weather
- 3.2.1 Weather and climate
- 3.2.2 Factors affecting temperature
- 3.2.3 Factors affecting rainfall
- 3.2.4 Global atmospheric circulation
- 3.2.5 Low pressure weather systems – depressions
- 3.2.6 High pressure weather systems – anticyclones
- 3.3 Wild weather
- 3.3.1 Global hazards caused by extreme low pressure
- 3.3.2 Global hazards caused by extreme high pressure
- 3.4 Continual climate change
- 3.4.1 Natural causes of climate change
- 3.4.2 Human causes of recent climate change
- 3.4.3 Evidence of climate change
- 3.4.4 Consequences of climate change
- 3.5 Managing global challenges
- 3.5.1 Managing climate change
- 3.5.2 Managing threats to our oceans
4 Unit 4: Sustainable Solutions
- 4.1 The concept of sustainability
- 4.1.1 Developing ideas of sustainability
- 4.1.2 The three pillars of sustainability
- 4.1.3 Sustainability goals
- 4.2 Making sustainable decisions
- 4.2.1 The skills of decision making
- 4.2.2 Using evidence to identify issues
- 4.2.3 Potential benefits of proposed solutions
- 4.2.4 Potential negative impacts of proposed solutions
- 4.2.5 Sustainability impact assessment