Geography for Common Entrance Second Edition
Language: English
Published by Hodder Education, 2007
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- Title
- Geography for Common Entrance Second Edition
- Author
- Widdowson, John
- Publisher
- Hodder Education
- Publication year
- 2007
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0340939796
- ISBN 13
- 9780340939796
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Item weight
- 557.9 grams
Endorsed by ISEB, this is an authoritative textbook which prepares pupils for the Independent Schools Examination Board's Common Entrance Geography examination. Each theme in the specification is explored using an enquiry-based approach.
- Helps pupils to understand each theme with systematic coverage of all the key geographical ideas and syllabus content - Challenges pupils' thinking and deepens their understanding with stimulating activities- Provides opportunities for pupils to fully engage with topical issues such as sustainable development, globalisation and hazards, with real-life case studies at a range of global, national and local scales- Tests pupils' knowledge and understanding with a quiz for each unit- Provides structured advice on revision practice and exam strategies in a revision section at the end of the book
CONTENTS:
UNIT 1 Geomorphological Processes Coasts, Rivers and Ice
Is your school breaking up?
Shaping the landscape
Changing coastline
Rivers shape the land
The power of ice
Case Study
What can you see beside the sea?
Cliff collapse!
How does a river change along its course?
Why did New Orleans drown?
UNIT 2 Weather and Climate
Here is the weather forecast . . .
Weather check
Microclimates
Rainfall and the water cycle
Weather and climate in the British Isles
How does the water cycle work?
Case Studies
Why is the Lake District so wet?
What is happening to the rain in Spain?
UNIT 3 Settlement
Who needs neighbours?
Settlement sites . . . and shapes
Settlements and their functions
Shops and services
Patterns in cities
Case Studies
Why did London grow?
What services can you find?
How will the 2012 Olympics change London?
Can we make cities more sustainable?
UNIT 4 Economic Activities
Fancy a job in football?
Resources and economic activities
Locations for manufacturing industry
Globalisation
Case Studies
What work can you find in Reading?
Where should a new car plant be built?
What is the real price of a pair of jeans?
UNIT 5 Environmental Issues
Conflict in the park!
National Parks
Protecting the rural environment
The rainforest ecosystem
Case Studies
Do we need another national park?
Is the rainforest sustainable?
Tourism - can we carry on like this?
UNIT 6 Tectonic Processes Earthquakes and Volcanoes
The world's worst disaster?
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Case Studies
Where do earthquakes and volcanoes happen?
Is Indonesia the most dangerous country on Earth?
Ready for the Big One?
REVISE!
How to . . . revise for the exam
Answers to Test yourself questions
Glossary
Index
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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