RIVER STUDY

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RIVER STUDY

• Year 11 GCSE Easter 2008

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Rivers Easter Revision PowerPoint

• This powerpoint is designed to guide you through
  rivers revision over the Easter holidays 2008.
• There are various links to useful websites,
  animations and videos (to access these you will
  need to open the powerpoint on a PC with internet
  connection)
• The final slides are a higher paper rivers
  question with mark scheme.

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Animations
TRANSPORTATION http//www.school-portal.co.uk/Grou
pDownloadFile.asp?file21393 FORMATION OF
WATERFALL http//www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDown
loadFile.asp?GroupId12426ResourceID29560 AERIAL
VIEW OF WATERFALL http//www.cleo.net.uk/resource
s/displayframe.php?src307/consultants_resources2
F_files2Fgorge.swf THE FLOODPLAIN and
LEVEES http//www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownloa
dFile.asp?file21394 OX-BOW LAKES and
MEANDERS http//www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupDownl
oadFile.asp?file21606 INTERACTIVE FLOOD MODELS
to explore http//www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/go
odies/elearning/module12swf.swf
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The Hydrological Cycle
Can you label numbers 1 to 8?
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Long Profile of a River
Label sections A-C. What landforms will be found
in these sections?
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Waterfall Formation
Describe the series of events that lead to the
retreat of the waterfall and the formation of a
gorge.
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Meanders
Copy and print this photo then label the key
features. Explain how they are formed.
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River Processes
Explain this diagram!
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Storm hydrograph
Write a definition for each of the key words on
this diagram.
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MEDC UK Floods 2007
Write a quick case study. What caused the
floods? What were the main effects? What are the
solutions?
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LEDC Bangladesh Floods
Write a quick case study. What caused the
floods? What were the main effects? What are the
solutions?
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Rivers Interactive Revisionweblinks

• Hydrological cycle and river theory with Qs
• River Revision Video Files and animations

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General Revisionsuggested websites

• http//geobytesgcse.blogspot.com/
• Full of revision notes, diagrams, links and
  animations for the OCR A course
• http//www.geographyatthemovies.co.uk
• Revision movies and slideshows for every topic on
  the GCSE!
• http//www.geographypages.co.uk/gcsebits.htm
• 100 random GCSE Geography questions to get you
  thinking!

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Past Paper Questions
Click for examiners mark scheme
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Model answers and mark scheme
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Model answers and mark scheme
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Model answers and mark scheme
For more past papers and info visit the OCR A
Geography website http//www.ocr.org.uk/qualificat
ions/gcse/geography_a/documents.html