Geography - Year 7 Revision for Summative Assessment in June 2016 The Year 7 Summative Assessment takes place on Wednesday 8 th June 2016 (week 7 of the Summer Term). The assessment covers knowledge, understanding and skills covered in Year 6 and Year 7. Pupils will be expected to respond to a number of written questions covering the following areas of study:- Global Location OS Map Skills Earthquakes and Volcanoes Weather and Climate This will be the format of the assessment:- Section A asks questions about Global Location. Section B tests the pupils map skills and is based on an OS map extract. Section C covers the main topics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes and Weather and Climate. Knowledge of case studies is required for Section C. You are required to answer all the questions on the paper within one hour.
We will be undertaking work on Global Location and Map skills in the first half of the summer term. To start with you need to know where to find information on the topics we have studied. Below is a list of sources for revision:- Years 6 and 7 Exercise books these contain class and prep work on two units of study: Volcanoes and Earthquakes and Weather and Climate. CGP KS3 Geography Revision Guide. This is your brand new copy and should be with you by the end of week 1 of the summer term. If there is a delay, I will provide replacement revision notes in your class folder. In the meantime, you have plenty to revise from your exercise books and Learning Logs. Three Case Studies - hard copies in class folder; electronic copies are on the web site. you can break down the information on these further by writing key points onto cards. Learning Log this contains extra information sheets on each topic and assessment activities undertaken at the end of year 6 and during the autumn term 2015 and spring term 2016. Exercises on Global Location and Map Work are on the web site. Download and have a go! Essentials sheets also on the web site. You have copies in your Learning Log. Refer to the following essentials sheets only:- Map Skills Earthquakes and Volcanoes the essentials. Weather and Climate the essentials. Weather and Climate of the British Isles a quick revision sheet.
Here is a breakdown of each section of the paper (RG = Revision Guide you will be getting this in week 1 of the summer term):- Section A of the paper You have 10 minutes to complete Section A of the paper. You have to revise the names and locations of continents, oceans, countries, cities, rivers, mountain ranges and deserts. This section can be based on either a map of the British Isles, a map of Europe, a map of Asia, a map of Africa, a map of North America, a map of South America or a map of the World. You have revision activities on Global Location on the web site. Below is a list of the Global places and features that you may be asked about. You will not be asked to locate anywhere that is not on this list! Major global physical features Continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North and South America. Mountain ranges: Alps, Andes, Himalayas, Pyrenees and Rockies. Desert: Sahara Oceans: Arctic, Indian, Atlantic and Pacific. Rivers: Amazon, Mississippi, Nile, Rhine and Yangtze. Other global features Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, Equator, International Dateline, North Pole, Prime Meridian, South Pole, Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn British Isles Countries: The countries of the UK and the Republic of Ireland Sea areas: English Channel, Irish Sea and North Sea. Rivers: Severn, Thames, Trent, Clyde and Shannon. Hills: Grampians, Lake District, Pennines and Snowdonia. Major cities: Belfast, Birmingham, Cardiff, Dublin, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Newcastle. Countries
Europe: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine. Africa: Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Americas: Brazil, Canada, Mexico and USA. Asia: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Pakistan, Russia and Saudí Arabia. Oceania: Australia and New Zealand Major cities and city states: Beijing, Berlin, Cairo, Delhi, Los Angeles, Madrid, Mexico City, Moscow, New York, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw and Washington DC. Section B of the paper You have 10 minutes to complete Section B of the paper. In this section you are required to study an OS Map extract. Make sure you know your four and six figure grid references, directions (N, S, E and W), distances and scale as well as contour lines. If you are unsure about any of these check out the map reading section in your Revision Guide (RG pages 146 150). Also, look at the information below:- Section B - Ordnance Survey Map work You will have to know the following:- 4 and 6 figure grid references (RG page 147). Map Symbols these come with the map! (the key) but it would be useful to know major symbols to speed up answers in the examination. Identify compass directions - 8 point (RG page 146):-
Identify simple relief features on a map e.g. a slope, a hill, a valley, a river etc (RG page 148). Work out the straight line distance between two points as well as being able to measure the distance along a winding road, river, railway etc. (use the straight edge of a piece of paper for the latter as we have practiced on several occasions). Work out the range of height between two points on the map using contour lines or spot heights (RG page 148). Describe the land use of a part of the map can be a whole host of things including coniferous/non-coniferous woods, ind est indicating industrial estate, housing, roads/railways, quarry, hotel, caravan and camping etc. Identify reasons for the location of settlements along a flat part of a valley, near a river for water, near woods for fuel (early settlement factors), near roads/railway lines/ports (settlement growth!), nodal points (particularly for Market Towns), away from flooding from a large river (see your latest exercise book for information on settlement). Identify reasons for the location of land use such as industrial estates, airports, sea ports, retail parks, business parks etc. flat land
for space and expansion, near urban area for source of labour, not too near an urban area as to cause too much disruption, near transport routes for bringing supplies/raw materials in and transporting finished products to other towns/cities, away from potential flooding of large rivers etc. Identify different types of economic activity on a map e.g. Primary (farm, Quarry, Coalmine, fishing port), Secondary (Industrial Estate, works, mill, etc.) and Tertiary (Hotels, Supermarkets/Retail Parks, Tourist facilities such as camping etc.). Describe the course of a river on a map from the source (where land is higher indicated by tighter contour lines), through the middle stage (where land becomes gentler indicated by wider contour lines) to the final mature stage (where the land is virtually flat indicated by very wide spacing in contour lines on a map). Please note that you may be asked to describe the changing shape of the channel as well as the changing shape of the valley. Identify which way a river is flowing on a map look at spot heights/contour heights along the course of the river; the river will always flow from the higher points towards the lower points. The river always gets wider as it flows downstream. Be able to work out the area of a place/land use such as woods using the scale at the bottom of the OS map extract usually each square on a 1:50,000 map = 1 square Km (1c.m. on the map = 0.5 km on the ground, so 2cm = 1 km on the ground). Section C of the paper This is the Thematic Studies section of the paper. You have 40 minutes to complete this section and you are required to answer a number of questions based on the two main topics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes and Weather and Climate.
Below is a list of topics to revise for the Trial. I have provided page numbers from your new revision guide to help structure your revision but you will also need to refer to your exercise books and your Learning Log. RG = Revision Guide Earthquakes and Volcanoes The global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes. Make sure you know where the Pacific Ring of Fire and Mid-Atlantic Ridge are located! (RG page 17 your Year 6 exercise book is better for this). How to annotate a diagram of a destructive plate boundary, where oceanic and continental plates meet this is very important! (RG page 16 - Also, look at the diagram in your Year 6 exercise book). Volcanoes what happens when volcanoes erupt? (RG page 19). Different types of volcanoes a Shield volcano and a Composite volcano (RG page 19). The internal structure of a volcano layers of ash and lava, main cone, secondary cone, main vent, secondary vent, magma chamber (RG page 19 and exercise book). Earthquakes Focus, Epicentre, seismic waves (RG page 18). Earthquakes Why are earthquakes so destructive? Why are MEDCs better prepared than LEDCs (RG pages 20-23). Examples of both earthquake events and volcanic eruptions to show the nature, causes, environmental and human effects and human responses. Your case studies are Mount St Helens in the USA an example of a volcanic eruption in an MEDC (More Economically Developed Country), The Japanese Tsunami of 2011 yes the Tsunami was caused by an earthquake and is an example of an earthquake event in an LEDC (Lower Economically Developed Country) and The Nepal Earthquake of 2015 which is another example of an earthquake event in an LEDC (Information on all these can be found in your exercise books and Learning Log). You need to be able to compare the impacts and responses between these examples.
Weather and Climate The difference between weather and climate (RG top of page 37 and page 41 and exercise book). How does the weather and climate affect our daily lives? (see table on weather and jobs in your Year 7 book). Microclimates - the influence of aspect, shelter, buildings, surface and natural features in relation to microclimates (RG page 40, exercise book). Microclimate of Holmwood House (look at coursework completed in spring term 2016). Weather Instruments (RG page 41 and exercise book). The Water Cycle - evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, interception, surface run-off, infiltration and throughflow (RG pages 45 and 46). Factors affecting temperature Latitude, Altitude, Distance from the sea, Ocean currents and the prevailing wind (RG page 38 and exercise book). Rainfall relief, convectional, frontal. How to draw or annotate a diagram and explain the formation of different types of rainfall (RG page 42). Causes of temperature and rainfall variation from place to place in the British Isles - the main temperature and rainfall patterns in the British Isles the influence of latitude, altitude, relief, prevailing winds, distance from coast and the impact of the North Atlantic Drift ( see exercise book and Weather and climate the essentials sheet - copy on web site).
PLEASE NOTE! We will be practicing global location and map work in the lessons leading up to your Trial. There are also exercises on the web site which you could print off and do as part of your revision. GOOD LUCK!