← Geography syllabus

EnglandGeography

Changing Climate (Our Natural World)

5 dot points across 5 inquiry questions. Click any dot point for a focused answer with worked past exam questions where available.

Is climate change cause for concern?

The evidence for climate change in the Quaternary period; the natural causes (orbital cycles, sunspots, volcanic activity) and the human enhanced greenhouse effect; the impacts of climate change; and how it can be managed through mitigation and adaptation.
A focused answer to OCR GCSE Geography B (J384) Changing Climate, covering evidence from the Quaternary, natural causes such as orbital cycles and volcanic activity, the human enhanced greenhouse effect, impacts, and mitigation and adaptation.
11 min answer →

How does the global circulation of the atmosphere cause extreme weather?

The structure of the atmosphere and the three-cell global circulation model; how pressure belts and surface winds create the global distribution of arid and humid zones; and how circulation links to extreme weather such as drought.
A focused answer to OCR GCSE Geography B (J384) Global Hazards on the global circulation of the atmosphere, the three-cell model, how pressure belts create deserts and rainforests, and how circulation drives extreme weather and drought.
10 min answer →

How can we manage the impacts of tectonic and weather hazards?

Why people continue to live in hazardous places; and how the four management approaches of prediction, protection, planning and preparation reduce the impacts of tectonic and weather hazards, including the role of technology and monitoring.
A focused answer to OCR GCSE Geography B (J384) Global Hazards on managing hazards, covering why people live in hazardous places and how prediction, protection, planning and preparation reduce the impacts of tectonic and weather hazards.
10 min answer →

What are the causes and impacts of tectonic activity?

The structure of the Earth and the three plate boundaries; the processes of slab pull and ridge push that move plates; and the contrasting primary and secondary impacts of, and responses to, a tectonic event in an AC and an LIDC.
A focused answer to OCR GCSE Geography B (J384) Global Hazards on tectonic activity, covering the structure of the Earth, the three plate boundaries, slab pull and ridge push, and the contrasting impacts and responses in an AC and an LIDC.
11 min answer →

What are the causes and impacts of extreme weather such as tropical storms?

The characteristics, formation and global distribution of tropical storms; their primary and secondary impacts in a named example; and immediate and long-term responses, including how development affects vulnerability.
A focused answer to OCR GCSE Geography B (J384) Global Hazards on tropical storms, covering their formation and distribution, primary and secondary impacts, and immediate and long-term responses, grounded in a named storm case study.
10 min answer →