Geology study guides

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to F1, Elements, Minerals and Rocks. Covers the abundant crustal elements, the silicon-oxygen tetrahedron and silicate structures, mineral identification by physical properties, the three rock classes and the rock cycle, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to F2, Surface and Internal Processes. Covers physical and chemical weathering, erosion and transport, deposition and sedimentary structures as way-up and environment indicators, and the Earth's internal heat, geothermal gradient and mantle convection, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to F3, Time and Change. Covers the principles of relative dating, fossil preservation and zone fossils for correlation, radiometric absolute dating with half-life calculations, and the structure and construction of the geological timescale, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to F4, Earth Structure and Global Tectonics. Covers the compositional and mechanical layering of the Earth and the seismic evidence for it, the development and evidence of plate tectonic theory, and the three plate boundary types with their processes and driving forces, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to G1, Rock Forming Processes. Covers partial melting and Bowen's reaction series, igneous textures and intrusions, contact and regional metamorphism with index minerals and facies, and the formation, diagenesis and structures of sedimentary rocks, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to G2, Rock Deformation. Covers stress and strain and the controls on brittle versus ductile behaviour, the geometry and classification of folds, the four fault types and their stress regimes, unconformities and orogenic structures, and how to reconstruct a sequence of tectonic events, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to G3, Past Life and Past Climates. Covers the fossil evidence for evolution and the major mass extinctions, the use of functional morphology and trace fossils to read mode of life and environment, and the lithological, palaeontological and isotopic proxies used to reconstruct past climate and confirm drift, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to G4, Earth Materials and Natural Resources. Covers the petroleum system and hydrocarbon traps, the formation and evaluation of ore deposits, groundwater and engineering geology, and energy resources and sustainability including carbon capture and storage, with exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to the three optional Geological Themes, of which a learner studies one: T3 Quaternary geology, T4 geological evolution of Britain and T5 geology of the lithosphere. Covers glacial cycles and Milankovitch forcing, the orogenies and northward drift of Britain, and the lithosphere, crust types, geophysics and isostasy.

A WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to the practical endorsement and fieldwork: the specified practical activities, the core laboratory and field techniques, the Common Practical Assessment Criteria (CPAC), the minimum fieldwork requirement, and how practical skills are both reported separately and assessed within the written components.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to T1, Geohazards. Covers earthquake generation, seismic waves, magnitude and intensity and seismic hazards, the control of magma composition on volcanic style and the volcanic hazards and monitoring, and mass movement and ground subsidence, with the prediction and mitigation of each, and exam-style worked questions.

A deep-dive WJEC and Eduqas A-Level Geology guide to T2, Geological Map Applications. Covers reading dip and strike and the rule of Vs, recognising horizontal, dipping, folded, faulted and unconformable strata, constructing a geological cross-section, and reconstructing the full sequence of geological events of an area, with exam-style worked questions.