A-level Geography/AS Edexcel Geography
Exam structure
The AS is comprised of two exams:
Unit 1: Global challenges
- Comprises of two topics
- * World at risk (Natural disasters and Climate change)
- * Going Global (Globalisation)
Unit 2: Geographical investigations
- 4 Topics. One must be studied from Human and one from physical
- Human
- * Rebranding Places
- * Unequal Spaces
- Physical
- * Crowded Coasts
- * Extreme Weather
Contents
Global Challenges
World At risk
- What is a natural Hazard?
- Trends in natural hazards
- Tectonic Hazards
- Climatic Hazards & El Nino
- Hazard Hotspots (Philippines and California (compulsory case studies))
- Evidence for Climate change
- Impacts of Climate change
- Managing climate change