Cambridge · A Level · Syllabus 9696
Geography
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Form 5 · Lower 6 4 topics
- Hydrology and fluvial geomorphology Inputs, stores, flows and outputs; water balance; storm hydrographs and the factors affecting them (rainfall intensity, antecedent moisture, basin shape, relief, rock type, soils, vegetation, urbanisation).
- Atmosphere and weather Diurnal energy budget (incoming solar radiation, reflected solar, surface absorption, long-wave radiation, sensible and latent heat transfer); the global energy budget and latitudinal imbalance.
- Rocks, weathering and tropical environments Plate boundaries and associated landforms; rock types and their characteristics.
- Population, migration and settlement dynamics Natural change, fertility, mortality, the demographic transition model, age–sex structures, dependency ratios, population and resources (Malthus, Boserup, optimum population), population policies.
Form 6 · Upper 6 2 topicsExam year
- Economic transition, trade and development Measures (GNI per capita, HDI, inequality-adjusted measures); the development gap; models (Rostow, Frank's dependency theory, Myrdal's cumulative causation, Friedmann's core–periphery).
- Environmental management and hazards Tectonic hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis), mass movement hazards and atmospheric hazards (tropical cyclones, tornadoes, droughts); vulnerability and risk; prediction, prevention and preparation; responses in contrasting countries.