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Flashcards for AQA GCSE Geography (8035), split into Paper 1 Living with the physical environment, Paper 2 Challenges in the human environment and Paper 3 Geographical applications, then by topic in the specification's order. Hot deserts, cold environments, coastal, river and glacial landscapes, and food, water and energy each sit in their own subdeck, since a course studies only some of them. Delete or suspend any subdeck your course leaves out once the deck is yours.

Adding it gives you your own copy, with every subdeck below. Each card then comes back just before you would forget it, and every one you get right or wrong counts towards your mastery of its topic. You can delete or suspend the parts you are not studying once it is yours.

What is inside (40 subdecks)

  • Paper 1 Living with the physical environment379 cards
    • 3.1.1 The challenge of natural hazards126 cards
      • Climate change23 cards
      • Natural hazards9 cards
      • Tectonic hazards42 cards
      • Weather hazards52 cards
    • 3.1.2 The living world109 cards
      • Cold environments26 cards
      • Ecosystems15 cards
      • Hot deserts30 cards
      • Tropical rainforests38 cards
    • 3.1.3 Physical landscapes in the UK144 cards
      • Coastal landscapes in the UK49 cards
      • Glacial landscapes in the UK37 cards
      • River landscapes in the UK50 cards
      • UK physical landscapes8 cards
  • Paper 2 Challenges in the human environment228 cards
    • 3.2.1 Urban issues and challenges59 cards
      • Urban change in a UK city25 cards
      • Urban growth and megacities11 cards
      • Urban growth in an LIC or NEE city15 cards
      • Urban sustainability8 cards
    • 3.2.2 The changing economic world70 cards
      • Economic development in an LIC or NEE16 cards
      • Measuring development21 cards
      • Reducing the development gap11 cards
      • The UK's changing economy22 cards
    • 3.2.3 The challenge of resource management99 cards
      • Energy25 cards
      • Food30 cards
      • Resource management18 cards
      • Water26 cards
  • Paper 3 Geographical applications and skills97 cards
    • Fieldwork30 cards
    • Geographical skills56 cards
      • Cartographic skills19 cards
      • Graphical skills14 cards
      • Numerical and statistical skills14 cards
      • Using and communicating geographical data9 cards
    • Issue evaluation11 cards

Some of its cards

  • What is a natural hazard?
    A natural event that threatens life, property or activities
  • What is the typical annual rainfall of a tropical rainforest?
    Over 2,000 millimetres, spread fairly evenly through the year
  • What does plate tectonics theory state?
    The Earth's surface is made of separate plates that move slowly over the mantle
  • Which country is commonly used as a case study of rapid economic development in an NEE?
    Nigeria
  • Which UK city is commonly used as a case study of urban change?
    London
  • What is the long profile of a river?
    The gradient of a river's course from its source to its mouth
  • What does the general atmospheric circulation model describe?
    Three cells of rising and sinking air in each hemisphere that create global patterns of pressure and wind
  • Which Nigerian city is commonly used as a case study of urban growth in an LIC or NEE?
    Lagos
  • What is an ecosystem?
    A natural system made up of plants and animals interacting with each other and their environment
  • Where are most of the UK's upland areas found?
    In the north and west, such as Scotland, Wales and northern England

And 694 more once you add the deck.