Year 8 Geography Revision List

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Year 8 Geography Revision List Natural Hazards: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. What is the earth’s structure? How do convection currents in the mantle work? Can you draw a diagram to illustrate this? What are the three main types of plate boundary (be able to label a diagram)? What evidence supports this theory? What is a composite volcano? Can you draw a diagram of one? Industry and Economic Activity: 1. What are the three main types of industry? 2. What are the different types of farming? 3. What is overfishing? 4. What is sustainable fishing? 5. What are the different types of pollution? 6. What is renewable energy? Can you give examples? 7. What is non-renewable energy? Can you give examples? 8. What are the advantages of renewable energy? 9. What has sped up the process of globalisation? 10. What are the social, economic and environmental effects (+/-) of the fast fashion industry and who on? Coasts: 1. Key words e.g. coastline, erosion, weathering, etc. 2. Identify coastal features 3. Describe and explain the formation of headlands and bays. Subject Specific Strategies for Revising: Mind maps – these help you generate ideas and make associations and links. They are a powerful memory aid b...