GCSE Geography: Specification: OCR B- geography for Enquiring Minds

Y9 Units: Global Hazards which includes:

Extreme weather

• Case Study of drought: The Big Dry, Australia
• Case Study of flooding: Boscastle, UK
• Case Study of a tropical storm: Typhoon Haiyan, Philippines
• Case Study of a heatwave: UK 2015

Plate Tectonics

• Processes at plate boundaries
• How can tectonic movement be hazardous?
• Case Study of Volcanic eruption: Eyjafjallajokull, Iceland
• How can technology have the potential to save lives in hazardous Zones?

GCSE Bitesize is a useful website:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/examspecs/zpsx2p3

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