***Equipment for exams. Please bring the following items to your exam in a clear plastic carrier. Pencil, pen, ruler, rubber, blue pencil, red pencil, calculator*** 

Grade 8 Geography
Biomes

• Can you name the 7 main ecosystems in order from the North Pole to the Equator? Remember the game?
• Can you plot a climate graph? This includes rainfall (blue bars) and temperature (red line) **You'll need a red and blue colour pencil in your examination**
• Can you describe the climate and vegetation (plants) in two ecosystems and how they are adapted?
• Can you describe and explain how shifting cultivation is a sustainable way to manage the forest?

 
Tropical Rainforests

• Do you know where most tropical rainforests are located and why? Think of the word ‘Tropical’
• Can you name the different layers of the rainforest, from the emergent layer down?
• Can you describe three ways that some plants have adapted to their environment? e.g. trees grow very tall in a race to reach the sunlight.
• What is deforestation and why does it occur?

 
Development

• What does LIC, MIC & HIC stand for?
• How has the world been traditionally split up into rich and poor and is this still relevant today?
• Can you define HDI and its components?
• What real life factors can help and hinder development?  (snakes & ladders)

Extension Question

• How much news have you been watching & listing to the news? How much Geography can you spot in the news? This question gives you a chance to show how what you learn in class can be linked to real life situations that happen around you on a daily basis.   Worth 7 marks in the form of a short written report. 

​Your examination will last for 55 minutes and will test you on some themes from the revision list above. There are a maximum of 65 marks in total.  You will be tested on three areas:

• Knowledge – Knowing where places are. Being able to locate places on a map. Remembering key facts and figures. Knowing where things happen e.g. locations and climate/vegetation features of a tropical rainforest.
• Skills – Being able to plot data onto graphs. Being able to read maps. Being able to calculate and manipulate geographical data so that you can analyse it, e.g. plotting tropical rainforest climate data onto a climate graph.
• Understanding – Why things happen? Making connections between the human and physical environments. Taking into account the views of different people and making decisions e.g. how to manage the rainforest in a more sustainable way without causing losses or damage to people and their environment.

Remember
You have covered a lot of work this year. Lots of you work has been done in the format of group work, displays, videos etc. You folder only contains the written work, reports and essays that have been set. Go to www.geographypods.com to view all the resources that will be an aid for your revision.
 
Don’t forget to ask Mr Podbury if you are stuck or do not understand things. Don’t just use internet revision sites as the majority of them are aimed at higher IGCSE level and IB level. Use your notes, your Geography folder on your laptop and your teacher.
 
Target revision time for Geography – 2 hours.

SMART revision – No more than ½ hour at a time. Time table and plan out 4 mini revision sessions over the next two weeks. You need to focus more on the topics that we completed at the beginning of the year.
 
Good luck and go for it!
 
Mr Podbury
 
podbury_m@intst.net

Copy of the exam is here

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