Plate Tectonics
Convection Currents
Core Pangaea Alfred Wegener Mantle Magma Lava Crust Plates Convergent Plate Boundary Divergent Place Boundary Transform Plate Boundary Semi-molten 1A7 Just do to here!! Continental drift Fold Mountaints Constructive Plate Boundary Destructive Place Boundary Case Study: Iceland & The Mid-Atlantic Ridge |
Volcanoes
Pacific Ring of Fire
Lava Magma Chamber (Reservoir) Vent/ Plume/Crater Mid-Ocean Ridge Active/ Dormant/ Extinct Geothermal Energy Mid Ocean Ridge Case Study: Mt. St. Helens |
Earthquakes
Tremors
Focus Epicenter San Andreas Fault Friction Slip/Stick Action Shock wave/ Aftershock Seismograph Magnitude (power/size) Richter Scale Tsunami Case Study: Sichuan, China |
Rocks
Minerals
Igneous Granite/Basalt Weathering Erosion Sediments Sedimentary Limestone/ Sandstone Permeable Cemented Compacted Strata Metamorphic Marble/ Quartzite Heat/ Pressure Quarrying Melting Natural Resource (Oil/Gas) Case Study: Kinsale Gas Field, Corrib Gas Field |
Weathering
Denudation = erosion + weathering
Physical (Mechanical) Weathering Freeze-thaw Action Chemical Weathering Carbonation Onion-weathering/ Exfoliation Scree Bedding Plain |
Karst RegionLimestone Pavement Clints Grikes Swallowhole Dry Valley Caves Stalactites Stalagmites Pillars Flora/Fauna Case Study: The Burren, Co. Clare |
Mass Movement
Mass Movement
-Slope Gradient -Slope Material -Water Content -Vegetation Soil Creep Terracettes Bogburst Mudflow/Lahar Case Study: Nevado del Ruiz |
Soils
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RiversSource
Course Tributary Confluence Mouth Estuary River Basin Youthful/ Mature/ Old Stage Erosion: -Hydraulic Action -Abrasion -Attrition -Solution Transportation: Rolling/ Bouncing/ Suspension /Solution Deposition Velocity-Gradient -Shape -Roughness |
River Landforms
Interlocking Spurs
Waterfall Plunge Pool Gorge Overhang/ Undercut Meanders Ox-Bow LAke Alluvium Levees Delta Floodplain Dam Reservoir Hydroelectricity Case Study: Mississippi Flood 2001 & Poulaphouca, Co. Kildare/ Wicklow |
Coasts
Wave
Fetch Break/ Swash/ Backwash Load Erosion: -Hydraulic Action -Compressed Air -Abrasion Attrition -Solution Human Activity: Rock Armour Groynes Gabions Recreation Food Supply Case Study: Rosslare |
Coastal Landforms
Cliffs
Wave-cut platform Bay Headland Cave Arch Stack/ Stump Blowhole Beach Sand Dune Marram Grass Sandspits Salt Marsh Tombolos Lagoon Note: Students may study Coasts OR Glaciation (pick one)
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Glaciation
Glacier
Ice Sheet Plucking Abrasian Striae Landforms: Cirque/ Corrie Tarn Aréte Pyramidal Peak U-Shaped Valley Riboon Lake Paternoster Lakes Hanging Valley Fjords Morraine-Lateral -Medial -Ground Drumlin Erratics Esker Boulder Clay Outwash Plain Human Activity: Hydroelectricity Farming Transport Routes Industry Tourism |
The Atmosphere
Troposphere
Solar Radiation Latitude Hemisphere (North/South) Atmospheric Pressure Prevailing Wind Equator Coriolis Effect Natural Greenhouse effect Enhanced greenhouse effect carbon emissions fossil fuels deforestation carbon sinks methane land fill livestock CFCs North Atlantic Drift Rising Sea levels climate change The Ocean
Labrador Current
North Atlantic Drift Canaries Current Iceberg |
WeatherAir Mass Warm Front Cold Front Occluded Front Depression (low) -thick clouds -strong winds/rain Evaporation Condensation Percipitation Relief Rainfall Cyclonic Rainfall Convectional Rainfall Anti-Cyclone (high) -clear/cloudless sky -light clockwise winds -hot, sunny weather -cold, frosty nights Anemometre Wind Vane Rain Guge Stevenson Screen Beaufort Scale Barometer Campell Stokes Sunshine Recorder isoyets isohels isotherms isotachs isobars |
ClimateNatural Vegetation Wildlife Temperature Humidity Atmospheric Pressure Rainfall Pattern Hot Desert Climate Temperate Climate Mediterranean Climate Cold Climate Boreal Equatorial Climate Savana Climate Desertification Overgrazing Deforestation Coniferous Hibernation Latitude Altitude Aspect Ocean Current |
OS Maps
Relief
Drainage Key/ Legend Northings Eastings Settlement Communication National Grid Altitude Direction Arrow Scale Gradient Cross-Section
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SettlementSite
Situation Historic Settlement -Stone Age -Celtic -EarlyChristan -Viking -Normans -Plantation Towns -New Towns Settlement Patterns -Nucleated -Linear -Dispersed Polder Dyke Conglomeration R.I.C.E.P.O.T.S. Central Place Threshold Range Frequency of Demand Rank Order Hierarchy of Settlements NDP County Development Plans Case Studies Navan Clarecastle Settlement on the River Rhine Zyder Zee Project, Netherlands |
UrbanisationFunctional Zones
Inner City Residential Accommodation
Decentralization Case Studies Paris Dublin |
Urban Problems
Traffic congestion
Urban decline Industrial Decline Drug Use Crime Unemployment Shanty Town Favela Solutions: Urban Renewal Regeneration Relocation QBC (Quality bus Corridor) Luas Case Studies: Ballymun Tallaght Fatima Mansions Adamstown |
Natural Resources
Raw Material
Renewable Non-renewable Water Oil Saudi Arabia Gas Corrib Kinsale Finite Metal Ores Non-finite H.E.P. Dam Solar Power Wave Energy Geo-thermal Irrigation Conservation Preservation Sustainability Bord na Móna Blanket Bog Raised Bog Sléan Ditcher Grader Miller Harrow Ridger Light Railway Briquette Power Station Extractive Industry |
Primary Economic ActivitiesFishing
Forestry Farming Mining Input Processes Output Livestock Harvesting Sowing Arable Tillage Pastural Dairy Traceability Slurry Fish stocks Sustainability Continental Shelf Currach Irish Conservation Box Mechanised Winch Trawler Refrigeration Sonar Quota Restrictions Seasonal Ban C.A.P. Fallow Grants/ Subsidies Crop Rotation C.F.P Lumberjack |
Secondary Economic ActivitiesMarket
Access Inputs Processes Outputs Capital Cadbury Intel Labour Location factors Footloose Manufacturing Raw materials Semi-processed Light Industry Heavy Industry Industrial Inertia NIC Acid Rain Incineration Role of Women EPZ Transport Spin-off Industry Unions EU Policy Corporation Tax IDA Case Study: Intel, Leixlip, Kildare Cadbury's, Coolock, Dublin Plantin Cement, Drogheda, Louth |
Tertiary Economic ActivitesServices
Transport Education Health Government Financial Distribution Logistics Tourism Mass Tourism Mediterranean Climate Concrete Jungle Budget Holidays Accessibility Cote d'Azur Balearic Islands |
Economic InequalityLED/ LDC/ Developing Country MED/ MDC/ Developed country NIC (Newly industrialised country) Rapidly Developing Global north/ Global South 1st world/ 3 World Subsistence Farming Foreign Debt High Literacy Rate Low Life Expectancy Booming Economy Cash crops Poor Infrastructure Majority employed in Primary/ Secondary/ Tertiary sector NGOs Emergency Aid Voluntary Aid Tied Aid Bilateral Aid Multi-lateral aid (eg UN) Sustainable development Self-sufficient Corruption Exploitation Colonialism Debt boomerang Protectionism Plantations GNP (Gross National Profit) HDI (human development index) HIS (human suffering index) |
Populationbirth control
high-yielding crops reclamation Sahel Environmental DegradationEmigration Immigration Push/Pull factors Limitations to Migration Donor Region Host Region soil exhaustion |
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