YEAR 10 TOPICAL OUTLINES TERM I, 2022.

Geography
Topic Sub-topic
THE NATURAL  Definitions of Earthquake and volcanoes
ENVIRONMENT:  Types and features of earthquakes and volcanoes
Earthquakes and Volcanoes  Distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes
 Plate tectonics
 Causes and effects of volcanoes
 Examples of volcanic hazards in MEDC’s and
LEDC’s
 Managing and predicting volcanoes

Reducing the impacts  Case Study: An earthquake Haiti

 Case Study: A volcano -Mount Sinabung, Indonesia

Case studies:  Nepal, 2015: an earthquake in an LEDC

 The Christchurch Earthquakes in New Zealand
The structure of the Earth  Inner core, outer core, mantle and crust

Types of plate boundary  Constructive margins

 Destructive margins
 Collision margins
 Conservative margins

Volcanoes present hazards and  Hazards for people

opportunities  Opportunities for people

Reducing the impacts  Case Study: An Earthquake – Haiti

Topic
Drainage basins and rivers
 Case Study: A volcano – Mount Sinabung,
Indonesia
Subtopic
 Rivers and the water cycle
 Drainage basin characteristics

The work of rivers  Erosion, Transport, Deposition, Erosion of river

valleys
River landforms-1  River valleys and gorges

 Waterfalls over horizontal hard rocks and vertical

hard rocks

River landforms - 2  Meanders and oxbow lakes

 Levees and flood plains
 Deltas
Rivers hazards and  Flooding and erosion
opportunities  Provision of water for domestic and industrial use,
irrigation, transport, electricity