GCSE Geography Edexcel B – Revision Checklist
Paper 3. People and Environment Issues – Making Geographical Decisions
Topic 9. Consuming energy resources
Key Idea I know/ understand…
Growing demand for energy and the consequences
The meaning of non-renewable, renewable and recyclable
energy.
Examples of non-renewable energy:
Finite stocks of fossil fuel coal, oil and gas.
Examples of renewable energy:
Flows of solar, wind and HEP
Examples of recyclable energy:
Nuclear and biofuels.
Energy resources
Impacts that mining and drilling can have on the
and production
environment:
Landscape scarring
Oil spills
Carbon emissions
Removal of forests
Impacts that renewable energy can have on the landscape:
HEP flooding
Land use for wind turbines and solar panels
Factors that affect access to energy:
Access to technology
Physical resources – geology, accessibility, climate and
landscape
Access to energy How global energy use per capita varies.
Why energy consumption varies:
Levels of economic development
Reliance on traditional fuel sources
Demand from different economic sectors
What an oil reserve is.
How oil reserves and production are unevenly distributed.
Why is oil consumption growing?
Supply and demand
What factors affect oil supply and prices:
for oil
International relations – conflicts, diplomatic relations
Economic factors – recession VS boom, oversupply or
undersupply
What is a conventional energy reserve?
Benefits of developing conventional energy reserves in
isolated areas.
Costs of developing conventional energy reserves in isolated
Exploitation of new areas.
areas What unconventional energy reserves are (tar sands, shale
gas).
Environmental costs (impacts on water quality and
ecosystems) of developing unconventional energy sources in
isolated areas.
Sustainable energy What is the difference between energy efficiency and energy
use conservation?
How homes can be made more energy efficient.
How transport can be designed to better conserve energy.
How energy efficiency and conservation can reduce demand,
help finite supplies last longer and reduce carbon emissions.
GCSE Geography Edexcel B – Revision Checklist
Paper 3. People and Environment Issues – Making Geographical Decisions
Topic 9. Consuming energy resources
Costs and benefits of alternatives to fossil fuels:
Biofuels
Wind
Solar
HEP
What hydrogen fuel is and its advantages.
How the alternatives to fossil fuels and technologies work:
Reduce carbon footprints
Improve energy security
Diversify the energy mix
Contrasting views about energy futures from the following
groups:
Consumers
TNCs
Governments
Climate scientists
Environmental groups
Changing attitudes What is the ‘business as usual’ scenario for future energy
to energy use?
What is the ‘move to sustainability’ scenario for future energy
use?
Why are the following changing attitudes to energy futures in
some developed countries:
Rising affluence
Environmental concerns
Education