Cambridge IGCSE Geography
SGeographical skills
Overview
Skills that apply across all components (not numbered in the syllabus). Includes the fieldwork skills and enquiry route tested in Component 3 and Paper 4.
In this topic
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Direction and bearings on maps
30 min
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Gradient, cross-sections and intervisibility
35 min
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Location: grid references, latitude, longitude and time
35 min
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Map scale, distance and area
35 min
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Maps: components, types and conventional symbols
25 min
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Reading land use, settlement, drainage and transport patterns on maps
35 min
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Relief on maps: contours, heights and landforms
35 min
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Thematic maps: choropleth, isoline, flow and other maps
35 min
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Climate data and climate graphs
35 min
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Graphs, charts and diagrams in geography
40 min
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GPS and GIS: layers, Boolean logic and overlay analysis
40 min
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Photographs, satellite images and remote sensing
35 min
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Statistics and data analysis in geography
40 min
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Human fieldwork: sampling, questionnaires, counts and surveys
35 min
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Physical fieldwork: rivers, beaches, vegetation and weather
35 min
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The route to geographical enquiry
30 min
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