The SIV Prelim will be held in late November 2007 and will repicate the timing and conditions of the real examination.

The following topics will be examined in the prelim:

 TO BE CONFIRMED IN SEPTEMBER 2007

Ø Map Skills

o Recognition of landforms, eg corrie, valley, spur

o Land use patterns (eg woodland, farmland, settlement)

o Interpretation of transects (Eg as in the Braemar map exercise)

o Evaluating information, eg:-

§ Location of a new factory/supermarket/tourist centre

Ø Glaciated landscapes

o Erosion-corries, pyramidal peaks, U shaped valleys

o Deposition-Glacial and Fluvio-Glacial

o Land uses

§ Upland-climbing, ski-ing, forestry, sheep, walking

§ Lowland-sand/gravel pits, settlements, farmland

o Land use conflicts

§ Footpath erosion, litter, parking

§ Ski-ing v Environment

§ Holiday homes v traditional character of a place

Ø River landscapes (will be covered after the Holiday)

o Upper, Middle, Lower course of a River

§ Waterfall

§ V shaped valley

§ Ox Bow lake

o Land uses

o Case Study-The Rhine

Ø Environmental Issues

o Rain Forest

§ Deforestation; habitat loss

o Deserts

§ Developments, eg oil, mining, water schemes

o Tundra

§ Oil exploration

§ Alaskan Highway

o Seas and Oceans

§ Pollution, waste

§ Over fishing; whaling

Ø Climate

o Rain Forest

o Desert

o Tundra

o Mediterranean

Ø Trade and Aid