This full colour 3rd edition of The Physical Environment offers a re-designed page layout to aid pupil understanding and focus at all three levels of Standard Grade. As in previous editions, each topic is studied through single, extended case studies which allow pupils to participate and provide in-depth development of major themes. The volume covers weather, mapwork, river and glacial landforms and related physical processes, climate and vegetation. The text also includes questions to test knowledge and understanding and to give practice in evaluating and investigating skills.

 

This book is part of a book series called Standard Grade Geography .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 136 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Hodder Education .

Calvin Clarke is PT Geography at Hutchesons' Grammar in Glasgow. Susie Clarke teaches Geography at Shawlands Academy in Glasgow.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction Weather Unit 1 Skills in Weather Studies Unit 2 Measuring and Recording the Weather (1) Unit 3 Measuring and Recording the Weather (2) Unit 4 Weather Systems Unit 5 The Effects of Weather Climate Unit 6 Skills in Climate Studies Unit 7 Climates with Rain All Year Unit 8 Climates with a Dry Season Unit 9 Climates Dry All Year Physical Landscape Unit 10 Skills in Physical Landscape Studies Unit 11 Rivers and their Valleys Unit 12 Landforms made by Ice Erosion Unit 13 Landforms made by Melting Ice Mapwork Unit 14 Map Skills