Last year I chose 'health' despite studying 'energy' all year, real bummer. Having said that, got a D.
This year I didnt revise, decided to spend time on subjects where an A was in comfortable reach whereas if I'd spent more time on Geography I doubt A's would have been possible from the others.
Having said that, I did read the book a couple hours before the exam and some pretty easy stuff I thought came up.
Rivers - Last question was a breeze... I talked about: impermeable surfaces such as roads and buildings, also how drainage systems quickly revert water back to the channel = increased surface run off = reduced lag time = more likely of a flash flood. Also talked about reduced vegatation in the area, leading to reduced interception and evapotranspiration = faster lag time + increased total discharge in river as more gets there without evapotranspiration. For the natural side, talked about the size, gradient, climate, relief (nearby mountains etc) and sort of materials within the drainage basin.
I was surprised by the questions before, everything but Deltas could have been done by a non geography student...
Glaciers was a bit more difficult... the last question was something on sustainable development, used the transaltalnic oil pipleine to show how development can be sustainable (no thermokarst) and also talked about code of conduct for tourism, and restrictions on fishing.
Population was okay... the last question I just decribed each stage and the affect on the population structure, only gave one example.. iran. Still was something like : Stage 1 - High D/B rates = low life expectancy = Pyrmadil shape population structure. Then just kept working down throughout all the stages, talking about longevity increases resulting a 'buldge' moving upwards. Obviously explained a bit more then described.
Energy.. Hmm really dont know, hardly revised it. I didnt really no the difference between primary energy and secondary energy X_X just sorta took the guess and said Primary energy is required for the conversion and creation of secondary energy, then just gave examples... Anyway the last question was simple enough, Russia want valuable crap, not on their lands, other people want the crap. Obvs explained in more detail.
Would be delighted with a C tbh, whatever happens I'm retaking anyway. Hope people can see my post and get others view on the answers!
- Cheers