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Knowing key geographical words

This Improve Your Grade explains the importance of using accurate geographical terms in your exam answers

Figure 1 A collapsed cliff in Cornwall in 2014. Draw arrows to link the text in the boxes to the features

In your GCSE course you have been learning to ‘think like a geographer’, which means knowing the processes that affect the Earth’s surface, and understanding the effects that people have on the natural environment. To do the job properly in order to get a good grade, you must also learn to talk and write like a geographer, which means knowing and using the correct vocabulary.

Examiners want you to know geographical vocabulary for these reasons:

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