IGCSE Geography / Economic activity and energy

Energy fieldwork: results, conclusions and evaluation

Edexcel International GCSE Geography (4GE1), chapter 4: Economic activity and energy, specification point F4, E5, E6, E7. Part of the full course.

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Energy fieldwork results need to be processed and presented clearly before you can draw a conclusion. Use figures from the data to test the hypothesis, then weigh the strengths and limits before deciding how far the conclusion can be trusted.

More lessons in Economic activity and energy

• The four economic sectors
• Employment structure and the Clark Fisher model
• Reading and plotting triangular graphs
• Where primary and secondary activity locates
• Where tertiary and quaternary activity locates
• Why sector employment changes
• Case study: sector shift in Ethiopia
• Case study: sector shift in China
• Case study: sector shift in the UK
• Informal employment
• Case study: informal employment in Dhaka
• Population and resources: Malthus and Boserup
• Why energy demand keeps rising
• The energy gap and energy security
• Non-renewable energy
• Renewable energy
• Managing energy sustainably
• Carbon and ecological footprints
• Case study: energy management in Qatar
• Case study: energy management in India
• Case study: energy management in Nepal
• Energy fieldwork: collecting the data