IGCSE Environmental Management · Syllabus 0680

IGCSE Environmental Management syllabus

The whole syllabus on one page, in Cambridge’s own structure. Every topic links to its revision page, where it is explained, diagrammed and then tested with self-marked exam questions. 30 topics and 260 questions, all free.

Cambridge 0680 · 30 topics · 260 exam-style questions

This page and the course home: what each one is for

Both pages list the same topics, in the same order. Here is the difference in one line each.

  • You are on the syllabus page. It is the official breakdown: what you actually sit, and every topic in Cambridge’s own order. Nothing is taught here — each topic links to its own page.
  • The IGCSE Environmental Management course home is where you revise. The same topics, each one taught, diagrammed and then tested with self-marked exam questions, plus the question bank, command words, Quick 10 and the progress tracker.

Check what you sit here, then go and learn it there.

Assessment

What you actually sit

Read this before you revise. The paper you are entered for decides which content is examined, so the wrong revision plan wastes weeks.

PaperTimeMarksWhat it tests
Paper 1 - Principles of Environmental Management1 h 45 min80 marksShort-answer and structured questions with extended response questions based on source material. AO1, AO2 and AO3.
Paper 2 - Environmental Management in Context1 h 45 min80 marksShort-answer, data processing and analysis, and extended response questions based on source material and fieldwork investigations. AO1, AO2 and AO3.

AO1 is recall and understanding. AO2 is applying it to a context. AO3 is practical and investigative skills. The mark schemes on every topic page tag each question AO1 or AO2 so you can see which one you are practising.

Topic list

Every topic, in order

Work down the list, or jump to whatever your teacher set tonight. Each link opens the topic page with the teaching, the diagrams and the questions.

Area 1 · Natural Resources

How rocks, ores and energy are formed, extracted and managed - and what that does to the land, the air and the people who live there.

  1. Formation of Rockscore
  2. Extraction of Rocks, Ores and Mineralscore
  3. Sustainable Management of Rocks, Ores and Mineralscore
  4. Energy Resourcescore
  5. Conservation and Management of Energy Resourcescore
  6. Frackingcore

Area 2 · Land

Soils, what makes them fertile, how food production changes them, and how erosion turns farmland into wasteland.

  1. Soils and Crop Growthcore
  2. Food production and crop yieldcore
  3. Soil erosioncore

Area 3 · Water

Water sources and supply, pollution, water-borne disease, marine aquaculture, and the two pollutants that reach every ocean: oil and plastic.

  1. Water Sources and Supplycore
  2. Water Pollutioncore
  3. Water-related Diseasescore
  4. Marine Aquaculturecore
  5. Oil Pollutioncore
  6. Plastic Pollutioncore

Area 4 · The Atmosphere and Human Activities

The structure and composition of the atmosphere, climate change, acid rain and ozone depletion - three different problems with three different causes.

  1. The Atmospherecore
  2. Climate Changecore
  3. Acid Raincore
  4. Ozone Depletioncore

Area 5 · Ecosystems, Biodiversity and Fieldwork

Energy flow and nutrient cycles, forest ecosystems, why biodiversity matters and how it is managed - plus the fieldwork techniques the paper examines.

  1. Ecosystemscore
  2. Forest Ecosystemscore
  3. Managing Biodiversitycore
  4. Fieldwork Investigationscore

Area 6 · Natural Hazards

Earthquakes and volcanoes, tropical cyclones, flooding and drought: the physical causes, the impacts, and how the risk is managed.

  1. Earthquakes and Volcanoescore
  2. Tropical Cyclonescore
  3. Floodingcore
  4. Droughtcore

Area 7 · Human Population

Population density, distribution and structure, why populations grow, and the strategies that change the rate of growth.

  1. Human Population Density, Distribution and Structurecore
  2. Human Population Sizecore
  3. Managing Human Population Sizecore
Use it

Three ways to work through this syllabus

IGCSE Environmental Management course home

The same topics with progress tracking, so you can see what you have covered and what is left.

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Question bank

Every question on the site in one place. Filter by topic, command word or marks, then mark yourself.

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Quick 10

Ten random questions and a score breakdown by area, for when you have twenty minutes and no plan.

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