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development dynamics
What is dependency ratio,
Maternal mortality,
Fertility rate
26
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ocean currents
What is a cold ocean current,
What s a warm ocean current,
How can ocean currents influence ...
7
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high and low pressure
What is low pressure,
What is high pressure,
What is weather like in areas of ...
4
cards
global circulation
What is global circulation,
What are the 3 cells in the hemis...,
What happens in the hadley cell
5
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cyclones
What do cyclones need in order to...,
Why do cyclones need a warm ocean...,
Why do cyclones need wind to form
5
cards
inside the earth
What is the lithosphere,
What is the asthenosphere,
What s the inner core
8
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earths heat engine
How does the heat engine work,
Why is the earths crust unstable
2
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plate boundaries
What are the types of crust in a ...,
What are the types of crust in a ...,
What are the types of crust in a ...
8
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volcanoes
What kind of lava does a composit...,
How does a viscous lava affect th...,
What kind of lava does a shield v...
6
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continental drift
What was wegners theory,
What are the 3 ideas that link to...,
What was the continental jigsaw
5
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future of climate change
What is the evidence that climate...,
Gases that make up the atmosphere,
What is the greenhouse effect
4
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hurricane Katrina
Where was it located,
What category was the hurricane,
Name two social impacts
6
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Hurricane Aila
Where was it located,
What category was the cyclone,
Name 2 social impacts
6
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Haiti Earthquake
What was its magnitude,
Where was it located,
What was the cause for it
7
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Japan Earthquake
Where was it located,
Immediate response,
Long term response
5
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mumbai (dharavi slums)
What are squatter settlements,
3 factors that measure the qualit...,
3 positives of slum life
10
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Quality of life in mumbai
Slums factors,
Low middle class factors,
Upper middle class factors
3
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Urbanisation
3 push factor examples,
3 pull factor examples,
Definition of urban
6
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Mega Cities
Whats a metropolitan area,
What is conurbation,
Whats a million city
6
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World Cities
What are alpha cities,
Why is london a global city,
Why is new york a global city
3
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Urban Process And Change
What type of migration has occurr...,
What are the reasons for migratio...,
What migration occurs in new york
6
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How Do Urban Economies Differ
Whats an informal sector,
Whats a formal sector,
Name the formal and informal econ...
5
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New York Case Study
What is new york s overall popula...,
What is new york s immigrant popu...,
What led to suburbanisation
6
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Urban Land Use
Name cbd land use,
Name inner city land use,
Name the suburbs land use
5
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Land Use Models
What is the aim of the hoyt model,
What is the aim of the burgess model,
What is the aim of the ledc model
5
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Land Use Characteristics
Name 2 commercial land use charac...,
Name 2 industrial land use charac...,
Name 2 residential land use chara...
3
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Mumbai A Growing Megacity
3 examples of mumbai s national i...,
What is hyper urbanisation,
2 examples of land use in the meg...
5
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Challenges Facing Mumbai
Name 2 tax problems,
Name 2 housing shortage slum deve...,
Name 2 water supply waste disposa...
4
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Mumbai Top Down Development
What is vision mumbai about,
What are the main aims of vision ...,
2 reasons for vision mumbai
4
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Mumbai Bottom Up Development
What happens when you re ill in m...,
What is the aim of lok seva sangh...,
3 ways in which they will have ac...
3
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Effects Of Coastal Flooding
Name 2 social effects,
Name 2 economic effects,
Name 2 environmental effects
3
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Causes Of Coastal Flooding
Name two reasons why global warmi...,
How does melting ice cause flooding,
How do heating oceans cause flooding
3
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Human Processes Of Change
Housing why do people move out of...,
Offices why are offices moving to...,
Agriculture what is romney marsh ...
4
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geographical Investigations
Aim,
Hypothesis,
Enquiry questions
10
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River Risks
How to manage drowning as a risk,
How to manage drinking water as a...,
How to manage slips as a risk
3
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Collecting River Data
What type of data are we collecti...,
What type of sampling method are ...,
What is the method for measuring ...
8
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Types Of Weathering
Weathering,
What happens during freeze thaw w...,
What happens in biological weathe...
4
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Slope Processes
What is rockfall,
What is landslide,
What is mudslide
5
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The Uk’s Landscape
What are the features of east anglia,
What are the features of yorkshir...,
How has human activity influenced...
3
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Tectonic Features
What is a batholith,
What are the 4 steps of a batholi...,
What are u shaped valleys
7
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Scarp And Vale Topography
Scarp and vale topography,
What s an anticline,
Escarpments
5
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Contrasting Coastlines
What are discordant coastlines,
What re concordat coastlines,
What are joints
13
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Coastal Depostion
What is longshore drift,
What is prevailing wind,
What is a spit
9
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Types Of Erosion
What is solution,
What is attrition,
What is hydraulic action
4
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River Processes In The Upper Course
What is transportation,
What is erosion,
What is traction
13
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River Processes In The Middle Course
What s the formation of a meander,
What s the formation of an ox bow...,
What is thalweg
3
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River Processes In The Lower Course
What s a flood plain,
What are levees,
What are the 3 stages of floodpla...
4
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