Geography-- Water and Carbon Cycle Flashcards

Decks in this Class (16):

• Definitions And Feedback Wc

  Definitions and feedback -WC

  Sample Cards:

  what is a flow transfer,

  what is a store,

  what is an input
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• Clouds

  Clouds

  Sample Cards:

  what is the global atmospheric circulati,

  explain what occurs in the global atmosp,

  explain what occurs in the global atmosp
  7 Cards
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• Distribution Of Water On The Planet

  Distribution of water on the planet

  Sample Cards:

  what percentage of water is readily avai,

  atmospheric water definition,

  cryospheric water definition
  11 Cards
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• The Drainage Basin

  The Drainage Basin

  Sample Cards:

  drainage basin definition,

  what is the watershed,

  what is a tributary
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• Hydrological Cycle Definitions

  Hydrological Cycle Definitions

  Sample Cards:

  precipitation,

  infiltration,

  interception
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• Water Balance

  Water Balance

  Sample Cards:

  what is water balance,

  what is the formula for water balance,

  explain positive and negative water bala
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• Soil Moisture And River Regime

  Soil moisture and river regime

  Sample Cards:

  soil moisture budget is,

  soil moisture budget is closely linked t,

  main factors involved in the soil moistu
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• Introduction To The Carbon Cycle Definit

  Introduction to the carbon cycle- definitions, etc

  Sample Cards:

  carbon stores main ones,

  carbon sink definition,

  carbon source definition
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• Local Scale River Catchment Case Study P

  Local scale river catchment case study (Pickering Beck)

  Sample Cards:

  location,

  why is it susceptible to flooding,

  2007 floods economic impact in the yorks
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• The Major Stores Of Carbon

  The Major Stores of Carbon

  Sample Cards:

  how much carbon is stored in the terrest,

  main stores in the terrestrial biosphere,

  how much carbon is stored in the atmosph
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• Processes Involved Within The Transfers

  Processes involved within the transfers of carbon

  Sample Cards:

  what type of system is the carbon cycle,

  what percentage of anthropogenic carbon,

  what percentage of anthropogenic carbon
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• Carbon At A Variety Of Scales

  Carbon at a variety of scales

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  on a local scale trees act as,

  explain the carbon cycle of a tree,

  what is a sere
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• Changes In The Carbon Cycle Big

  Changes in the carbon cycle (big)

  Sample Cards:

  natural variation wildfires what impact,

  what do erupting volcanoes release back,

  how much co2 do volcanoes emit each year
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• Carbon Budget

  Carbon Budget

  Sample Cards:

  what is the carbon budget,

  what is the carbon budget measured in,

  what is the major store of carbon
  17 Cards
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• Climate Change

  Climate change

  Sample Cards:

  what is climate change mitigation,

  increased co2 is warming the atmosphere,

  what air temperatures when co2 concentra
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• Amazon Rainforest Case Study

  Amazon Rainforest Case Study

  Sample Cards:

  location,

  how many trees and how many mammal speci,

  how much of the rainfall is intercepted
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