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Geography-- Water and Carbon Cycle

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By: Harriet Smith
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Decks in this class (16)

Definitions and feedback -WC
What is a flow transfer 1,
What is a store 2,
What is an input 3
19  cards
Clouds
What is the global atmospheric ci...,
Explain what occurs in the global...,
Explain what occurs in the global...
7  cards
Distribution of water on the planet
What percentage of water is readi...,
Atmospheric water definition 2,
Cryospheric water definition 3
11  cards
The Drainage Basin
Drainage basin definition 1,
What is the watershed 2,
What is a tributary 3
14  cards
Hydrological Cycle Definitions
Precipitation 1,
Infiltration 2,
Interception 3
14  cards
Water Balance
What is water balance 1,
What is the formula for water bal...,
Explain positive and negative wat...
6  cards
Soil moisture and river regime
Soil moisture budget is 1,
Soil moisture budget is closely l...,
Main factors involved in the soil...
17  cards
Introduction to the carbon cycle- definitions, etc
Carbon stores main ones 1,
Carbon sink definition 2,
Carbon source definition 3
12  cards
Local scale river catchment case study (Pickering Beck)
Location 1,
Why is it susceptible to flooding 2,
2007 floods economic impact in th...
8  cards
The Major Stores of Carbon
How much carbon is stored in the ...,
Main stores in the terrestrial bi...,
How much carbon is stored in the ...
11  cards
Processes involved within the transfers of carbon
What type of system is the carbon...,
What percentage of anthropogenic ...,
What percentage of anthropogenic ...
9  cards
Carbon at a variety of scales
On a local scale trees act as 1,
Explain the carbon cycle of a tree 2,
What is a sere 3
15  cards
Changes in the carbon cycle (big)
Natural variation wildfires what ...,
What do erupting volcanoes releas...,
How much co2 do volcanoes emit ea...
22  cards
Carbon Budget
What is the carbon budget 1,
What is the carbon budget measure...,
What is the major store of carbon 3
17  cards
Climate change
What is climate change mitigation 1,
Increased co2 is warming the atmo...,
What air temperatures when co2 co...
8  cards
Amazon Rainforest Case Study
Location 1,
How many trees and how many mamma...,
How much of the rainfall is inter...
13  cards

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