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water and carbon -hydrographs
What does a hydrograph show 1,
What are the 5 labels on a hydrog...,
What label is on the x axis 3
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water and carbon -subsystems of water
What are the 5 subsystems 1,
What percentage of water is in th...,
What percentage of water is held ...
6
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water and carbon -processes driving change in the water cycle
What are the 6 flows that drive c...,
What is evapotranspiration 2,
What does evaporation rates depen...
13
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water and carbon -subsystems of carbon
What are the 5 subsystems 1,
What percentage of carbon is in t...,
What percentage of carbon is in t...
6
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water and carbon -changes in stores spatially and temporally
How do carbon stores change tempo...,
How do carbon stores change spati...,
How does carbon flow at a plant s...
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water and carbon -carbon budget
What is the carbon budget 1,
What determines wether a subsyste...
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water and carbon -what carbon effects
What 3 things does carbon effect 1,
How does carbon effect land 2,
How does changes to the carbon cy...
10
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water and carbon -impact of climate change
What are the 4 impacts of climate...,
How is global precipitation patte...,
What may happen if dry areas get ...
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water and carbon -mitigating climate change
What is meant by climate change m...,
What was the panel that was set u...,
What was the point in the ipcc 3
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (key features)
What percentage does the amazon r...,
What is the climate like in the a...,
Because of the amazons climate wh...
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (causes of deforestation)
How many causes of deforestation ...,
What are the causes of deforestat...,
How is agriculture a cause of def...
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (water cycle in the amazon)
key facts
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (water cycle in the amazon)
.human activity
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (carbon cycle in the amazon)
What percentage does the amazon r...,
Why is the amazon rainforest clas...,
What type of amazon rainforest ta...
5
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (carbon cycle in the amazon)
impact of deforestation on the carbon cycle in the amazon
4
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (from sink to source)
What does from sink to source mean 1,
What has been assumed about incre...,
What has come to light about rain...
6
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water and carbon -amazon rainforest case study (mitigation)
What is meant by mitigation 1,
What has brazil s deforestation s...,
Why has brazil s deforestation ra...
11
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water and carbon -river exe case study (location and upper catchment)
Where is the river exe located 1,
Where does the river exe start 2,
Where is exmouth 3
5
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water and carbon -river exe case study (characteristics of the upper catchment)
What is the area of the upper cat...,
Where is the rivers source 2,
What is the land on exmoor used f...
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water and carbon -river exe case study (hydrology)
What is the annual rainfall for t...,
Why is the rainfall high for the ...,
What assumptions might be made re...
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water and carbon -river exe case study (flooding)
Has the river exe experienced sig...,
When were the last major floods o...,
What percentage are the houses in...
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water and carbon -river exe case study (linking the river exe to water and carbon cycle)
How does the river exe link to th...,
How does the digging of drainage ...,
What does the digging of drainage...
5
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water and carbon -river exe case study (mitigation to reduce the high risk of flooding)
What is the partnership called th...,
Since when has the exmoor mire pa...,
What has the exmoor mire partners...
7
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hazards -the concept of hazard
What is a hazard 1,
What type of factors are hazards ...,
When does an event become a hazard 3
8
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hazards -hazard perception
What is meant by hazard perception 1,
What do people s perceptions of a...,
How many lifestyle factors are th...
9
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hazards -human responses to hazards
How can hazards be responded too 1,
What is meant by a passive respon...,
How many types of passive respons...
13
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hazards -aspects of hazard and how they affect human responses
What causes a hazard event to vary 1,
What do these aspects do 2,
How many aspects of hazards are t...
13
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hazards -how do plates move
How many theory s are there that ...,
What are the 3 theory s to how pl...,
What helps to create convection c...
13
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hazards -evidence of plate tectonic theory
How many pieces of evidence suppo...,
What are the 5 pieces of evidence...,
How is continental fit used to su...
7
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hazards -plate margins + landforms
How many plate margins are there 1,
What are the 4 plate margins 2,
What happens at a destructive sub...
21
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hazards -nature of volcanoes
What are volcanoes 1,
What is meant by vulcanicity 2,
Which plate boundaries have volca...
29
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hazards -types of volcanoes
How many types of volcanoes are t...,
What are the 6 types of volcanoes 2,
What are the characteristics of a...
8
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hazards -distribution, magnitude, frequency, regularity, predictability
What is the distribution of volca...,
What are some examples of volcano...,
What is meant by the magnitude of...
11
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hazards -volcanic hazards
How many volcanic hazards are the...,
What are the 8 volcanic hazards 2,
What are the volcanic hazards spl...
14
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hazards -impact of volcanic hazards
How are impacts split 1,
What are primary impacts 2,
What primary impacts result from ...
11
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hazards -management of volcanoes
How can volcano hazards be managed 1,
Can volcanic hazards be managed b...,
How can protection be offered to ...
12
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hazards -volcano case study
What was the case study of a volc...,
Where was the volcano eyjafjallaj...,
When was the volcano eyjafjallajo...
14
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nature of seismicity, relation to plate tectonics
What are earthquakes 1,
How do earthquakes occur 2,
What percentages of earthquakes o...
15
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hazards -forms of seismic hazards (shockwaves)
What are the forms of seismic haz...,
How do shockwaves occur 2,
What does the nature of a seismic...
20
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hazards -forms of hazards (tsunamis, liquefaction and landslides)
What are tsunamis liquefaction an...,
What are tsunamis 2,
What are tsunami waves like 3
16
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hazards -DMFRP
What is the spatial distribution ...,
What percentage of earthquakes oc...,
Can earthquakes be intraplate 3
17
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hazards -impacts and of seismic hazards
What are the primary impacts to a...,
What does ground rupture have the...,
What does the amount of damage ca...
8
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hazards -responses and risk management of seismic hazards
How are the responses of hazards ...,
What is meant by preparedness 2,
What is meant by mitigation 3
10
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hazards - earthquake case study (Nepal)
What was the name of the earthqua...,
When did the gorkha earthquake in...,
What was the magnitude of the gor...
15
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hazards -nature of tropical storms and conditions required
What are tropical storms 1,
What do tropical storms do in rel...,
Where do most tropical storms ori...
6
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hazards -formation of a tropical storm?
Where do tropical storms form 1,
Where is the area where there is ...,
What is the first stage of the fo...
10
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hazards -what is the structure of tropical storms
How big is the eye of the storm 1,
What are the conditions like in t...,
What is the most damaging and pow...
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hazards -forms of tropical storms
What are the forms of a storm haz...,
What are the characteristics of h...,
What are the impacts of high wind...
9
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hazards -DMFRP storm hazards
What is the spatial distribution ...,
What are the 3 main regions where...,
How are the magnitudes of tropica...
15
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hazards -impacts of tropical storms
What are the social primary impac...,
What are the primary environmenta...,
What are the social secondary imp...
6
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hazards -management of tropical storms
What are the 4 factors of how tro...,
What is meant by preparedness 2,
How can preparedness be used as a...
13
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hazards -hurricane Katrina
When was hurricane katrina 1,
Where did hurricane katrina hit 2,
What made hurricane katrina so de...
17
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hazards -typhoon haiyan
What country was affected by typh...,
Is the philippines a hic or lic 2,
What category storm was typhoon h...
13
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hazards -nature of wildfires
What is a wildfire 1,
What do wildfires do 2,
How many main types of wildfires ...
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hazards -conditions favouring intense wildfires
What are the 3 elements needed fo...,
What does heat allow for in the s...,
What does fuel give in the starti...
14
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hazards -causes of wildfires (human and natural)
What are the natural causes of wi...,
What are the human causes of a wi...,
What areas are most vulnerable to...
12
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hazards -responses and management of tropical storms
What were the social short term r...,
What are the other short term res...,
How can communities use preparedn...
8
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hazards -wildfire case study
What was the wildfire called that...,
Where did the beast wildfire hit 2,
When did the alberta wildfire occ...
17
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hazards -multi hazardous case study (Philippines) -background
Where is the philippines 1,
Why might some people in the phil...,
What hazards is the philippines v...
8
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hazards -multi hazardous case study (Philippines) nature of hazards+impacts
What hazards occur in the philipp...,
Why is the philippines vulnerable...,
How many typhoons do the philippi...
13
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hazards -multi hazardous case study (Philippines) respond and management
What have the philippines managem...,
How many natural disasters have t...,
What is the current system like 3
8
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hazards -local case study (New Orleans) vulnerability and nature of hazard
What is the physical vulnerabilit...,
What is the human vulnerability o...,
What was the hazard that hit new ...
6
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hazards -local case study (New Orleans) responses
What were the immediate social re...,
What were the immediate economic ...,
What were the immediate political...
6
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hazards -local case study (New Orleans) social, economic and political vulnerability
What were the social reasons as t...,
What were the economic reasons as...,
What were the political reasons a...
3
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coastal systems -sources of energy at the coast (wind and waves)
Where does energy at the sea come...,
How is wind created 2,
What are process caused by wind r...
13
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coastal systems -sources of energy (tides and currents)
What is meant by current 1,
How many types of currents are th...,
What are the 3 main types of curr...
17
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coastal systems -sources of sediment
What are the sources of sediment 1,
How do rivers act as a source of ...,
How does cliff erosion act as a s...
6
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coastal systems -geomorphological processes (marine processes -erosion)
What are the 2 types of geomorpho...,
What are marine processes 2,
What are the 3 marine processes 3
16
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coastal systems -geomorphological processes (marine processes -transportation and deposition)
How is sediment transported at th...,
What is longshore drift 2,
How does longshore drift transpor...
10
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coastal systems -geomorphological processes (sub aerial -weathering)
What are sub aerial processes 1,
What is meant by weathering 2,
Where does weathering occur 3
18
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coastal systems -geomorphological processes (sub aerial -mass movement)
What is mass movement 1,
What are mass movements important...,
What are the 4 types of mass move...
10
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coastal systems -landscape development (landforms of erosion)
What is a coastal landscape 1,
What are landforms 2,
What are the landforms of erosion 3
19
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coastal systems -landscape development (depositional landforms -beaches)
What are the 6 depositional landf...,
Where do depositional landforms o...,
What are the characteristics of l...
25
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coastal systems -landscape development (depositional landforms -spits, tombolos, offshore bars)
What are spits 1,
What are the 2 types of spits 2,
What is a simple spit 3
17
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coastal systems -depositional landforms (barrier beaches and islands)
Where do barrier beaches form 1,
What can form behind a barrier be...,
What is an example of a barrier b...
9
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coastal systems -depositional landforms (sand dunes)
What are sand dunes 1,
Where do sand dunes develop 2,
How are sand dunes formed 3
13
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coastal systems -estuarine environments (salt marshes and mud flats)
How does a mudflat form from a sp...,
How is a salt marsh formed from a...,
What are mudflats 3
9
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coastal systems -sea level change (isostatic and eustatic)
What is sea level used for 1,
How many years are the glacial pe...,
When was the last glacial maximum 3
19
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coastal systems -sea level change (tectonic activity and impacts of sea level change and climate change)
How does tectonic activity result...,
What has past tectonic activity r...,
What can seismic activity result ...
6
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coastal systems -landforms of sea level change
What are the 2 types of landforms...,
Where do emergent landforms devel...,
Where do raised beaches form 3
20
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coastal systems -coastal management (hard engineering strategies)
What is coastal mangement 1,
What are the 3 aims of coastal ma...,
What are the 2 main methods of co...
21
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coastal systems -coastal management (soft engineering strategies)
What are soft engineering strateg...,
What are the 4 soft engineering s...,
What is beach nourishment 3
11
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coastal systems -coastal management (sustainable approaches)
Why is there a need for more subs...,
What have new approaches been foc...,
When were the shoreline managemen...
15
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coastal systems -east Norfolk coast (case study)
What is the local case study for ...,
What is the east coast of norfolk...,
What are the main settlements fro...
15
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coastal systems -sundarbans (case study)
What is the case beyond the uk ca...,
What is the sundarbans 2,
How many people is the sundarbans...
18
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coastal systems -Dorset coast
Is the dorset coast a high or low...,
What is the geology of the purbec...,
What are the erosional landforms ...
22
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