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Hazards- Categorisation and Perception
Cultural factors affecting hazard...,
Economic factors affecting hazard...,
Avalanches
19
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Hazards- Plate Tectonics
Lithosphere,
Asthenosphere,
Earths heat source
21
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Hazards- Volcanoes
Shield volcanoes,
Composite volcanoes,
Icelandic volcanoes
23
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Hazards- Seismic Hazards
Seismometers,
Modified mercalli scale,
Richter scale
14
cards
Hazards- Tropical Storms
What is a tropical storm,
How are tropical storms formed,
The coriolis effect
12
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Hazards- Wildfires
Location of wildfires,
What 3 things to wildfires need t...,
El nino
4
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Hazards- Case Studies
2011 japanese tsunami effects,
2004 indonesia tsunami effects,
2011 japanese tsunami responses
28
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Hazards- Multi Hazardous Area (The Philippines)
The philippines background,
Mt pinatubo eruption 1991,
Problems for the philippines
3
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Hazards- Local Scale Hazard
Venezuela background,
What hazards is caracas exposed to,
Social issues in caracas
6
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Coasts- The Coastal System
What is an open system,
What is an output,
What is energy in the coastal system
15
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Coasts- Sources of Energy
Role of solar energy in the coast...,
How does wind strength impact wav...,
How does the fetch impact wave en...
20
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Coasts- Coastal Sediment
What is a sediment cell,
Examples of transfers flows in a ...,
Examples of sinks stores in a sed...
10
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Coasts- Weathering and Mass Movement
What is weathering,
Weathering positive feedback,
Weathering negative feedback
19
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Coasts- Marine Processes
Deposition along high energy coas...,
Deposition along low energy coast...,
Hydraulic action
11
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Coasts- Landforms & Landscapes
Concordant coastlines,
Discordant coastlines,
Wave cut platform formation
39
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Coasts- Sea Level Changes
What is eustatic sea level change,
What is isostatic sea level change,
Causes of eustatic change
14
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Coasts- Coastal Management
Reasons for coastal management,
Why are coastal defences becoming...,
Definition of hold the line
39
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Systems in Geography
Define elements,
Define store component,
Define system boundary
20
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Global Water System
0
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Water and Carbon Cycles- The Drainage Basin
Precipitation definition,
Infiltration definition,
Interception definition
36
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Changes to Water Cycle
Physical factors which cause chan...,
Human factors which cause changes...,
Explain the impact that deforesta...
5
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Intro to Carbon Cycle
Define carbon stores,
Define carbon sink,
Define carbon source
10
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Carbon Stores
Marine sediments and sedimentary ...,
Oceans as a carbon store,
Fossil fuel deposits as a carbon ...
16
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Carbon Flows
Define stores stocks,
Define fluxes,
Define processes
14
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Changes to the Carbon Cycle
How do natural wildfires cause a ...,
How does volcanic activity cause ...,
Co2 vs temperature over the past ...
13
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Water and Carbon Cycles- Carbon Budget
0
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