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Class Notes (1st term)- Landscape and Environment
How many years does the temperatu...,
What is the milankovitch cycles,
What is the axial tilt
10
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Hazardous Earth - Climate: Worlds climate system function
What is the coriolis effect,
In the northern hemisphere which ...,
In the southern hemisphere which ...
6
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - Atmospheric pressure
What is atmospheric pressure,
What is the average air pressure,
What is the inter tropical conver...
7
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - natural causes of global climate change
What are the 4 main natural cause...,
What are the milankovitch cycles,
What is eccentricity
8
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - Evidence for natural climate change
What are ice cores,
What are tree rings,
How can historical sources provid...
6
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - how human activities cause climate change
What are 3 human activities that ...,
What is the greenhouse effect,
What do measurements of average g...
6
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - consequences of climate change
What are the consequences of clim...,
How will sea levels rising be bad,
It is impossible to know exactly ...
4
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - how are extremely weather events increasingly hazardous for people
What are tropical cyclones,
What are the 3 names for tropical...,
What is a cirrus cloud
6
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - Impacts of tropical cyclones on people and enviro
High winds,
Intense rainfall,
Storm surges
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Hazardous Earth - Climate -WHY ARE some countries vulnerable to tropical cyclones
Why are some countries more vulne...,
Physical vulnerability,
Social vulnerability
4
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Hazardous Earth - Climate - How do countries prepare and respond to cyclones
How can we identify potential tro...,
What is modelling,
How do governments protect people...
5
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Hazardous Earth - Climate ; Katrina/Haiyan
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Tectonics - How does the Earth's structure influence plate tectonics?
Name the layers of the earth,
Describe the crust,
What is the difference between oc...
14
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Tectonics - What happens when tectonics plates move?
What is subduction,
What is the ring of fire,
How are fold mountains formed
6
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Tectonics - What are the different types of volcanoes?
What is a composite volcano,
What is a shield volcano,
What is a hotspot
3
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Tectonics - impact and response to volcanic hazards
What is a primary impact,
What is a secondary impact,
What are emergency responces
4
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Tectonics - why do earthquakes occur at convergent plate boundaries?
What is an epicentre,
What is the focus,
What percent of earthquakes happe...
5
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Tectonics - impacts of and response to earthquakes
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