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1.1 Natural hazards
What are natural hazards 1,
What are the main factors that af...,
Why do people live near hazardous...
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2.1 Earthquakes and distribution of volcanoes
What is the asthenosphere 1,
What is the crust 2,
Describe characteristics of ocean...
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Plate margins
How and why do tectonic plates mo...,
What do destructive convergent pl...,
What do constructive divergent pl...
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CASE STUDY 2.5 + 2.6 Italy v Nepal
What is italy s gni per capita an...,
What is nepal s gni per capita an...,
What were the primary effects for...
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How can we measure tectonic activity
What is the focus 1,
What is the epicentre 2,
What are seismic waves 3
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2.8 Risking It
Economic reasons for living at ri...,
Social reasons for living at risk 2,
Using examples explain why some p...
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2.9 Risk Management
Volcanologist def 1,
Seismologist def 2,
What do volcanologists and seismo...
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3.1 Global atmospheric Circulation
Explain solar insolation 1,
Explain jet streams 2,
What is the polar cell 3
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3.2 The Global Distribution Of Tropical Storms
Natural hazard def 1,
Tropical storm hurricane cyclone ...,
When does a tropical storm occur 3
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3.3 In A Spin
How does a tropical storm form 1,
Prevailing wind def 2,
Why does a tropical storm spin 3
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3.4 Climate Change And Tropical Storms
How does climate change cause hig...,
Storm surge def 2,
How will climate change lead to i...
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3.5 The Effects Of And Responses To Tropical Storms
How are tropical storms measured 1,
Describe the saffir simpson scale 2,
Primary effect def 3
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CASE STUDY 3.6 Typhoon Haiyan
When was typhoon haiyan 1,
What category storm was typhoon h...,
What were the primary effects of ...
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3.7 Reducing The Effects Of Tropical Storms
How are tropical storms monitored 1,
How do satellites predict tropica...,
How do aircrafts predict tropical...
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3.8 Extreme Weather Hazards In The UK
Extreme weather def 1,
How does the uk get a variety of ...,
What kind of weather do depressio...
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CASE STUDY 3.9 Storm Desmond
When did storm desmond happen 1,
What were the environmental effec...,
What were the economic effects of...
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3.10 Responding To The Risk Of Extreme Weather
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3.11 Extreme Weather On The Rise In The UK
By how much have the uk temperatu...,
What are the predictions for the ...,
Is climate change responsible for...
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4.1 Climate change
What is the quaternary period 1,
How long is the quaternary period 2,
What happened during the pleistoc...
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4.2 Climate change as a natural phenomenon
Is solar energy output responsibl...,
Does orbital change cause climate...,
Is volcanic activity responsible ...
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4.3 Climate change: our fault?
What is the greenhouse effect 1,
How much colder would it be witho...,
What do the layer of greenhouse g...
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4.4 The effect of Climate Change
Suggest one way in which the rise...,
Outline two possible environmenta...
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4.5 + 4.6
What is mitigation 1,
Adaptation 2,
Describe process of carbon captur...
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5.1 How ecosystems operate
Biotic meaning 1,
Abiotic meaning 2,
Biotic components in an ecosystem 3
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5.2 Epping Forest CASE STUDY
How are trees adapted to the uk s...,
How do trees in the uk maximise t...,
Why do trees in the uk shed their...
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8.1 Polar and tundra environments
Describe characteristics of polar...
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8.2 Cold climate ecosystems and biodiversity
What is the biodiversity in the t...,
Give examples of producers in foo...,
What does low lying vegetation do 3
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8.3 Alaska's development opportunities + 8.4
Explain how cold environments lik...,
Case study of alaska introduction 2,
Explain how cold environments lik...
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8.5 The challenges and opportunities of Alaskan oil
What is the trans alaskan oil pip...,
What are the economic opportuniti...,
What are the cost environmental c...
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8.6 Wilderness environments
What are wilderness regions 1,
What impact does modern transport...,
What do we mean by the gene pool ...
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6.1 Tropical Rainforest
Where are the main areas of trf 1,
What is the climate like in the t...,
What are the soils of the trf like 3
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6.2 Adaptations To The Tropical Rainforest Environment
How to plants cope with poor soils 1,
Describe 7 adaptations of plants 2,
Dead leaves decompose rapidly in ...
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6.3 Deforestation Of Tropical Rainforests
What is deforestation 1,
What does the un food and agricul...,
What does half of brazil s remain...
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6.4 Causes Of Deforestation
What is clear felling 1,
What are 6 causes of deforestatio...,
Explain logging as a cause of def...
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6.5 The Imapcts Of Deforestation On TRFs
Local impacts of deforestation so...,
Local impacts of deforestation ri...,
Local impacts of deforestation de...
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6.6 The Value Of Tropical Raianforests To People And The Environment
What are three reasons to keep th...,
What are four reasons to clear th...,
Explain air purification 3
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6.7 + 6.8 Strategies For Managing The Rainforest Sustainably
In what ways can the trf be manag...,
In what ways can the trf be manag...,
In what ways can the trf be manag...
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C9 - UK landscapes
What is a relief 1,
What is a landscape 2,
What is resistant rock 3
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10.1 Coastal landscapes
How does a wave get to the beach 1,
What does it mean for the fetch a...,
Describe a constructive wave 3
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10.2 + 10.3
Explain corrasion abrasion 1,
Explain hydraulic action 2,
Explain attrition 3
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10.5 Headlands and bays
Describe the characteristics of h...,
Describe the characteristics of b...,
Explain the formation of headland...
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10.6 Cliffs and wave cut platforms
What are the different types of e...,
Explain the formation of a wave c...,
Outline the characteristics of a ...
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10.7 Caves, arches and stacks
Where are caves arches stacks and...,
Describe the formation of caves a...,
Outline the characteristics of ca...
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10.8 Beaches
What are the types of depositiona...,
What is a beach profile 2,
Give some examples of sandy beach...
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10.9 Sand dunes
Describe the processes responsibl...,
Embryo dune def 2,
Marram grass def 3
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10.10 Spits and bars
How do the processes of depositio...,
Example of spit 2,
What is a bar 3
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10.11+10.12 Coastal management: hard engineering
What is hard engineering 1,
What are sea walls 2,
What are sea walls 3
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10.13 Coastal management: soft engineering
What is soft engineering 1,
What is beach nourishment 2,
Beach nourishment advantages 3
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10.14 Coastal realignment
What is managed retreat 1,
Managed retreat advantages 2,
Managed retreat disadvantages 3
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Case study: Coastal realignment in Medmerry
Why was the scheme needed 1,
Why was it decided to do coastal ...,
What was decided 3
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Case study: Holderness, East Yorkshire
Why are there headlands and bays ...,
Why does the headland continue to...,
What has happened in hornsea 3
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11.1 Rivers
What are the four types of erosion 1,
What is hydraulic action 2,
What is abrasion 3
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11.14 River management: soft engineering
What is soft engineering 1,
What are four types of soft engin...,
River restoration benefits 3
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Case study: River Jubilee
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