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Created by Anna Hollywood
almost 11 years ago
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precipitation
stem and drip-flow
infiltration
through flow
Percolation
groundwater flow
channel flow
transpiration
evaporation
interception
surface runoff
permeable
how is water storage split up?
biosphere
lithosphere
hydrosphere
why does planting trees slow down the water cycle?
Why don't some clouds precipitate?
Explain why the biosphere and lithosphere are important to the hydrological cycle (4)
Name the stores of water
Name the water flows
What is the main input in a drainage basin
What are the main outputs in a drainage basin?
Drainage basin system
Why is having an equal input and output good in a drainage basin system?
tributary
source
confluence
mouth
water stress
physical scarcity
economic scarcity
how has water stress affected australia
what are the 6 causes of water shortage
Name 2 ways in how water resources can be sustainably managed
Describe the coca cola sustainable management story
C&B Colorado dam
creating reservoirs
C&B Colorado dam
Trap sediment behind dams
C&B Colorado dam
Regulates river flow
desertification
How can increase in population result in desertification?
How can increase in cattle result in desertification?
watershed
discharge
What are the characteristics and features of the upper course of a river?
What are the characteristics and features of the middle course of a river?
What are the characteristics and features of the lower course of a river?
Vertical erosion
Lateral erosion
Abrasion
Attrition
Hydraulic action
Solution
What are the 5 methods of transportation in a river?
Traction
Saltation
Suspension
Solution
Deposition
How are waterfalls formed?
Meanders
Ox-bow lakes
Flood plain
Levees
What does a hydrograph show?
What is the rising part on a hydrograph?
What is the top part of the hydrograph called?
What does the bar chart at the bottom of the hydrograph show?
What's the downhill part of the hydrograph called?
Would an urban area have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?
Would a rural area have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?
Would a forest have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?
Would a deforested area have a high or low peak rainfall and a high or low lag time? Why?
What conditions can change a hydrograph?
Hard engineering
Soft engineering
5 examples of hard engineering
4 examples of soft engineering
Dams adv + disadv
Embankments adv + disadv
Channel straightening
Storage areas adv+disadv
Flood walls adv and disadv
washlands adv+disadv
Land-use zoning adv+disadv
afforestation adv+disadv
warning systems adv+disadv
How are potholes formed?
What's a delta?
How are deltas formed?
What are the 3 types of delta?
Arcuate delta
Birds foot delta
Cuspate delta
Which rocks are deposited first and how - in the formation of a delta
Which rocks are deposited second and how - in the formation of a delta
Which rocks are deposited last and how - in the formation of a delta
Weathering
Mass movement
Geology
What's freeze thaw?
What's acid rain?
What's biological weathering?
Link the effects of weathering, mass movement and geology to the landforms we have studied
Name 10 ways of how a healthy hydrological cycle can be threatened by humans
Flow chart for urbanisation
Flow chart for reservoir building
Flow chart for deforestation
Why are there problems between people concerning the Colorado river dam?
How does the biosphere and atmosphere link with the hydrological cycle?
How does the biosphere and lithosphere link with the hydrological cycle?
How does the lithosphere and atmosphere link with the hydrological cycle?
How do agricultural demands cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this
How does urbanisation cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this
How does industry cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this
How does climate change cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this
How does energy cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this
How does population growth cause water shortage and give 2 examples of this