1.2 - Cherrapunji Monsoon

Question 1

Monsoon

Answer 1

Long prevailing winds change directions due to summer. The land gets hot causing hot air to rise, however water takes more energy to heat meaning air above the ocean is still cool. The void left over the land is filled with the cool air which then cools, clouds and condenses. Due to the excess of water vapour here there’s bare rainfall

Question 2

Maritime Climate

Answer 2

A climate that’s near the sea

Question 3

Colonialism

Answer 3

When full/partial control over another country has been acquired and it’s economically exploited.

Question 4

Cherrapunji Water Status

Answer 4

Wettest place in the world but fat inaccessibility to water and due to excessive rainfall and overland flow the top soil has been wasted away
Monsoon Climate + Orgraphic Rain creates a winter drought

Question 5

Orgraphic Rain

Answer 5

When air is lifted over a mountain range, it starts to cloud and then starts rainfall.

Question 6

Step Wells

Answer 6

Act as water collection and a source for social gathering, it allows us to use groundwater storage which is then replenished by the monsoon.

Question 7

Evapotranspiration

Answer 7

The process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surface and by transpiration

Question 8

Water Budgets

Answer 8

Reflect the balance of precipitation vs evapotranspiration either from season to season in one place or between places.

Question 9

UK Winter Water Budget

Answer 9

Precipitation higher than evapotranspiration so soil moisture is in surplus.

Question 10

UK Spring Water Budget

Answer 10

Evapotranspiration>Precipitation meaning soil utilises moisture

Question 11

UK Summer Water Budget

Answer 11

Soil moisture deficit and evapotranspiration increases.

Question 12

UK Autumn Water Budget

Answer 12

Precipitation Increases, Evapotranspiration decreases and soil moisture is recharged

Question 13

Base Water Flow

Answer 13

Water that’s usually available all year round.

Question 14

Surface Water Flow

Answer 14

Seasonal differences e.g. monsoon/cryosphere melting.

Question 15

Why’s The Cryosphere A Non-Renewable Reserve

Answer 15

1.9% of global water is in ice caps but this accounts for 68% of freshwater, this water is lost and moves into the ocean as a result of climate change, meaning it’s no longer fresh water.

Question 16

Why Is Fossil Water Non-Renewable Resource

Answer 16

Groundwater is extracted for drinking and other human activities it can be replenished but only if water can infiltrate that far.

Question 17

Porosity

Answer 17

The total volume of pore spaces within a rock.

Question 18

Pervious Rock

Answer 18

Those with distinct jointing patterns and bedding planes along which water can flow.